对于适当的B细胞发育和启动免疫球蛋白基因重组,需要E2A蛋白
G Bain1, E C Maandag, D J Izon
1Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92130.
Cell
|December 2, 1994
概括
E2A转录因子对于B细胞发育至关重要. 没有E2A的小鼠缺乏成熟的B细胞,表明E2A.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- E12和E47是来自E2A基因的螺旋环螺旋转录因子.
- 已知这些因素调节免疫球蛋白基因表达.
- 对于E2A在早期B细胞分化中的确切作用仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究E2A转录因子在B细胞发育中的功能.
- 为了确定E2A缺乏对B细胞成熟和免疫球蛋白基因表达的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用基因向生成E2A-null突变小鼠.
- 对同卵性突变小鼠B细胞发育阶段的分析.
- 在胎儿肝脏中对免疫球蛋白和相关基因转录 (RAG-1,mb-1,CD19,lambda 5,B29,mu度,Pax-5) 的定量评估.
主要成果:
- 没有E2A的突变小鼠完全无法产生成熟的B细胞.
- 在免疫球蛋白DJ重组之前,B细胞发育停止发生在早期阶段.
- 在生殖线I mu,RAG-1,mb-1,CD19和lambda 5转录中显著减少.
- 降低,但可以检测到的B29和mu的水平.
- 在E2A (-/-) 小鼠的胎儿肝脏中显著降低了Pax-5转录水平.
结论:
- 在B细胞分化的早期阶段,E2A产品起着关键和核心的作用.
- E2A对于B细胞发育所需的关键基因的适当表达至关重要.
- 缺少E2A会导致B细胞成熟的严重阻断,影响多种发育途径.
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