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Published on: September 14, 2018
Role of OCA-B in 3'-IgH enhancer function
1Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Abstract:
OCA-B (alternately called Bob1 and OBF-1) is a B cell-specific coactivator that interacts with the ubiquitously expressed Oct-1 and the B cell-restricted Oct-2 to activate transcription via the octamer site (5'-ATGCAAAT-3'). OCA-B-/- mice appear to undergo normal Ag-independent B cell maturation. However, Ag-dependent B cell differentiation, including germinal center formation, production of secondary Ig isotypes, and proliferation in response to surface Ig cross-linking, is greatly affected. We demonstrate that the observed reductions in expression of class-switched isotypes in OCA-B-/- mice may be due in part to deficiencies in the function of the 3'-IgH enhancer elements. Furthermore, we find that surface Ig cross-linking represses all the Ig enhancers and that this repression is absent in OCA-B-/- B cells. These results suggest an important role for OCA-B in Ig enhancer function in vivo.
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