Abstract
B lymphocytes are important players of the adaptive immune system. However, not just activation of B cells but also regulation of B cell signaling is important to prevent hyperactivity and dysregulation of the immune response. Different mechanisms and proteins contribute to this balance. One of these is CD22, a member of the Siglec family. It is an inhibitory coreceptor of the BCR and inhibits B cell activation. Upon BCR stimulation, CD22-dependent inhibition of BCR signaling results in a decreased calcium mobilization. Although some CD22 binding partners have already been identified, the knowledge about the CD22 interactome is still incomplete. In this study, quantitative affinity purification-mass spectrometry enabled the delineation of the CD22 interactome in the B cell line DT40. These data will clarify molecular mechanisms and CD22 signaling events after BCR activation and revealed several new CD22-associated proteins. One new identified interaction partner is the E3 ubiquitin ligase cullin 3, which was revealed to regulate CD22 surface expression and clathrin-dependent CD22 internalization after BCR stimulation. Furthermore cullin 3 was identified to be important for B lymphocytes in general. B cell-specific cullin 3-deficient mice show reduced developing B cells in the bone marrow and a severe pro-B cell proliferation defect. Mature B cells in the periphery are also reduced and characterized by increased CD22 expression and additionally by preactivated and apoptotic phenotypes. The findings reveal novel functions of cullin 3 in B lymphocytes, namely regulating CD22 surface expression and internalization after B cell activation, as well as promoting proliferation of pro-B cells.
- 2/*immunology,to_read,ubiquitin-protein
- acid
- activation/immunology,mice,mice
- animals,apoptosis/immunology,b-lymphocytes/*immunology,bone
- antigen
- b-cell/immunology,sialic
- b-lymphoid/*immunology,receptors
- binding
- c57bl,precursor
- cells
- ig-like
- inbred
- lectin
- ligases/immunology
- line,cell
- marrow/immunology,cell
- proliferation/*physiology,cullin
- proteins/*immunology,lymphocyte
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