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Opposing Roles for the Related ETS-Family Transcription Factors Spi-B and Spi-C in Regulating B Cell Differentiation and Function
Frontiers in Immunology
  • Anne Sophie Laramée, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Hannah Raczkowski, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Peng Shao, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Carolina Batista, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Devanshi Shukla, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Li Xu, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • S. M.Mansour Haeryfar, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Yodit Tesfagiorgis, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Steven Kerfoot, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Rodney DeKoter, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-8-2020
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.3389/fimmu.2020.00841
Abstract

Generation of specific antibodies during an immune response to infection or vaccination depends on the ability to rapidly and accurately select clones of antibody-secreting B lymphocytes for expansion. Antigen-specific B cell clones undergo the cell fate decision to differentiate into antibody-secreting plasma cells, memory B cells, or germinal center B cells. The E26-transformation-specific (ETS) transcription factors Spi-B and Spi-C are important regulators of B cell development and function. Spi-B is expressed throughout B cell development and is downregulated upon plasma cell differentiation. Spi-C is highly related to Spi-B and has similar DNA-binding specificity. Heterozygosity for Spic rescues B cell development and B cell proliferation defects observed in Spi-B knockout mice. In this study, we show that heterozygosity for Spic rescued defective IgG1 secondary antibody responses in Spib–/– mice. Plasma cell differentiation was accelerated in Spib–/– B cells. Gene expression, ChIP-seq, and reporter gene analysis showed that Spi-B and Spi-C differentially regulated Bach2, encoding a key regulator of plasma cell and memory B cell differentiation. These results suggest that Spi-B and Spi-C oppose the function of one another to regulate B cell differentiation and function.

Citation Information
Anne Sophie Laramée, Hannah Raczkowski, Peng Shao, Carolina Batista, et al.. "Opposing Roles for the Related ETS-Family Transcription Factors Spi-B and Spi-C in Regulating B Cell Differentiation and Function" Frontiers in Immunology Vol. 11 (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rodney-dekoter/16/