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. 2021 Apr 13;12:2208. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22458-9

Fig. 4. Dnmt3a deficiency in the B lineage results in the selective expansion of B1a cells.

Fig. 4

a Expansion of B1a cells (CD19+ IgM+ CD11b+ CD5+ ) in the peritoneal cavity, spleen and bone marrow of Dnmt3a-/- mice (mean + SD). The top panel shows the gating strategy used to distinguish B1a and B1b cells. Five wild-type and Dnmt3a-/- mice were analyzed in each group. Statistically significant differences are indicated with asterisks. b Number of bone marrow B2 cell precursors (Fractions A-C′, D, E, F) and mature splenic B2 cells (newly formed (NF), follicular (FO-I and FO-II), marginal zone precursor (MZP), and marginal zone (MZ) B cells) from 8 week old Dnmt3a-/- mice and their littermate controls. The experiment was performed two times and a total of eight mice in each group were analyzed. The box and whiskers mark the 25th to 75th percentiles and the minimum or maximum values. Statistically significant differences (two-sided unpaired t-tests, FDR > 1%) are indicated with asterisks (p = 0.001104 (FO-I), p = 0.000087 (FO-II), p = 0.000175 (MZ)). c IgH repertoire of peritoneal B1a cells in wild-type and Dnmt3a-/- mice at varying ages (top row). Each clonotype is represented by a distinctly colored rectangle, with an area proportional to the fraction of total reads. Kappa and lambda Ig light chain staining in B1a cells from wild-type and Dnmt3a-/- mice at varying ages is also shown (bottom row). d Ki-67 levels in B1a cells from the peritoneal cavity and B2 cells from the spleens of 4-week-old wild-type and Dnmt3a-/- mice. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.