PMID- 23958952 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131118 LR - 20211203 IS - 1528-0020 (Electronic) IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 122 IP - 14 DP - 2013 Oct 3 TI - Requirement for Rictor in homeostasis and function of mature B lymphoid cells. PG - 2369-79 LID - 10.1182/blood-2013-01-477505 [doi] AB - The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), an essential serine/threonine kinase, functions in biochemically distinct multiprotein complexes, but little is known about roles of the complexes in B cells. The acutely rapamycin-sensitive mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) is defined by a core subunit Raptor, whereas mTORC2 lacks Raptor and, instead, has Rictor and SIN1 as distinct essential components. We now show that homeostasis and function of B cells require Rictor. Conditional deletion of Rictor before lymphoid specification impaired generation of mature follicular, marginal zone, and B1a B lymphocytes. Induced inactivation in adult mice caused cell-autonomous defects in B lymphoid homeostasis and antibody responses in vivo, along with affecting plasma cells in bone marrow. Survival of B lymphocytes depended on Rictor, which was vital for normal induction of prosurvival genes, suppression of proapoptotic genes, nuclear factor kappaB induction after B-cell receptor stimulation, and B-cell activating factor-induced nuclear factor kappaB2/p52 generation. Collectively, the findings provide evidence that mTOR signaling affects survival and proliferation of mature B lymphocytes, and establish Rictor as an important signal relay in B-cell homeostasis, fate, and functions. FAU - Lee, Keunwook AU - Lee K AD - Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN; FAU - Heffington, Lindsey AU - Heffington L FAU - Jellusova, Julia AU - Jellusova J FAU - Nam, Ki Taek AU - Nam KT FAU - Raybuck, Ariel AU - Raybuck A FAU - Cho, Sung Hoon AU - Cho SH FAU - Thomas, James W AU - Thomas JW FAU - Rickert, Robert C AU - Rickert RC FAU - Boothby, Mark AU - Boothby M LA - eng GR - AI041649/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - HL106812/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI051448/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI041649/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL106812/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130819 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Rapamycin-Insensitive Companion of mTOR Protein) RN - 0 (rictor protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adoptive Transfer MH - Animals MH - B-Lymphocytes/*cytology/*immunology MH - Blotting, Western MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/*immunology/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/*immunology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cell Survival/immunology MH - Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Homeostasis/*immunology MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Rapamycin-Insensitive Companion of mTOR Protein MH - Signal Transduction/immunology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC3790507 EDAT- 2013/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2013/11/19 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/03 CRDT- 2013/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/11/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-4971(20)49952-5 [pii] AID - 2013/477505 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2013-01-477505 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2013 Oct 3;122(14):2369-79. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-01-477505. Epub 2013 Aug 19.