AKT activity orchestrates marginal zone B cell development in mice and humans

Eva Maria Cox, Mohamed El-Behi, Stefanie Ries, Johannes F. Vogt, Vivien Kohlhaas, Thomas Michna, Benoît Manfroi, Mona Al-Maarri, Florian Wanke, Boaz Tirosh, Corinne Pondarre, Harry Lezeau, Nir Yogev, Romy Mittenzwei, Marc Descatoire, Sandra Weller, Jean Claude Weill, Claude Agnès Reynaud, Pierre Boudinot, Luc JouneauStefan Tenzer, Ute Distler, Anne Rensing-Ehl, Christoph König, Julian Staniek, Marta Rizzi, Aude Magérus, Frederic Rieux-Laucat, F. Thomas Wunderlich, Nadine Hövelmeyer, Simon Fillatreau

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Abstract

The signals controlling marginal zone (MZ) and follicular (FO) B cell development remain incompletely understood. Here, we show that AKT orchestrates MZ B cell formation in mice and humans. Genetic models that increase AKT signaling in B cells or abolish its impact on FoxO transcription factors highlight the AKT-FoxO axis as an on-off switch for MZ B cell formation in mice. In humans, splenic immunoglobulin (Ig) D+CD27+ B cells, proposed as an MZ B cell equivalent, display higher AKT signaling than naive IgD+CD27 and memory IgDCD27+ B cells and develop in an AKT-dependent manner from their precursors in vitro, underlining the conservation of this developmental pathway. Consistently, CD148 is identified as a receptor indicative of the level of AKT signaling in B cells, expressed at a higher level in MZ B cells than FO B cells in mice as well as humans.

Original languageEnglish
Article number112378
Pages (from-to)1-24
JournalCell Reports
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Apr 2023

Keywords

  • AKT
  • ALPS
  • B cells
  • CD148
  • CP: Developmental biology
  • CP: Immunology
  • FoxO1
  • NOTCH2
  • marginal zone B cells

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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