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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 548-555Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/88756
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Vav-1 and Vav-2 are closely related Dbl-homology CTP exchange factors (GEFs) for Rho GTPases. Mutation of Vav-1 disrupts T cell development and T cell antigen receptor-induced activation, but has comparatively little effect on B cells. We found that combined deletion of both Vav-1 and Vav-2 in mice resulted in a marked reduction in mature B lymphocyte numbers. Vav-1(-/-)Vav-2(-/-) B cells were unresponsive to B cell antigen receptor (BCR)-driven proliferation in vitro and to thymus-independent antigen in vivo. BCR-stimulated intracellular calcium mobilization was greatly impaired in Vav1(-/-)Vav-2(-/-) B cells. These findings establish a role for Vav-2 in BCR calcium signaling and reveal that the Vav family of GEFs is critical to B cell development and function.
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