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Department of Cell Biology, Faculties of
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Medicine and
Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; and
Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is involved in the development of many tissues during embryogenesis, but has also been described to function in adult self-renewing tissues. In the immune system, Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) regulates intrathymic T cell development and modulates the effector functions of peripheral CD4+ T cells. In this study we investigate whether Shh signaling is involved in peripheral B cell differentiation in mice. Shh is produced by follicular dendritic cells, mainly in germinal centers (GCs), and GC B cells express both components of the Hh receptor, Patched and Smoothened. Blockade of the Hh signaling pathway reduces the survival, and consequently the proliferation and Ab secretion, of GC B cells. Furthermore, Shh rescues GC B cells from apoptosis induced by Fas ligation. Taken together, our data suggest that Shh is one of the survival signals provided by follicular dendritic cells to prevent apoptosis in GC B cells.
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