title: BCL6 is critical for the development of a diverse primary B cell repertoire.
abstract: BCL6 protects germinal center (GC) B cells against DNA damage-induced apoptosis during somatic hypermutation and class-switch recombination. Although expression of BCL6 was not found in early IL-7-dependent B cell precursors, we report that IL-7Ralpha-Stat5 signaling negatively regulates BCL6. Upon productive VH-DJH gene rearrangement and expression of a mu heavy chain, however, activation of pre-B cell receptor signaling strongly induces BCL6 expression, whereas IL-7Ralpha-Stat5 signaling is attenuated. At the transition from IL-7-dependent to -independent stages of B cell development, BCL6 is activated, reaches expression levels resembling those in GC B cells, and protects pre-B cells from DNA damage-induced apoptosis during immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain gene recombination. In the absence of BCL6, DNA breaks during Ig light chain gene rearrangement lead to excessive up-regulation of Arf and p53. As a consequence, the pool of new bone marrow immature B cells is markedly reduced in size and clonal diversity. We conclude that negative regulation of Arf by BCL6 is required for pre-B cell self-renewal and the formation of a diverse polyclonal B cell repertoire.
authors.affiliation: Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Leukemia and Lymphoma Program, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
authors.forename: Cihangir
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authors.lastname: Duy
authors.forename: J Jessica
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Rahul
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authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.forename: Srividya
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authors.lastname: Swaminathan
authors.forename: Soo-Mi
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authors.lastname: Kweon
authors.forename: Jose M
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authors.lastname: Polo
authors.forename: Ester
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authors.lastname: Valls
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authors.lastname: Klemm
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authors.lastname: Cerchietti
authors.forename: Wolfgang
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authors.lastname: Schuh
authors.forename: Hans-Martin
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authors.lastname: Jäck
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authors.lastname: Hurtz
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authors.lastname: Ramezani-Rad
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authors.lastname: Herzog
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authors.lastname: Jumaa
authors.forename: H Phillip
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authors.lastname: Koeffler
authors.forename: Ignacio Moreno
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authors.lastname: de Alborán
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authors.lastname: Melnick
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mesh_terms: D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019610:Cytoprotection; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D015328:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015851:Interleukin-7 / Q000378:metabolism; D038041:Lymphopoiesis; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D054420:Pre-B Cell Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D054448:Precursor Cells, B-Lymphoid / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C490010:Bcl6 protein, mouse; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015851:Interleukin-7; D054420:Pre-B Cell Receptors; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors