Increased B cell proliferation and reduced Ig production in DREAM transgenic mice

M Savignac, B Mellström, AG Bébin… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
M Savignac, B Mellström, AG Bébin, JC Oliveros, L Delpy, E Pinaud, JR Naranjo
The Journal of Immunology, 2010journals.aai.org
DREAM/KChIP-3 is a calcium-dependent transcriptional repressor highly expressed in
immune cells. Transgenic mice expressing a dominant active DREAM mutant show reduced
serum Ig levels. In vitro assays show that reduced Ig secretion is an intrinsic defect of
transgenic B cells that occurs without impairment in plasma cell differentiation, class switch
recombination, or Ig transcription. Surprisingly, transgenic B cells show an accelerated entry
in cell division. Transcriptomic analysis of transgenic B cells revealed that hyperproliferative …
Abstract
DREAM/KChIP-3 is a calcium-dependent transcriptional repressor highly expressed in immune cells. Transgenic mice expressing a dominant active DREAM mutant show reduced serum Ig levels. In vitro assays show that reduced Ig secretion is an intrinsic defect of transgenic B cells that occurs without impairment in plasma cell differentiation, class switch recombination, or Ig transcription. Surprisingly, transgenic B cells show an accelerated entry in cell division. Transcriptomic analysis of transgenic B cells revealed that hyperproliferative B cell response could be correlated with a reduced expression of Klf9, a cell-cycle regulator. Pulse-chase experiments demonstrated that the defect in Ig production is associated with reduced translation rather than with increased protein degradation. Importantly, transgenic B cells showed reduced expression of the Eif4g3 gene, which encodes a protein related to protein translation. Our results disclose, to our knowledge, a novel function of DREAM in proliferation and Ig synthesis in B lymphocytes.
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