in the Teaching Material of
Medical Biotechnology Master’s Programmes
at the University of Pécs and at the University of Debrecen
Identification number: TÁMOP-4.1.2-08/1/A-2009-0011
B-CELL RECEPTOR SIGNALING
Tímea Berki and Ferenc Boldizsár Signal transduction
Medical Biotechnology Master’s Programmes
at the University of Pécs and at the University of Debrecen
Identification number: TÁMOP-4.1.2-08/1/A-2009-0011
B-cell development
• Haematopoietic development is a highly regulated multistep process in which pluripotent HSC
differentiate through intermediate progenitors to mature cells in the blood
• These processes are regulated by transcription factors and signaling pathways
• The generationof lymphoid progenitors depends on:
c-Kit, Flt3, and IL-7R
Early lymphopoiesis depends on:
• PU.1: crucial for myeloid and lymphoid progenitors
• IKAROS: controls development of lymphoid progenitors
• Bcl11a: zinc finger transcrition factor, in its absence development is blocked in CLP
• E2A: helix loop helix protein, B-cell fate determinant, turns on B-cell specific genes
• EBF: early B-cell factor, B-cell fate determinant, turns on B- cell specific genes
• Pax5: in its absence cells are blocked at pro-B stage, self
renew, broad developmental potential. Pax5 represses
non-B genes
The stage specific crucial events
involved in B lymphoid commitment
LMPP: lymphoid primed multipotent progenitor, CLP: common lymphoid progenitor,
BCP: B lineage committed progenitor LMPP
Lymphoid priming
E2A/IKAROS/PU1
RAG1/2, TdT, IgH, IL-7Rα, Notch-1, Ebf1
BCP
B-lineage commitment
EBF1/PAX5
λ5, VpreB1, mb1, B29, OcaB, Pax5 CLP
B-lineage priming
E2A/EBF1
CD19, Tcf4, Aiolos, Irf4, Irf8, CD55
Genetic control of lineage
commitment in early lymphopoiesis
Low level of PU.1 → IL7Ra expression → lymphoid lineages (IL7Ra+)
PU.1 low
Myeloid prog.
HSC CLP
Pro-T
Pro-B Pre-
NK Pre-
DC
Ikaros
EA2 EBF Pax5
Id2
Id2
Notch PU.1 high
IL-7Ra+
IL-7Ra-
Early B-cell development in the bone marrow
A schematic diagram of early B lymphopoiesis, showing the successive differentiation stages and the rearrangement status of IgH and IgL genes
PU.1
Ikaros c-Kit
Fit3
Bcl11a Il-7R
E2A EBF
Pax5 Foxp1
(DH► JH) DH► JH DH► JH VH ► DHJH Pre-BCR+ VL ► JL BCR+
Myeloid
Erythroid T NK
HSC CLP Pre-
pro-B
ELP Pro-B Large
pre-B
Small pre-B
Imm.
B
The Ig gene rearrangement
• DH–JH rearrangements are initiated in the earliest lymphocyte progenitors (ELPs) at a low level and are completed as the cell
progresses to the CLP and pre-pro-B cell (also referred to as CLP2) stage.
• VH–DJH recombination takes place in pro-B cells, and successful
rearrangement leads to expression of the Igm protein as part of the pre- BCR in large pre-B cells.
• Subsequent rearrangement of the IgL locus in small pre-B cells results in the expression of the BCR (consisting of m heavy and k or l light chains) on immature B cells (Imm. B).
• The approximate points of the developmental arrest in mice that have defective transcription factors PU.1, Ikaros, Bcl11a, E2A, EBF, Pax5 and Foxp1 (black) or signalling components involved in signalling through c- Kit, Flt3 or IL-7R (grey) are indicated above.
• E2A- and EBF-deficient progenitors in the bone marrow resemble pre- pro-B cells but lack all Ig rearrangements.
Expression pattern of
transcription factors involved in B cell commitment and differentiation
Progenitor CMLP, CLP
Commitment to B lineage
Bone marrow PreB → Imm.B
Peripheral
maturation Germinal center Plasma cells
PU.1 E2A EBF Ikaros Pax5 LEF-1 NF-kB Aiolos Bcl-6 Blimp-1 XBP-1
Immunreceptor Tyrosin-based Activation Motif
Activating receptors
Immunreceptor Tyrosin-based Ativation Motif (ITAM):
D/E-x2- YxxL/I-x6-9Yx2L/I
Inhibiting receptors
Immunreceptor Tyrosin-based Inhibition Motif (ITIM):
L/V/S-YxxL/V
ACTIVATION
ITAM ITAM
INHIBITION
ITAM ITIM
Acute antigen signaling
LYN LYN SYK SYK
BCR
P P
P P
Iga Igβ
P P
P P
PLC2 BTK
BLNK VAV GRB2 SOS RAS ERK
DAG PKC
IP3 Ca2+ Transcription factors Proliferation, activation and antibody secretion Antigen
PlP3 PlP2
PI3K
SYK P P BCR
ITAM
PLC2
PI3K Iga Igβ
PIP3 PIP2
BTK BLNK
GRB2
AKT1
RAS
RAF DAG
MEK
ERK PKCβ
CARMA1 MALTI BCL10
p50 p65 IKKa
IKK
IKKβ
TRAF3
NIK
p100 RELB IP3
Ca2+
p52 RELB NFAT
NF-B1 Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Canonical NF-B1 pathway
Non- canonical
NF-B1 pathway
REL P100 Anti-apoptotic proteins
Such as BCL-XL and MCL1 LYN
Plasma membrane
TRAF3 TRAF2 BAFFR CD19
NF-B2
Co-stimularory pathways of BcR
signaling
LYN LYN SYK
SYK BCR
P P
P P
Iga Igβ
P P
P P
PLC2 BTK
BLNK VAV GRB2 SOS RAS ERK
DAG PKC
IP3 Ca2+ Transcription factors Proliferation, activation and antibody secretion SHIP1
DOK
Migration
Survival
CXCR4 BAFFR
? Pl (3,4)P2
Pl(3,4,5)P3
Pl(4,5)P2
PI3K
Long term BcR stimulation
C3d
P P P
antigén
Lyn a b a
Syk Syk
b Lyn
P P P P
P CD19 CD81
CD21(CR2)
Lyn
Vav P
P
P
P
PI3-K PI3-K
PIP3
BCR
Gab1 PIP3 Ras/MAPK
The positive (CR2) and negative
(FcgRIIb) B cell regulation model
Role for lipid rafts in B-cell activation
BCR BCR
LYN LYN
CD45
Iga/β CD22
ITIM ITAM
BCR
P P
P P
BCR
P P
P P
LYN LYN
CD45
Iga/β CD22
SYK SYK
Signal transduction Internalization
Antigen targeting Receptor
downregulation Lipid raft
Antigen binding
Lipid rafts
• The plasma membrane is composed primarily of
sphingolipids, (glycerol)phospholipids and cholesterol.
• Sphingolipids differ from most phospholipids in that they have long, largely saturated acyl chains that allow them to pack tightly in a bilayer, forming a gel phase in which there is very little lateral movement or diffusion.
• The gel phase of the sphingolipids is altered by the
association of cholesterol, which condenses the packing of the sphingolipids by occupying the spaces between the acyl chains.
• So, cholesterol-containing sphingolipid microdomains exist
in a liquid-ordered phase that is significantly more fluid than
the gel phase.
BCR
Iga Igb
Antigen
RapL Riam
Rap
Dok-1 ezrin
Bam32 clathrin
Cbl
Bam32
BLNK GRB2 LAB
Dok-3 Shc GRB2
TSC2
lB Lyn
c-RAF
MEK1/2
Erk1/2
Erk1/2
PKC
TAK1
IKK
CaMK
Akt
GSK-3
mTOR
P70 S6K
Akt Btk
P13K p110
SOS
Ras GRP
Ras GAP
CaM Nck BLNK
PRK2 VAV
Rac/
cdc42 Rho
Rac
Ras
RhoA SHIP1
SHIP2 SHIP2
PTEN Gab BCAP
p85
Rheb IP3
DAG
Pl(4,5)P2
DAG
PLC2
CARMA1 Bcl 10 MALT1
lB
NF-B NFAT
NF-B
FoXO MEKKs
PKC
PIR-B SHIP2
Cytoskeletal rearrangments and integrin activation
Proteasomal degradation
Protein synthesis
Glucose uptake Glycolysis
ATP generation Lipid raft
aggregation
BCR Internalization
CD22
CD19
CD40
FcgRIIB1
Ca2+
Ca2+
Ca2+
ER IP3R Intracellular
Ca2+ store STIM1
Transcription Growth arrest,
apoptosis Ca2+
Calcineurin Bam32
MKK3/4/6
p38
p38
MKK4/7
JNK1/2
JNK
NFAT Ets-1
Oct-2 Bfl-1
ATF-2 Bcl-6 Egr-1 Elk-1 Bcl-xL
CREB Jun
CD19 CD19
Transcription Cytoplasm
Nucleus
CD19 CRAC channel
PIP3
Syk Lyn
CD45
PIP3
FcRIIB1
SHIP1