1. Specific NEMO mutations impair CD40-mediated c-Rel activation and B cell terminal differentiation.
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Jain A, Ma CA, Lopez-Granados E, Means G, Brady W, Orange JS, Liu S, Holland S, and Derry JM
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- Adolescent, Adult, B-Lymphocytes cytology, Child, Preschool, Cytidine Deaminase, Cytosine Deaminase genetics, Cytosine Deaminase metabolism, Ectodermal Dysplasia genetics, Ectodermal Dysplasia immunology, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Hypergammaglobulinemia genetics, Hypergammaglobulinemia immunology, I-kappa B Kinase, Immunoglobulin Class Switching genetics, Immunoglobulins blood, Interleukin-4 metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, NF-kappa B immunology, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel genetics, Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin genetics, Syndrome, B-Lymphocytes physiology, CD40 Antigens metabolism, Carrier Proteins genetics, Carrier Proteins immunology, Cell Differentiation physiology, Mutation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel immunology
- Abstract
Hypomorphic mutations in the zinc finger domain of NF-kappaB essential modulator (NEMO) cause X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome with ectodermal dysplasia (XHM-ED). Here we report that patient B cells are characterized by an absence of Ig somatic hypermutation (SHM) and defective class switch recombination (CSR) despite normal induction of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and Iepsilon-Cepsilon transcripts. This indicates that AID expression alone is insufficient to support neutralizing antibody responses. Furthermore, we show that patient B cells stimulated with CD40 ligand are impaired in both p65 and c-Rel activation, and whereas addition of IL-4 can enhance p65 activity, c-Rel activity remains deficient. This suggests that these NF-kappaB components have different activation requirements and that IL-4 can augment some but not all NEMO-dependent NF-kappaB signaling. Finally, using microarray analysis of patient B cells we identified downstream effects of impaired NF-kappaB activation and candidate factors that may be necessary for CSR and SHM in B cells.
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- 2004
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