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  2. BAFF/BLyS receptor 3 binds the B cell survival factor BAFF ligand through a discrete surface loop and promotes processing of NF-kappaB2

BAFF/BLyS receptor 3 binds the B cell survival factor BAFF ligand through a discrete surface loop and promotes processing of NF-kappaB2

  • Immunity. 2002 Oct;17(4):515-24. doi: 10.1016/s1074-7613(02)00425-9.
Nobuhiko Kayagaki 1 Minhong Yan Dhaya Seshasayee Hua Wang Wyne Lee Dorothy M French Iqbal S Grewal Andrea G Cochran Nathaniel C Gordon JianPing Yin Melissa A Starovasnik Vishva M Dixit
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  • 1 Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Abstract

The TNF-like ligand BAFF/BLyS is a potent survival factor for B cells. It binds three receptors: TACI, BCMA, and BR3. We show that BR3 signaling promotes processing of the transcription factor NF-kappaB2/p100 to p52. NF-kappaB2/p100 cleavage was abrogated in B cells from A/WySnJ mice possessing a mutant BR3 gene, but not in TACI or BCMA null B cells. Furthermore, wild-type mice injected with BAFF-neutralizing BR3-Fc protein showed reduced basal NF-kappaB2 activation. BR3-Fc treatment of NZB/WF1 mice, which develop a fatal lupus-like syndrome, inhibited NF-kappaB2 processing and attenuated the disease process. Since inhibiting the BR3-BAFF interaction has therapeutic ramifications, the ligand binding interface of BR3 was investigated and found to reside within a 26 residue core domain. When stabilized within a structured beta-hairpin peptide, six of these residues were sufficient to confer binding to BAFF.

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