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Blimp-1 controls plasma cell function through the regulation of immunoglobulin secretion and the unfolded protein response.


ABSTRACT: Plasma cell differentiation requires silencing of B cell transcription, while it establishes antibody-secretory function and long-term survival. The transcription factors Blimp-1 and IRF4 are essential for the generation of plasma cells; however, their function in mature plasma cells has remained elusive. We found that while IRF4 was essential for the survival of plasma cells, Blimp-1 was dispensable for this. Blimp-1-deficient plasma cells retained their transcriptional identity but lost the ability to secrete antibody. Blimp-1 regulated many components of the unfolded protein response (UPR), including XBP-1 and ATF6. The overlap in the functions of Blimp-1 and XBP-1 was restricted to that response, with Blimp-1 uniquely regulating activity of the kinase mTOR and the size of plasma cells. Thus, Blimp-1 was required for the unique physiological ability of plasma cells that enables the secretion of protective antibody.

SUBMITTER: Tellier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4757736 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Blimp-1 controls plasma cell function through the regulation of immunoglobulin secretion and the unfolded protein response.

Tellier Julie J   Shi Wei W   Minnich Martina M   Liao Yang Y   Crawford Simon S   Smyth Gordon K GK   Kallies Axel A   Busslinger Meinrad M   Nutt Stephen L SL  

Nature immunology 20160118 3


Plasma cell differentiation requires silencing of B cell transcription, while it establishes antibody-secretory function and long-term survival. The transcription factors Blimp-1 and IRF4 are essential for the generation of plasma cells; however, their function in mature plasma cells has remained elusive. We found that while IRF4 was essential for the survival of plasma cells, Blimp-1 was dispensable for this. Blimp-1-deficient plasma cells retained their transcriptional identity but lost the ab  ...[more]

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