Moran Stewart T, Cariappa Annaiah, Liu Haoyuan, Muir Beth, Sgroi Dennis, Boboila Cristian, Pillai Shiv
Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical Scool, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
J Immunol. 2007 Jul 1;179(1):195-200. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.1.195.
NF-kappaB1 and Notch2 are both required for the development of marginal zone (MZ) B cells. Analysis of B lymphocyte development in mice that are doubly heterozygous at the Notch2 and NF-kappaB1 loci revealed synergism between Notch2 and NF-kappaB1 during MZ B cell development. Two known transcriptional targets of the Notch pathway, Hes-5 and Deltex-1, were found to be preferentially expressed in MZ B cells and regulated by NF-kappaB1. These studies provide in vivo evidence for a genetic interaction between the Notch and NF-kappaB pathways.
核因子κB1(NF-kappaB1)和Notch2都是边缘区(MZ)B细胞发育所必需的。对在Notch2和NF-kappaB1基因座处双杂合的小鼠的B淋巴细胞发育进行分析,结果显示在MZ B细胞发育过程中Notch2和NF-kappaB1之间存在协同作用。Notch信号通路的两个已知转录靶标Hes-5和Deltex-1,被发现优先在MZ B细胞中表达并受NF-kappaB1调控。这些研究为Notch和NF-kappaB信号通路之间的遗传相互作用提供了体内证据。