Murine lupus susceptibility locus Sle2 activates DNA-reactive B cells through two sub-loci with distinct phenotypes
Open Access
- 27 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Genes & Immunity
- Vol. 12 (3), 199-207
- https://doi.org/10.1038/gene.2010.69
Abstract
The NZM2410-derived Sle2 lupus susceptibility locus induces an abnormal B-cell differentiation, which most prominently leads to the expansion of autoreactive B1a cells. We have mapped the expansion of B1a cells to three Sle2 sub-loci, Sle2a, Sle2b and Sle2c. Sle2 also enhances the breach of B-cell tolerance to nuclear antigens in the 56R anti-DNA immunoglobulin transgenic (Tg) model. This study used the Sle2 sub-congenic strains to map the activation of 56R Tg B cells. Sle2c strongly sustained the breach of tolerance and the activation of anti-DNA B cells. The production of Tg-encoded anti-DNA antibodies was more modest in Sle2a-expressing mice, but Sle2a was responsible for the recruitment for Tg B cells to the marginal zone, a phenotype that has been found for 56R Tg B cells in mice expressing the whole Sle2 interval. In addition, Sle2a promoted the production of endogenously encoded anti-DNA antibodies. Overall, this study showed that at least two Sle2 genes are involved in the activation of anti-DNA B cells, and excluded more than two-thirds of the Sle2 interval from contributing to this phenotype. This constitutes an important step toward the identification of novel genes that have a critical role in B-cell tolerance.Keywords
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