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The Journal of Immunology, 2000, 165: 5418-5427.
Copyright © 2000 by The American Association of Immunologists

Lymphocytes Lacking I{kappa}B-{alpha} Develop Normally, But Have Selective Defects in Proliferation and Function1

Chih-Li Chen*, Nagendra Singh*,{ddagger}, Fiona E. Yull2,{dagger}, David Strayhorn{dagger}, Luc Van Kaer*,{ddagger} and Lawrence D. Kerr*,{dagger},§

Departments of * Microbiology and Immunology and {dagger} Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232; {ddagger} Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; § Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN 37232; and Transplantation and Immunobiology Section, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892

NF-{kappa}B has been implicated in the development, activation, and function of B and T lymphocytes. We have evaluated the in vivo effects of deletion of I{kappa}B-{alpha}, a major inhibitor of NF-{kappa}B, on lymphocyte development, proliferation, and function. To elucidate the long term role of I{kappa}B-{alpha} in lymphocytes, fetal liver cells of 14.5-day-old I{kappa}B-{alpha}-/- or wild-type embryos were transplanted into irradiated recombinase-activating gene-2-deficient mice. Within 4 wk, the I{kappa}B-{alpha}-/- fetal liver cells reconstitute mature B and T cell populations in the recipients comparable to those produced by wild-type fetal liver cells. However, the proliferative responses of I{kappa}B-{alpha}-/- B cells are enhanced, whereas those of I{kappa}B-{alpha}-/- T cells are reduced. The levels of IgG1, IgG2a, IgA, and IgE produced by I{kappa}B-{alpha}-/- B cells are elevated relative to those produced by I{kappa}B-{alpha}+/+ or I{kappa}B-{alpha}+/-. Moreover, the specific immune responses to OVA and the generation of germinal centers are impaired in recipients of I{kappa}B-{alpha}-/- fetal liver cells. These results indicate that I{kappa}B-{alpha} plays a vital role in signal transduction pathways regulating lymphocyte proliferation and also in the production of specific Ig isotypes.




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