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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 321-333Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3677
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- US National Institutes of Health [AI51354, AI85568, U19AI109962]
- UC Davis Graduate Group in Immunology
- Vietnamese Education Fellowship
- UC Davis Chancellor's Fellowship
- Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments [EXC 294]
- European Research Council [322972]
- DFG [TRR130]
- DFG (German Cancer Aid) [111026]
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The Fc mu R receptor for the crystallizable fragment (Fc) of immunoglobulin M (IgM) can function as a cell-surface receptor for secreted IgM on a variety of cell types. We found here that Fc mu R was also expressed in the trans-Golgi network of developing B cells, where it constrained transport of the IgM-isotype BCR (IgM-BCR) but not of the IgD-isotype BCR (IgD-BCR). In the absence of Fc mu R, the surface expression of IgM-BCR was increased, which resulted in enhanced tonic BCR signaling. B-cell-specific deficiency in Fc mu R enhanced the spontaneous differentiation of B-1 cells, which resulted in increased serum concentrations of natural IgM and dysregulated homeostasis of B-2 cells; this caused the spontaneous formation of germinal centers, increased titers of serum autoantibodies and excessive accumulation of B cells. Thus, Fc mu R serves as a critical regulator of B cell biology by constraining the transport and cell-surface expression of IgM-BCR.
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