Cellular immune response

Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit CD40L/IL-21-induced Ig production in human Bcells: Differential effects of BMP-6 and BMP-7

  1. Kanutte Huse1,2,
  2. Maren Bakkebø1,2,
  3. Morten P. Oksvold1,2,
  4. Lise Forfang1,2,
  5. Vera I. Hilden1,2,
  6. Trond Stokke3,
  7. Erlend B. Smeland1,2,
  8. June H. Myklebust1,2,*

Article first published online: 18 OCT 2011

DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141558

Issue

European Journal of Immunology

European Journal of Immunology

Volume 41, Issue 11, pages 3135–3145, November 2011

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How to Cite

Huse, K., Bakkebø, M., Oksvold, M. P., Forfang, L., Hilden, V. I., Stokke, T., Smeland, E. B. and Myklebust, J. H. (2011), Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit CD40L/IL-21-induced Ig production in human Bcells: Differential effects of BMP-6 and BMP-7. Eur. J. Immunol., 41: 3135–3145. doi: 10.1002/eji.201141558

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

  2. 2

    Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  3. 3

    Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

*Department of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital HF, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Postboks 4953 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, NorwayFax: +47-22-78-1445

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 OCT 2011
  2. Article first published online: 18 OCT 2011
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 29 AUG 2011 12:55AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 17 AUG 2011
  5. Manuscript Revised: 20 JUL 2011
  6. Manuscript Received: 7 MAR 2011

Funded by

  • The Norwegian Cancer Society
  • Research Council of Norway

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Keywords:

  • B cells;
  • Bone morphogenetic proteins;
  • Maturation;
  • Plasmablasts

Abstract

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are members of the TGF-β superfamily. TGF-β can affect class switch recombination in human B cells, but whether BMPs also play a role have not been tested. We investigated the functional effects of exogenously added BMPs on CD27− naive and CD27+ memory B cells from healthy donors. BMP-2, -4, -6 and -7 inhibited CD40L/IL-21-induced production of IgM, IgG and IgA. BMP-6 reduced Ig production by 70% in memory B cells and more than 55% in naive B cells, whereas the other BMPs were slightly less potent. We observed a striking difference in functional effects between the structurally similar BMP-6 and BMP-7, as BMP-6 mainly inhibited plasmablast differentiation, and BMP-7 mainly induced apoptosis. In memory B cells, BMP-6 upregulated expression of DNA-binding protein inhibitor genes, but potently inhibited CD40L/IL-21-induced upregulation of the transcription factor XBP1, necessary for the late stages of plasmacytic differentiation. Expression of transcription factors regulating earlier stages (IRF4, PRDM1) was not affected by BMP-6. Taken together, these results show that BMPs are potent suppressors of naive and memory B cells.

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