Crucial role of linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex–mediated inhibition of programmed cell death in TLR4-mediated B cell responses and B1b cell development

Y Sasaki, K Iwai - The Journal of Immunology, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Y Sasaki, K Iwai
The Journal of Immunology, 2018journals.aai.org
Linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC)-mediated linear polyubiquitin plays
crucial roles in thymus-dependent and-independent type II Ab responses and B1 cell
development. In this study, we analyzed the role of LUBAC in TLR-mediated B cell
responses. A mouse strain in which LUBAC activity was ablated specifically in B cells (B-
HOIP Δlinear mice) showed defective Ab responses to a type I thymus–independent Ag, NP-
LPS. B cells from B-HOIP Δlinear mice (HOIP Δlinear B cells) underwent massive cell death …
Abstract
Linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC)-mediated linear polyubiquitin plays crucial roles in thymus-dependent and-independent type II Ab responses and B1 cell development. In this study, we analyzed the role of LUBAC in TLR-mediated B cell responses. A mouse strain in which LUBAC activity was ablated specifically in B cells (B-HOIP Δlinear mice) showed defective Ab responses to a type I thymus–independent Ag, NP-LPS. B cells from B-HOIP Δlinear mice (HOIP Δlinear B cells) underwent massive cell death in response to stimulation of TLR4, but not TLR9. TLR4 stimulation induced caspase-8 activation in HOIP Δlinear B cells; this phenomenon, as well as TLR4-induced cell death, was suppressed by ablation of TRIF, a signal inducer specific for TLR4. In addition, LPS-induced survival, proliferation, and differentiation into Ab-producing cells of HOIP Δlinear B cells were substantially restored by inhibition of caspases together with RIP3 deletion, but not by RIP3 deletion alone, suggesting that LPS stimulation kills HOIP Δlinear B cells by apoptosis elicited via the TRIF pathway. Further examination of the roles of cell death pathways in B-HOIP Δlinear mice revealed that deletion of RIP3 increased the number of B1 cells, particularly B1b cells, in B-HOIP Δlinear mice, indicating that B1b cell homeostasis is controlled via LUBAC-mediated suppression of necroptosis. Taken together, the data show that LUBAC regulates TLR4-mediated B cell responses and B1b cell development and/or maintenance by inhibiting programmed cell death.
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