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ArticleNature immunology2024

PI3Kγ in B cells promotes antibody responses and generation of antibody-secreting cells.

Stephen M Lanahan, Lucas Yang, Kate M Jones, Zhihong Qi, Emylette Cruz Cabrera, Lauren Y Cominsky, Anjali Ramaswamy, Anis Barmada, Gisela Gabernet, Dinesh Babu Uthaya Kumar and 9 more

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Article in Nature immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Stephen M LanahanDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Lucas YangDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Kate M JonesDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-9921-8669
Zhihong QiDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Emylette Cruz CabreraDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Lauren Y CominskyImmunology Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Anjali RamaswamyDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Anis BarmadaDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8259-2892
Gisela GabernetDepartment of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Dinesh Babu Uthaya KumarDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Lan XuDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Peiying ShanDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Matthias P WymannDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3349-4281
Steven H KleinsteinDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4957-1544
V Koneti RaoPrimary Immunodeficiency Clinic, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7881-6902
Peter MustilloDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Neil RombergDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-5318
Roshini S AbrahamDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Carrie L LucasDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Carrie.Lucas@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5754-0820

Funding

Clinical, Immunological and Genetic Analyses of ALPS and Related Immunedysregulatory DisordersZIAAI000732 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI RAO, V KONETI · 2009 to 2025
$10.5M
Promoter interactome-aided mapping of unexplored CVID genetic landscapesR01AI146026 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI ROMBERG, NEIL DAVID · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
Mechanisms of immune dysregulation in human PI3Kgamma deficiencyR21AI144315 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LUCAS, CARRIE L. · 2020 to 2021
$830k
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Division of Intramural Research of the NIAID) R21AI144315NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146026NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144315
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The differentiation of naive and memory B cells into antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) is a key feature of adaptive immunity. The requirement for phosphoinositide 3-kinase-delta (PI3Kδ) to support B cell biology has been investigated intensively; however, specific functions of the related phosphoinositide 3-kinase-gamma (PI3Kγ) complex in B lineage cells have not. In the present study, we report that PI3Kγ promotes robust antibody responses induced by T cell-dependent antigens. The inborn error of immunity caused by human deficiency in PI3Kγ results in broad humoral defects, prompting our investigation of roles for this kinase in antibody responses. Using mouse immunization models, we found that PI3Kγ functions cell intrinsically within activated B cells in a kinase activity-dependent manner to transduce signals required for the transcriptional program supporting differentiation of ASCs. Furthermore, ASC fate choice coincides with upregulation of PIK3CG expression and is impaired in the context of PI3Kγ disruption in naive B cells on in vitro CD40-/cytokine-driven activation, in memory B cells on toll-like receptor activation, or in human tonsillar organoids. Taken together, our study uncovers a fundamental role for PI3Kγ in supporting humoral immunity by integrating signals instructing commitment to the ASC fate.

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Antibody FormationB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationClass Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinaseAnimalsAntibody-Producing CellsHumansLymphocyte ActivationMemory B CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutSignal TransductionClass Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePIK3CG protein, humanPik3cg protein, mouse

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PMID38961274
PMCPMC12449845

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