Abstract
B-lymphocyte migration, directed by chemokine gradients, is essential for homing to sites of antigen presentation. B cells move rapidly, exhibiting amoeboid morphology like other leukocytes, yet quantitative studies addressing B-cell migration are currently lacking relative to neutrophils, macrophages, and T cells. Here, we used total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy to characterize the changes in shape (morphodynamics) of primary, murine B cells as they migrated on surfaces with adsorbed chemokine, CXCL13, and the adhesive ligand, ICAM-1. B cells exhibited frequent, spontaneous dilation and shrinking events at the sides of the leading membrane edge, a phenomenon that was predictive of turning versus directional persistence. To characterize directed B-cell migration, a microfluidic device was implemented to generate gradients of adsorbed CXCL13 gradients. Haptotaxis assays revealed a modest yet consistently positive bias of the cell's persistent random walk behavior towards CXCL13 gradients. Quantification of tactic fidelity showed that bias is optimized by steeper gradients without excessive midpoint density of adsorbed chemokine. Under these conditions, B-cell migration is more persistent when the direction of migration is better aligned with the gradient.
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