PMID- 21163929 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110331 LR - 20211020 IS - 1528-0020 (Electronic) IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 117 IP - 7 DP - 2011 Feb 17 TI - Noxa mediates p18INK4c cell-cycle control of homeostasis in B cells and plasma cell precursors. PG - 2179-88 LID - 10.1182/blood-2010-06-288027 [doi] AB - Inhibition of Cdk4/Cdk6 by p18(INK4c) (p18) is pivotal for generation of noncycling immunoglobulin (Ig)-secreting plasma cells (PCs). In the absence of p18, CD138(+) plasmacytoid cells continue to cycle and turnover rapidly, suggesting that p18 controls PC homeostasis. We now show that p18 selectively acts in a rare population of rapidly cycling CD138(hi)/B220(hi) intermediate PCs (iPCs). While retaining certain B-cell signatures, iPCs are poised to differentiate to end-stage PCs although the majority undergo apoptosis. p18 is dispensable for the development of the PC transcriptional circuitry, and Blimp-1 and Bcl-6 are expressed fully and mutually exclusively in individual iPCs. However, a minor proportion of iPCs express both, and they are preferentially protected by p18 or Bcl-xL overexpression, consistent with expansion of the iPC pool by Bcl-xL overexpression, or loss of proapoptotic Bim or Noxa. Expression of Noxa is induced during B-cell activation, peaks in iPCs, and selectively repressed by p18. It is required to promote apoptosis of cycling B cells, especially in the absence of p18. These findings define the first physiologic function for Noxa and suggest that by repressing Noxa, induction of G(1) arrest by p18 bypasses a homeostatic cell-cycle checkpoint in iPCs for PC differentiation. FAU - Bretz, Jamieson AU - Bretz J AD - Department of Pathology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Garcia, Josefina AU - Garcia J FAU - Huang, Xiangao AU - Huang X FAU - Kang, Lin AU - Kang L FAU - Zhang, Yang AU - Zhang Y FAU - Toellner, Kai-Michael AU - Toellner KM FAU - Chen-Kiang, Selina AU - Chen-Kiang S LA - eng GR - R01 AR049436/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA120531/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32-CA120531/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32-AR 49436/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20101216 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (Bcl2l1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cdkn2c protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p18) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (PMAIP1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Pmaip1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Prdm1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Sdc1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Syndecan-1) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (bcl-X Protein) RN - EC 2.1.1.- (Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Leukocyte Common Antigens) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/genetics/physiology MH - B-Lymphocytes/*cytology/*physiology MH - Cell Cycle/genetics/physiology MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/physiology MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p18/deficiency/genetics/*physiology MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology/physiology MH - Homeostasis/genetics/physiology MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis MH - Leukocyte Common Antigens/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Models, Biological MH - Plasma Cells/*cytology/*physiology MH - Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1 MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/antagonists & inhibitors/deficiency/genetics/*physiology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6/genetics/physiology MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics MH - Syndecan-1/metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/physiology MH - bcl-X Protein/genetics/physiology PMC - PMC3062327 EDAT- 2010/12/18 06:00 MHDA- 2011/04/01 06:00 PMCR- 2012/02/17 CRDT- 2010/12/18 06:00 PHST- 2010/12/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/12/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/04/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/02/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-4971(20)55098-2 [pii] AID - 2010/288027 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2010-06-288027 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2011 Feb 17;117(7):2179-88. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-06-288027. Epub 2010 Dec 16.