PMID- 28557002 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171002 LR - 20211204 IS - 1365-2567 (Electronic) IS - 0019-2805 (Print) IS - 0019-2805 (Linking) VI - 152 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Oct TI - Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 signalling is essential for germinal centre reaction. PG - 276-286 LID - 10.1111/imm.12767 [doi] AB - The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine-threonine kinase that has been shown to be essential for the differentiation and function of various immune cells. Earlier in vitro studies showed that mTOR signalling regulates B-cell biology by supporting their activation and proliferation. However, how mTOR signalling temporally regulates in vivo germinal centre B (GCB) cell development and differentiation into short-lived plasma cells, long-lived plasma cells and memory cells is still not well understood. In this study, we used a combined conditional/inducible knock-out system to investigate the temporal regulation of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) in the GCB cell response to acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection by deleting Raptor, a main component of mTORC1, specifically in B cells in pre- and late GC phase. Early Raptor deficiency strongly inhibited GCB cell proliferation and differentiation and plasma cell differentiation. Nevertheless, late GC Raptor deficiency caused only decreases in the size of memory B cells and long-lived plasma cells through poor maintenance of GCB cells, but it did not change their differentiation. Collectively, our data revealed that mTORC1 signalling supports GCB cell responses at both early and late GC phases during viral infection but does not regulate GCB cell differentiation into memory B cells and plasma cells at the late GC stage. CI - (c) 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Li, Bingshou AU - Li B AD - Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Li, Zhirong AU - Li Z AD - Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Wang, Pengcheng AU - Wang P AD - Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Huang, Qizhao AU - Huang Q AD - Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Xu, Lifan AU - Xu L AD - Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - He, Ran AU - He R AD - Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Ye, Lilin AU - Ye L AD - Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Bai, Qiang AU - Bai Q AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7423-0712 AD - Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170710 PL - England TA - Immunology JT - Immunology JID - 0374672 RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (Regulatory-Associated Protein of mTOR) RN - 0 (Rptor protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/deficiency/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - B-Lymphocytes/*enzymology/immunology/transplantation/virology MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Germinal Center/*enzymology/immunology/virology MH - Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Immunity, Humoral MH - Immunologic Memory MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis/*enzymology/genetics/immunology/virology MH - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus/*immunology/pathogenicity MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Multiprotein Complexes/deficiency/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - Phenotype MH - Plasma Cells/enzymology/immunology/virology MH - Regulatory-Associated Protein of mTOR MH - Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/deficiency/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - Time Factors MH - Transplantation Chimera PMC - PMC5588811 OTO - NOTNLM OT - B cell OT - cell differentiation OT - gene regulation EDAT- 2017/05/31 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/03 06:00 PMCR- 2018/10/01 CRDT- 2017/05/31 06:00 PHST- 2017/01/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/05/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/05/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - IMM12767 [pii] AID - 10.1111/imm.12767 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunology. 2017 Oct;152(2):276-286. doi: 10.1111/imm.12767. Epub 2017 Jul 10.