Chemokine Ligand (CXCL)12 and CXCL13 Lymphocytes Responsiveness to CXC RGS13 Regulates Germinal Center B
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RGS13 Regulates Germinal Center B Lymphocytes Responsiveness to CXC Chemokine Ligand (CXCL)12 and CXCL13 This information is current as Geng-Xian Shi, Kathleen Harrison, Gaye Lynn Wilson, of September 28, 2021. Chantal Moratz and John H. Kehrl J Immunol 2002; 169:2507-2515; ; doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.5.2507 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/169/5/2507 Downloaded from References This article cites 39 articles, 17 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/169/5/2507.full#ref-list-1 http://www.jimmunol.org/ Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! 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Kehrl1 Normal lymphoid tissue development and function depend upon directed cell migration. Providing guideposts for cell movement and positioning within lymphoid tissues, chemokines signal through cell surface receptors that couple to heterotrimeric G proteins, which are in turn subject to regulation by regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins. In this study, we report that germinal center B lymphocytes and thymic epithelial cells strongly express one of the RGS family members, RGS13. Located between Rgs1 and Rgs2, Rgs13 spans 42 kb on mouse chromosome 1. Rgs13 encodes a 157-aa protein that shares 82% amino acid identity with its 159-aa human counterpart. In situ hybridization with sense and antisense probes localized Rgs13 expression to the germinal Downloaded from center regions of mouse spleens and Peyer’s patches and to the thymus medulla. Affinity-purified RGS13 Abs detected RGS13- expressing cells in the light zone of the germinal center. RGS13 interacted with both Gi␣ and Gq␣ and strongly impaired signaling through Gi-linked signaling pathways, including signaling through the chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CXCR5. Prolonged CD40 signaling up-regulated RGS13 expression in human tonsil B lymphocytes. These results plus previous studies of RGS1 indicate the germinal center B cells use two RGS proteins, RGS1 and RGS13, to regulate their responsiveness to chemokines. The Journal of Immunology, 2002, 169: 2507–2515. http://www.jimmunol.org/ any cellular stimuli elicit physiological responses in RGS proteins possessed GAP activity for Gi and Gq subfamily target cells by activating receptors that couple to het- members (8–10). Coding regions for ϳ25 human RGS proteins M erotrimeric G proteins. Activated receptors trigger G␣ have now been identified. Two Rho guanine nucleotide exchange subunits to exchange GTP for GDP, which leads to the dissociation factors, which have a divergent RGS domain, selectively act as ␥ of G␣ subunits from heterodimers. Both GTP-bound G␣ and GAPs for G12␣ and G13␣ and recently another subfamily of RGS ␥ free subunits activate downstream effectors. However, G␣ sub- proteins have been identified that act as GAPs for Gs␣ (11, 12). units possess an intrinsic GTPase activity that limits the duration Renowned for their roles in the positioning and migration of that they remain GTP bound and able to trigger signaling (re- lymphocytes within lymphoid tissues, chemokines signal thorough by guest on September 28, 2021 viewed in Refs. 1 and 2). Also limiting the duration of GTP-G␣, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that use Gi and Gq, thereby members of the regulator of G protein signaling (RGS)2 protein suggesting that chemokine responses depend in part upon the num- family dramatically increase the intrinsic GTPase activity of G␣ ber and levels of RGS proteins that lymphocytes express (reviewed subunits, a property that defines them as GTPase-activating pro- in Refs. 13 and 14). RGS proteins may establish thresholds for teins (GAPs). Genetic studies in yeast, Caenorhabditis elegans, responsiveness, provide a stop signal for migration, and/or con- and Aspergillus nidulans first identified such proteins (3–5). Sug- tribute to receptor desensitization. Experimentally, the introduc- gesting that they function by binding of G␣ subunits, a yeast two- tion of expression vectors for RGS1, RGS3, and RGS4 into B hybrid screen with a G␣ subunit identified a mammalian RGS pro- lymphocyte cell lines dramatically impaired chemokine-induced tein termed G␣-interacting protein (6). Cementing the functional cell migration (15–17). Among the known chemokines and their relationship between the yeast and mammalian proteins, human receptors, CXC chemokine ligand (CXCL)12 via CXCR4, RGS1, RGS2, RGS3, and RGS4 substituted to varying degrees for CXCL13 via CXCR4, and CXCL19 and CXCL21 via CCR7 pro- Sst2p, a yeast protein involved in the desensitization of pheromone vide critical positioning cues for B lymphocytes during B cell de- signaling (7). Rapidly thereafter several studies demonstrated that velopment and/or B cell immune responses (18–24). Located within lymphoid tissues, germinal centers are sites crit- ical for the generation of B cells with high-affinity Ag receptors B Cell Molecular Immunology Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National (reviewed in Ref. 25). During the establishment of germinal cen- Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 ters, activated B cells and select T cells must migrate into the Received for publication May 3, 2002. Accepted for publication June 26, 2002. germinal center region from the B cell follicle. The acquisition of The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page high-affinity Ag receptors, i.e., the affinity maturation of the B cell charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance Ab response, likely depends upon the recirculation of B lympho- with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. cytes between the dark and light zones of the germinal center (26). 1 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. John H. Kehrl, Building 10, Finally, select B cells leave the germinal center region destined to Room 11B10, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD become plasma or memory B cells. The retention and migratory 20892-1876. E-mail address: [email protected] signals that orchestrate the movements of germinal center B cells 2 Abbreviations used in this paper: RGS, regulator of G protein signaling; GAP, remain only partially understood, although CXCL12/CXCR4 may GTPase-activating protein; GPCR, G protein-coupled receptor; GFP, green fluores- direct plasma cell precursors from the germinal center region (27). cent protein; HS, human serum; MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; CHO, Among the RGS proteins expressed in B lymphocytes, RGS1 Chinese hamster ovary; EST, expressed sequence tag; PNA, peanut agglutinin; ϩ CXCL, CXC chemokine ligand. shows a prominent expression in germinal center B cells, CD38 / Copyright © 2002 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/02/$02.00 2508 RSG13 REGULATES GERMINAL CENTER B LYMPHOCYTE RESPONSIVENESS Ϫ IgD , sorted from human tonsil, while similarly sorted mantle strate kit for peroxidase (Vector Laboratories). The slides were counter- zone B cells, CD38Ϫ/IgDϩ, lacked detectable RGS1 by immuno- stained with hematoxylin, dehydrated, cleared in ethanol and xylene, and blotting (16). Surprisingly, we find that germinal center B cells permanently mounted using Permount (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA). prominently express another RGS protein, RGS13. Although Isolation of cells and their analysis by RT-PCR and Western RGS1 can be found in many other tissues beside B cells, RGS13 blotting possesses a very restricted range of tissue expression. Beside char- The tonsil B and T cells were isolated from tonsil mononuclear cells by two acterizing RGS13 in B cells and B cell lines, we have also exam- rounds of SRBC rosetting as previously described (16). The purity of tonsil ined what signals modulate its expression, determined its intracel- B cells was routinely Ͼ95%. A total of 1 ϫ 107 of the purified B cells were lular localization, and examined its ability to modulate signaling stimulated with various reagents for 4, 24, 48 h in RPMI 1640 supple- through a variety of GPCRs including CXCR4 and CXCR5. mented with 10% FCS, respectively, at final concentration of 100 ng/ml CXCL12 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), 1 g/ml CXCL13 (R&D Systems), 1 g/ml anti-CD40 or anti-CD95 mAb, 20 mol/L 1-palmitoyl- Materials and Methods 2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (16/0; Avanti, Alabaster, AL), 4 Plasmids and reagents l/ml anti-human IgM (-chain-specific) antiserum, 100 ng/ml PMA, or 30 mol/L L-␣-lysophosphatidic acid (Sigma-Aldrich). The stimulated ton- The coding region of mouse RGS13 was isolated by PCR from a cDNA sil B cells were harvested and the total RNA was isolated with TRIzol clone with GenBank number AW495950 and then subcloned into EcoRI/ reagents (Life Technologies) and then 2 g total RNA was subsequently BamHI of p3XFLAG-CMV-14 (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) or used for reverse transcription (Omniscript; Qiagen, Cologne, Germany). pEGFP-N1 (Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA). The coding region of ThefollowingPCRprimerswereusedforthePCR:RGS13,ATGAGCAGGCG human RGS13 was inserted into EcoRI/BamHI sites of p3XFLAG-CMV- GAATTGTTGGA and GAAACTGTTGTTGGACTGCATA; RGS1, CCAG 14.