[HTML][HTML] BCR-signalling synergizes with TLR-signalling for induction of AID and immunoglobulin class-switching through the non-canonical NF-κB pathway

EJ Pone, J Zhang, T Mai, CA White, G Li… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
EJ Pone, J Zhang, T Mai, CA White, G Li, JK Sakakura, PJ Patel, A Al-Qahtani, H Zan, Z Xu
Nature communications, 2012nature.com
By diversifying antibody biological effector functions, class switch DNA recombination has a
central role in the maturation of the antibody response. Here we show that BCR-signalling
synergizes with Toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling to induce class switch DNA
recombination. BCR-signalling activates the non-canonical NF-κB pathway and enhances
the TLR-dependent canonical NF-κB pathway, thereby inducing activation-induced cytidine
deaminase (AID), which is critical for class switch DNA recombination. Escherichia coli …
Abstract
By diversifying antibody biological effector functions, class switch DNA recombination has a central role in the maturation of the antibody response. Here we show that BCR-signalling synergizes with Toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling to induce class switch DNA recombination. BCR-signalling activates the non-canonical NF-κB pathway and enhances the TLR-dependent canonical NF-κB pathway, thereby inducing activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), which is critical for class switch DNA recombination. Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) triggers dual TLR4/BCR-signalling and induces hallmarks of BCR-signalling, including CD79a phosphorylation and Ca2+ mobilization, and activates both the NF-κB pathways to induce AID and class switch DNA recombination in a PI(3)K p85α-dependent fashion. CD40-signalling activates the two NF-κB pathways to induce AID and class switch DNA recombination independent of BCR-signalling. Finally, dual BCR/TLR-engaging NP–lipopolysaccharide effectively elicits class-switched NP-specific IgG3 and IgG2b in mice. Thus, by integrating signals of the non-canonical and canonical NF-κB pathways, BCR and TLRs synergize to induce AID and T-cell-independent class switch DNA recombination.
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