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Germinal Center Selection and Affinity Maturation Require Dynamic Regulation of mTORC1 Kinase

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Ersching, Jonatan; Efeyan, Alejo; Mesin, Luka; Jacobsen, Johanne T.; Pasqual, Giulia; Grabiner, Brian C.; Dominguez-Sola, David; Victora, Gabriel D.; Sabatini, David; ... Show more Show less
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During antibody affinity maturation, germinal center (GC) B cells cycle between affinity-driven selection in the light zone (LZ) and proliferation and somatic hypermutation in the dark zone (DZ). Although selection of GC B cells is triggered by antigen-dependent signals delivered in the LZ, DZ proliferation occurs in the absence of such signals. We show that positive selection triggered by T cell help activates the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), which promotes the anabolic program that supports DZ proliferation. Blocking mTORC1 prior to growth prevented clonal expansion, whereas blockade after cells reached peak size had little to no effect. Conversely, constitutively active mTORC1 led to DZ enrichment but loss of competitiveness and impaired affinity maturation. Thus, mTORC1 activation is required for fueling B cells prior to DZ proliferation rather than for allowing cell-cycle progression itself and must be regulated dynamically during cyclic re-entry to ensure efficient affinity-based selection. During germinal center selection, signals from Tfh cells in the light zone dictate the extent of B cell proliferation in the dark zone. Ersching et al. (2017) show that Tfh help induces mTORC1 activation in light zone B cells, leading to cell growth that sustains the subsequent dark zone proliferative burst.
Date issued
2017-06
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116768
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Journal
Immunity
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Ersching, Jonatan et al. “Germinal Center Selection and Affinity Maturation Require Dynamic Regulation of mTORC1 Kinase.” Immunity 46, 6 (June 2017): 1045–1058 © 2017 Elsevier Inc
Version: Author's final manuscript
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1074-7613
1097-4180

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