Takeuchi Osamu, Fisher Jill, Suh Heikyung, Harada Hisashi, Malynn Barbara A, Korsmeyer Stanley J
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Aug 9;102(32):11272-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0504783102. Epub 2005 Jul 29.
B cell homeostasis is maintained by a balance between the continual generation of new cells and their elimination. Here we show proapoptotic BCL-2 family members BAX and BAK are essential for regulating the number of B cells at both immature and mature developmental stages. BAX and BAK are critical mediators of B cell death induced by multiple stimuli. In addition, BAX- and BAK-deficient B cells display defective cell cycle progression to B cell receptor crosslinking and lipopolysaccharide, but not to CpG-DNA. Furthermore, inducible deletion of Bax and Bak in adult mice results in the development of severe autoimmune disease.
B细胞的稳态通过新细胞的持续产生与其清除之间的平衡来维持。在此我们表明,促凋亡的BCL-2家族成员BAX和BAK对于在未成熟和成熟发育阶段调节B细胞数量至关重要。BAX和BAK是多种刺激诱导的B细胞死亡的关键介质。此外,缺乏BAX和BAK的B细胞在B细胞受体交联和脂多糖刺激下,而非CpG-DNA刺激下,细胞周期进程存在缺陷。此外,成年小鼠中Bax和Bak的诱导性缺失会导致严重自身免疫性疾病的发生。