CD45 links the B cell receptor with cell survival and is required for the persistence of germinal centers
- Author(s)
- Huntington, ND; Xu, YK; Puthalakath, H; Light, A; Willis, SN; Strasser, A; Tarlinton, DM;
- Details
- Publication Year 2006-02,Volume 7,Issue #2,Page 190-198
- Journal Title
- NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- To segregate the many contributions that B cell receptor (BCR)-mediated signals make to immune responses, we have analyzed here B cells deficient in the 'pan-leukocyte' marker CD45. BCR ligation of Cd45(-/-) B cells failed to activate phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase, NF-kappa B, Erk1 or Erk2 kinases or to upregulate cell survival proteins and instead induced apoptosis. Immunization of Cd45(-/-) B cell chimeras induced germinal centers and antigen-specific immunoglobulin G1 antibody-forming cells early, but both cellular compartments decreased by day 14. Proliferation of Cd45(-/-) B cells induced by CD40 ligand in vitro was impaired as a result of abrogation by BCR ligation of the upregulation of prosurvival proteins. In contrast, enforced expression of the antiapoptotic factor Bcl-x(L) prevented the collapse of Cd45(-/-) B cell germinal centers. These results show mechanistic differences in B cell survival during germinal center initiation and propagation; CD40 signaling is sufficient for the former, whereas the latter requires signaling from the BCR.
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Keywords
- PHOSPHATASE-DEFICIENT MICE; T-CELL; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; IMMUNE-RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; CD45-DEFICIENT MICE; TRANSGENIC MICE; SELECTION; MEMORY
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1292
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Creation Date: 2006-02-01 12:00:00