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. 2022 Apr 11;11:e72805. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72805

Figure 7. Germinal center B cells make actomyosin arcs.

(A1–A3) Phalloidin-stained primary GC B cell from the M2A-GFP knockin mouse on anti-IgM/anti-IgG/ICAM-1-coated glass. White arrows mark the actomyosin arcs. (B) Percent of cells on glass that did or did not show M2A enrichment in the pSMAC (N = 140 cells from four experiments). (C) Phalloidin-stained primary GC B cell from the M2A-GFP knockin mouse 15 min after engagement with a PLB containing anti-IgM, anti-IgG, and ICAM-1. (D) Percent of cells on PLBs that did or did not show M2A enrichment in the pSMAC (N = 89 cells from four experiments). (E1–E4) Representative images of the three types of anti-Ig distribution exhibited by GC B cells 15 min after engagement with a PLB containing anti-IgG and ICAM-1 (cell outlines are shown in blue). (F) Percent of GC cells displaying the three types of anti-Ig distribution shown in (E1–E4) (N = 157 cells from six experiments). All panels: TIRF-SIM images. Scale bars: 5 µm in (A3); 3 µm in (C4, E4).

Figure 7.

Figure 7—figure supplement 1. Distribution of GFP-M2A in synapses formed by PLB-engaged germinal center B cells.

Figure 7—figure supplement 1.

(A1–A3) Shown are images of the distribution of GFP-M2A (green) and anti-Igs (magenta) in GC B cell synapses exhibiting centralized antigen clusters (A1), peripheral antigen clusters (A2), or microclusters (A3). The distribution of GFP-M2A shown in (A1) is representative of 16 out of 21 cells with centralized antigen. The distribution of GFP-M2A shown in (A2) is representative of 20 out of 22 cells with peripheral antigen clusters. The distribution of GFP-M2A shown in (A3) is representative of 12 out of 13 cells with microclusters. See also Videos 12 and 13. All panels: TIRF-SIM images. Scale bars: 5 µm. (B) The synaptic content of M2A-GFP in GC B cells engaged with PLBs for 10 min that exhibited centralized antigen or peripheral antigen clusters (N > 20 cells).