2007-09-21
Surrogate-Light-Chain Silencing Is Not Critical for the Limitation of Pre-B Cell Expansion but Is for the Termination of Constitutive Signaling
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Immunity , Volume 27 - Issue 3 p. 468- 480
The pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR), composed of immunoglobulin μ heavy chain and the surrogate light chain (SLC) proteins λ5 and Vpreb, signals for proliferation and maturation of developing pre-B cells. It has been assumed that pre-B cells stop cycling by the pre-BCR-mediated downregulation of SLC transcription. We generated transgenic mice expressing SLC throughout B cell development and, remarkably, found that enforced SLC expression had no effect on pre-B cell proliferation or differentiation. However, in the presence of conventional immunoglobulin light chains, SLC components had the capacity to induce constitutive BCR internalization, secondary immunoglobulin light-chain rearrangement, and a severe developmental arrest of immature B cells, dependent on the adaptor protein Slp65. Residual B cells in the spleen showed increased expression of surface CD5, which is a negative regulator of BCR signaling, and differentiated spontaneously into IgM+plasma cells. Thus, the silencing of SLC genes is not essential for the limitation of pre-B cell proliferation, but is required for the prevention of constitutive activation of B cells.
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Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
van Loo, P. F., Dingjan, G., Maas, A., & Hendriks, R. (2007). Surrogate-Light-Chain Silencing Is Not Critical for the Limitation of Pre-B Cell Expansion but Is for the Termination of Constitutive Signaling. Immunity, 27(3), 468–480. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2007.07.018 |