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Cutting Edge: TFII-I Controls B Cell Proliferation via Regulating NF-B¹

Todd Ashworth^* and Ananda L. Roy^2,*,,

^* Program in Immmunology and Program in Genetics, Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111

The multifunctional transcription factor TFII-I physically and functionally interacts with Bruton’s tyrosine kinase in murine B cells. However, the downstream functions of TFII-I in B cells are unknown. Toward achieving this goal, we established stable posttranscriptional silencing of TFII-I in WEHI-231 immature murine B cells, which undergoes growth arrest and apoptosis either upon anti-IgM or TGF- signaling. In this study, we show that TFII-I promotes growth arrest of cells in a signal-dependent manner. Unlike control cells, B cells exhibiting loss of TFII-I function fail to undergo arrest upon signaling due to up-regulation of c-Myc expression and concomitant down-regulation of both p21 and p27. Loss of TFII-I is also associated with simultaneous increase in nuclear c-rel and decrease in p50 homodimer binding. Thus, besides controlling c-myc transcription, TFII-I controls B cell proliferation by regulating both nuclear translocation of c-rel and DNA-binding activity of p50 NF-B.

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¹ This work was supported in part by a grant from National Institutes of Health (AI 45150; to A.L.R.).

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Ananda L. Roy, Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111. E-mail address: ananda.roy{at}tufts.edu

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: Bcr, B cell Ag receptor; Btk, Bruton’s tyrosine kinase; sh, short hairpin; KD, knockdown.

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