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- Title
Foxo1 directly regulates the transcription of recombination-activating genes during B cell development.
- Authors
Amin, Rupesh H; Schlissel, Mark S
- Abstract
Regulated expression of the recombinase RAG-1 and RAG-2 proteins is necessary for generating the vast repertoire of antigen receptors essential for adaptive immunity. Here, a retroviral cDNA library screen showed that the stress-regulated protein GADD45a activated transcription of the genes encoding RAG-1 and RAG-2 in transformed pro-B cells by a pathway requiring the transcription factor Foxo1. Foxo1 directly activated transcription of the Rag1-Rag2 locus throughout early B cell development, and a decrease in Foxo1 protein diminished the induction of Rag1 and Rag2 transcription in a model of receptor editing. We also found that transcription of Rag1 and Rag2 was repressed at the pro-B cell and immature B cell stages by the kinase Akt through its 'antagonism' of Foxo1 function. Thus, Foxo1 is a key regulator of Rag1 and Rag2 transcription in primary B cells.
- Publication
Nature immunology, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 6, p613
- ISSN
1529-2916
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/ni.1612