TY - JOUR
T1 - NF-κB1 p50 is required for BLyS attenuation of apoptosis but dispensable for processing of NF-κB2 p100 to p52 in quiescent mature B cells
AU - Hatada, Eunice N.
AU - Do, Richard K.G.
AU - Orlofsky, Amos
AU - Liou, Hsiou Chi
AU - Prystowsky, Michael
AU - MacLennan, Ian C.M.
AU - Caamano, Jorge
AU - Chen-Kiang, Selina
PY - 2003/7/15
Y1 - 2003/7/15
N2 - B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS), a TNF family protein essential for peripheral B cell development, functions primarily through attenuation of B cell apoptosis. In this study, we show that BLyS activates NF-κB through both classical and alternative pathways with distinct kinetics in quiescent mature B cells. It rapidly and transiently enhances the p50/p65 DNA binding activity and induces phosphorylation of IκBα characteristic of the classical NF-κB pathway, albeit maintaining IκBα at a constant level through ongoing protein synthesis and proteasome-mediated destruction. With delayed kinetics, BLyS promotes the processing of p100 to p52 and sustained formation of p52/RelB complexes via the alternative NF-κB pathway. p50 is dispensable for p100 processing. However, it is required to mediate the initial BLyS survival signals and concomitant activation of Bcl-xL in quiescent mature B cells ex vivo. Although also a target of BLyS activation, at least one of the A1 genes, A1-a, is dispensable for the BLyS survival function. These results suggest that BLyS mediates its survival signals in metabolically restricted quiescent B cells, at least in part, through coordinated activation of both NF-κB pathways and selective downstream antiapoptotic genes.
AB - B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS), a TNF family protein essential for peripheral B cell development, functions primarily through attenuation of B cell apoptosis. In this study, we show that BLyS activates NF-κB through both classical and alternative pathways with distinct kinetics in quiescent mature B cells. It rapidly and transiently enhances the p50/p65 DNA binding activity and induces phosphorylation of IκBα characteristic of the classical NF-κB pathway, albeit maintaining IκBα at a constant level through ongoing protein synthesis and proteasome-mediated destruction. With delayed kinetics, BLyS promotes the processing of p100 to p52 and sustained formation of p52/RelB complexes via the alternative NF-κB pathway. p50 is dispensable for p100 processing. However, it is required to mediate the initial BLyS survival signals and concomitant activation of Bcl-xL in quiescent mature B cells ex vivo. Although also a target of BLyS activation, at least one of the A1 genes, A1-a, is dispensable for the BLyS survival function. These results suggest that BLyS mediates its survival signals in metabolically restricted quiescent B cells, at least in part, through coordinated activation of both NF-κB pathways and selective downstream antiapoptotic genes.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.171.2.761
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.171.2.761
M3 - Article
C2 - 12847243
AN - SCOPUS:0038445996
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 171
SP - 761
EP - 768
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 2
ER -