Publication Date:
2010-10-12
Description:
Lymphocyte survival during immune responses is controlled by the relative expression of pro- and anti-apoptotic molecules, regulating the magnitude, quality, and duration of the response. We investigated the consequences of deleting genes encoding the anti-apoptotic molecules Mcl1 and Bcl2l1 (Bcl-x(L)) from B cells using an inducible system synchronized with expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (Aicda) after immunization. This revealed Mcl1 and not Bcl2l1 to be indispensable for the formation and persistence of germinal centers (GCs). Limiting Mcl1 expression reduced the magnitude of the GC response with an equivalent, but not greater, effect on memory B cell formation and no effect on persistence. Our results identify Mcl1 as the main anti-apoptotic regulator of activated B cell survival and suggest distinct mechanisms controlling survival of GC and memory B cells.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2991396/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2991396/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Vikstrom, Ingela -- Carotta, Sebastian -- Luthje, Katja -- Peperzak, Victor -- Jost, Philipp J -- Glaser, Stefan -- Busslinger, Meinrad -- Bouillet, Philippe -- Strasser, Andreas -- Nutt, Stephen L -- Tarlinton, David M -- CA43540/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA80188/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA043540/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA043540-22/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA080188-08/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Nov 19;330(6007):1095-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1191793. Epub 2010 Oct 7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20929728" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antibody Affinity
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B-Lymphocytes/*immunology
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Cell Survival
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Gene Deletion
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Germinal Center/cytology/*immunology
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*Immunologic Memory
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics/*immunology
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bcl-X Protein/genetics/immunology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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