B Cell Receptor-ERK1/2 Signal Cancels PAX5-Dependent Repression of BLIMP1 through PAX5 Phosphorylation: A Mechanism of Antigen-Triggering Plasma Cell Differentiation

  • Yasuda T
  • Hayakawa F
  • Kurahashi S
  • et al.
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Abstract

Plasma cell differentiation is initiated by Ag stimulation of BCR. Until BCR stimulation, B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein 1 (BLIMP1), a master regulator of plasma cell differentiation, is suppressed by PAX5, which is a key transcriptional repressor for maintaining B cell identity. After BCR stimulation, upregulation of BLIMP1 and subsequent suppression of PAX5 by BLIMP1 are observed and thought to be the trigger of plasma cell differentiation; however, the trigger that derepresses BLIMP1 expression is yet to be revealed. In this study, we demonstrated PAX5 phosphorylation by ERK1/2, the main component of the BCR signal. Transcriptional repression on BLIMP1 promoter by PAX5 was canceled by PAX5 phosphorylation. BCR stimulation induced ERK1/2 activation, phosphorylation of endogenous PAX5, and upregulation of BLIMP1 mRNA expression in B cells. These phenomena were inhibited by MEK1 inhibitor or the phosphorylation-defective mutation of PAX5. These data imply that PAX5 phosphorylation by the BCR signal is the initial event in plasma cell differentiation.

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Yasuda, T., Hayakawa, F., Kurahashi, S., Sugimoto, K., Minami, Y., Tomita, A., & Naoe, T. (2012). B Cell Receptor-ERK1/2 Signal Cancels PAX5-Dependent Repression of BLIMP1 through PAX5 Phosphorylation: A Mechanism of Antigen-Triggering Plasma Cell Differentiation. The Journal of Immunology, 188(12), 6127–6134. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1103039

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