@article{
author = "Samardžić, T. and Gerlach, J and Muller, K and Marinković, Dragan and Hess, J and Nitschke, L. and Wirth, Thomas",
year = "2002",
abstract = "BOB.1/OBF1 (also called OCA-B), a B lymphocyte-specific transcriptional coactivator, is recruited to octamer-containing promoters by interacting with the Oct-1 or Oct-2 proteins. BOB.1/OBF.1-deficient mice show impaired secondary immunoglobulin isotype secretion and complete absence of germinal centers. Furthermore, numbers of splenic B cells are reduced due to a developmental block at the transitional B cell stage in the bone marrow. We found that surface expression of CD22 is selectively increased on B lineage cells in the bone marrow of BOB.1/OBF.1-deficient mice. CD22 is known as a negative regulator of B cell receptor signaling. We therefore investigated whether defects in B cell development in the BOB.1/OBF1-deficient mice might be due to CD22 up-regulation. Mice were generated lacking both genes. In BOB.1/OBF.1 xCD22 double-deficient mice, numbers of transitional B cells in the bone marrow were normal. Consequently, double-deficient mice also had normal B to T cell ratios in the spleen. We show that BOB.1/OBF.1(-/-) B cells were incapable to induce BCR-triggered Ca2+ mobilization. This Ca2+-signalling defect was restored in BOBA/ OBF1 xCD22 double-deficient B cells. Nevertheless, double-deficient animals were unable to mount humoral immune responses and to form germinal centers. Finally, we demonstrate that CD22(-/-) splenic B cells proliferate independently of BOB.1/OBF1 upon stimulation with LPS. These studies suggest that the B cell differentiation defect observed in BOB.1/OBF.1(-/-) mice is BCR-signal dependent. However, the impairment in germinal center formation is caused by a different mechanism.",
publisher = "Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh, Weinheim",
journal = "European Journal of Immunology",
title = "CD22 regulates early B cell development in BOB.1/OBF.1-deficient mice",
pages = "2489-2481",
number = "9",
volume = "32",
doi = "10.1002/1521-4141(200209)32:9_2481::AID-IMMU2481>3.0.CO;2-C"
}