B cell antigen receptor signaling roles in cell development and disease

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BCellAntigenReceptorSignaling:RolesinCellDevelopmentandDiseaseStephenB.Gauld,JosephM.DalPorto,JohnC.Cambier*SignalspropagatedthroughtheBcellantigenreceptor(BCR)arevitalforthedevelopmentandsurvivalofBlymphocytesinboththebonemarrowandtheperiphery.Thesesignalsnotonlyguidematurationandactivationbutalsoaffecttheremovalofpotentiallyself-reactiveBlymphocytes.Interestingly,thesesignalsareknowntobeeitherligand-independent(“tonic”signals)orinducedbyligand(antigen)bindingtotheBCR.WefocusontheproblemsthatoccurinBcelldevelopmentduetodefectsinsignalsemanatingfromtheBCR.Inaddition,wepresenttheBCellAntigenReceptorPathway,anSTKEConnectionsMapthatillustratestheeventsinvolvedinBcellsignaling.

ThesignalspropagatedthroughtheBcellantigenreceptor(BCR)arecentraltoBcelldevelopmentandtheresponsetoantigen.DefectiveBCRsignalingcanresultnotonlyinimpairedBcelldevelopmentandimmu-nodeficienciesbutalsoinapredispositiontoautoimmunity.Science’sSignalTransductionKnowledgeEnvironment(STKE)Connec-tionsMapsarehosttotheBCellAntigenReceptorPathway(http://stke.sciencemag.org/cgi/cm/CMP_6909),whichdepictsanddetailsthegeneral,orcanonical,mechanismsinBcellsignaling(1).TheBCRisamultiproteinstructurecontaininganantigen-bindingcomponentmembraneimmunoglobulin(mIg),whichisproducedfromtherearrangementofimmu-noglobulinheavyandlightchaingenes,noncovalentlyassociatedwithdisulfide-linkedsignaltransducingelementsIg-␣(CD79a)andIg-␤(CD79b)(2).BCRsig-nalingisinitiateduponbindingofantigentomIg,whichinducesreceptoraggregationandsubsequentphosphorylationoftheim-munoreceptortyrosine-basedactivationmotifs(ITAMs)ofIg-␣andIg-␤.BothIg-␣andIg-␤containasingleITAMmotifcomposedoftwotyrosineresidueswithsurroundingconsensussequences(3,4).PhosphorylationofthesetyrosineresiduesbytheSrcfamilykinasesLyn,Fyn,orBlkresultsintherecruitmentofanotherty-rosinekinase,Syk,throughinteractionswithphosphotyrosine-bindingSrchomolo-gy2(SH2)domains(5).SykrecruitmenttoIg-␣/␤facilitatesitsphosphorylation,acti-vation,andinitiationofdownstreamsignal-ingcascades(Fig.1)(6).AnumberofmoleculesthatinteractatornearthereceptorplayessentialrolesinBcelldevelopmentandfunction.BcellsrequiretheexpressionofasurfaceBCRfordevelopmentandsurvival.TheBCRcancomeintheformoffunctionallyrearrangedheavyandlightchainIgmoleculesasfoundonmatureBcellsor,inthecaseofpro–andpre–Bcells,asnascentheavychainscoupledtosurrogatelight-chainpartners(suchas␭5andVpreB)(7).ExpressionofIg-␣andIg-␤isessentialforBCRtransportandsurfaceexpression(8,9);however,thesemoleculesalsofunctioninsignaltransduction,whichcanaffectBcelldevelopment.Mutationofbothtyrosineres-iduesintheITAMofIg-␣blocksBcelldevelopmentatthepro–topre–Bcelltran-sition.InmiceunabletoexpressamatureBCRontheircellsurfaces(RAGϪ/Ϫ),mem-branetargetingofthecytoplasmicdomainsofIg-␣andIg-␤aloneissufficienttopromoteBcelldevelopment(10,11).Thus,signalstransducedbyIg-␣,andpresumablyIg-␤,appeartobeessentialfortheearlystagesofBcelldevelopment(10,12).ManyproteintyrosinekinaseshavevitalrolesindirectingBcelldevelopment.ThetyrosinekinaseLyn,forexample,phosphor-ylatesITAMtyrosineresiduesafterBCRag-gregationbutalsonegativelyregulatesBcellsignaling(13).LynϪ/Ϫmicedisplaynormal

bonemarrowBcelldevelopmentbuthavedifficultyinsustainingamatureperipheralBcellpopulation(14).BcellsthatdoprogresstothematureBcellstageexhibitapredilec-tionforautoreactivity(15,16).Thispheno-typemaybedueinparttoLyn’sadditionalroleinphosphorylationoftheimmunorecep-tortyrosine-basedinhibitorymotifdomains(ITIMs)ofinhibitorycoreceptors,suchasCD22(17).Thus,althoughLyn’sabsencedoesimpedetheprogressionofsignalsthroughtheBCRandmaycontributetoim-pairedsurvivalofmatureBcells,itappearstohaveanonredundantfunctionininhibitorypathwaysthatareimportantforthemainte-nanceoftolerance(18).ThetyrosinekinaseSykisalsocriticalforproperBcelldevelopment(19–21).MicedeficientinSykexhibitanearlyblockinBcelldevelopment,withcellsaccumu-latingatthelatepro–Bcellstage(22,23).UnlikeBcellsofRAGϪ/Ϫmice,which

arrestatasimilarpoint,BcellsofSykϪ/ϪanimalsarecapableofinitiatingIgheavy-chainrearrangementbutprogressnofur-ther,whichsuggeststhatSykisessentialforsignalingthroughtheBCRatthispointindevelopment.TheTecfamilykinasememberBruton’styrosinekinase(Btk)isinvolvedinBcelldevelopment,anditsdysfunctionleadstooftensevereimmunodeficiencies.NaturallyoccurringmutationstoBtkareresponsibleforX-linkedagammaglobulinemia(XLA)inhumansandarelateddeficiencyinmice,xid.

IntegratedDepartmentofImmunology,UniversityofColoradoHealthSciencesCenter,andNationalJewishMedicalResearchCenter,1400JacksonStreet,Den-ver,CO80206,USA.