The RNA m6A binding protein YTHDF2 promotes the B cell to plasma cell transition
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ABSTRACT: The B cell to plasma cell transition relies on the coordinated remodelling of the gene expression program. We performed a CRISPR/Cas9 knockout screen of RNA binding proteins to identify post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression during the B cell terminal differentiation. The m6A binding protein YTHDF2 was identified as promoting B cell terminal differentiation. In the absence of YTHDF2 the germinal centre reaction is broadly intact, however, plasma cells fail to accumulate. YTHDF2 has previously been shown to mediate RNA decay through the recruitment of the CCR4-NOT deadenylase machinery. Furthermore, our genetic screen in B cells identified that other CCR4-NOT recruitment factors inhibit rather than promote differentiation. Thus, the CCR4-NOT complex coordinates competing regulatory pathways of B cell differentiation at the post-transcriptional level.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE179919 | GEO | 2021/07/13
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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