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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 179, Issue 7, Pages 4679-4684Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.7.4679
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- Intramural NIH HHS [Z01 AG000757-10] Funding Source: Medline
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Kruppel-like factor 4 (KIN) is a transcription factor and functions in regulating cell differentiation, cell growth, and cell cycle. Although Klf4 is expressed in lymphocytes, its function in lymphocytes is unknown. In this study, we report that the levels of Klf4 expression were low in pro-B cells and continuously increased in pre-B and in mature B cells. Upon activation, Klf4 was rapidly decreased in mature B cells after 2 h of activation. A modest decrease in numbers of pre-B cells in bone marrow and mature B cells in spleen was observed in Klf4-deficient mice. In the absence of Klf4, fewer B cells entered the S phase of the cell cycle and completed cell division in response to the engagement of BCR and/or CD40 in vitro. Furthermore, the delay in entering the cell cycle is associated with decreased expression of cyclin D2 in B cells that lack Klf4 expression. We then demonstrated that KIN directly bound to the promoter of cyclin D2 and regulated its expression. These findings demonstrate that KIN regulates B cell number and activation-induced B cell proliferation through directly acting on the promoter of cyclin D2.
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