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BAFF promotes autoantibody production via TACI-dependent activation of transitional B cells #MMPMID27022196
J Immunol 2016[May]; 196 (9): 3525-31 PMID27022196show ga
Mice overexpressing B cell activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF) develop systemic autoimmunity characterized by class-switched anti-nuclear antibodies. Transmembrane activator and CAML interactor (TACI) signals are critical for BAFF-mediated autoimmunity, but the B cell developmental subsets undergoing TACI-dependent activation in settings of excess BAFF remains unclear. We now report that, whereas surface TACI expression is usually limited to mature B cells, excess BAFF promotes the expansion of TACI-expressing transitional B cells. TACIhi transitional cells from BAFF-Tg mice are characterized by an activated, cycling phenotype; and the TACIhi cell subset is specifically enriched for autoreactivity, expresses activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and T-bet and exhibits evidence of somatic hypermutation. Consistent with a potential contribution to BAFF-mediated humoral autoimmunity, TACIhi transitional B cells from BAFF-Tg mice spontaneously produce class-switched autoantibodies ex vivo. These combined findings highlight a novel mechanism whereby BAFF promotes humoral autoimmunity via direct, TACI-dependent activation of transitional B cells.