The Role of NF-kB in B-Cell Differentiation and Lymphomagenesis

NF-kB 在 B 细胞分化和淋巴瘤发生中的作用

• 批准号: 8613313
• 负责人: ULF KLEIN
• 金额: $ 32.07万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-01 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8613313
• 关键词: Address; Adverse effects; Affect; Algorithms; Animal Model; Antigens; B cell differentiation; B lymphoid malignancy; B-Cell Neoplasm; B-Lymphocytes; Binding; Biological; Biological Assay; Biology; Cancer Etiology; Cell Survival; Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia; Complement Factor B; Complex; Development; Diagnostic; Effector Cell; Engineering; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Mutation; Genes; Hodgkin Disease; Immune response; Immunity; Individual; Innovative Therapy; Knowledge; Lead; Link; Lymphoid; Lymphoma; Lymphomagenesis; Malignant Neoplasms; Mature B-Lymphocyte; Mediating; Medicine; Memory B-Lymphocyte; Mission; Molecular; Multiple Myeloma; NF-kappa B; Non-Hodgkin' s Lymphoma; Normal Cell; Nuclear; Oncogenic; Pathogenesis; Pathway interactions; Plasma Cells; Process; Public Health; RELA gene; Reaction; Research; Research Proposals; Role; Route; Signal Pathway; Signal Transduction; Small-Cell Lymphoma; Staging; Structure of germinal center of lymph node; T-Lymphocyte; Testing; Tumor-Derived; United States National Institutes of Health; Work; base; cancer therapy; cell growth; effective therapy; genome wide association study; genome-wide; in vivo; innovation; knockout animal; mouse model; novel; outcome forecast; plasma cell development; plasma cell differentiation; precursor cell; prognostic; programs; promoter; reconstruction; transcription factor; tumor; tumorigenesis

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research proposal aims to elucidate the mechanisms by which constitutive activation of the nuclear factor-?B (NF-?B) transcription factor complex contributes to the oncogenic transformation of mature B lymphocytes. The majority of B-cell cancers originate from antigen-activated mature B cells that have undergone the germinal center (GC) reaction to generate memory B cells and plasma cells, and the development of several lymphoma subtypes has been linked to the oncogenic transformation of the precursors of memory B cells or plasma cells. Notably, these tumors frequently harbor genetic mutations in NF-?B pathway components that result in the constitutive activation of NF-?B signaling, thus identifying NF-?B as a critical player in GC- lymphomagenesis. These observations underscore the need to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which NF-?B contributes to the transformation of the tumor precursor cells. NF-?B activation can occur via two different routes, the canonical and the alternative pathways, mediated by specific NF-?B subunits. We have obtained preliminary evidence suggesting that differential activation of the two NF-?B pathways is involved in memory B-cell versus plasma cell differentiation during the GC reaction. Despite extensive knowledge about the biology of NF-?B, its potential function in the differentiation of GC B cells is a novel concept that has not been explored. The objective of the proposed research is to determine the mechanisms by which the two NF-?B pathways and their respective subunits affect the cellular differentiation of memory B-cell and plasma cell precursors in order to understand the biological consequences of a constitutive activation of these pathways in B-cell cancers. Our central hypothesis is that constitutive activation of NF-?B signaling contributes to the pathogenesis of B-cell tumors by disrupting the transcriptional mechanisms that regulate the differentiation of a GC B cell into a memory B cell or a plasma cell. To accomplish the objective of this application, we will define the roles of the separate NF-?B pathways in the differentiation of GC B cells in vivo using conditional mouse models. In addition, we will identify the biological programs controlled by the canonical and the alternative NF-?B pathways in differentiating native GC B cells and in GC-derived tumors of various developmental stages by performing a genome-wide identification of the transcriptional targets. We will also start to determine the extent to which NF-?B is involved in lymphoma pathogenesis in vivo. The rationale for the proposed research is that elucidating the role of the separate NF-?B pathways in GC B-cell differentiation and dissecting the contribution of each pathway to GC-lymphomagenesis will lead to the identification of new prognostic and/or diagnostic markers. Moreover, the results may provide the basis for developing innovative anti-cancer therapies that could reduce the adverse systemic side effects associated with the pharmacological inhibition of the entire NF-?B pathway by specifically targeting constitutive NF-?B signaling at the level of i.) the separate NF-?B pathways, ii.) the individual NF-?B subunits, or iii.) the specific transcriptional targets.

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究计划旨在阐明核因子-？B（NF-？B）转录因子复合物有助于成熟B淋巴细胞的致癌转化。大多数B细胞癌起源于抗原活化的成熟B细胞，其经历了生发中心（GC）反应以产生记忆B细胞和浆细胞，并且几种淋巴瘤亚型的发展与记忆B细胞或浆细胞的前体的致癌转化有关。值得注意的是，这些肿瘤经常在NF-？B途径的组成部分，导致NF-？B信号，从而确定NF-？B作为GC-淋巴瘤发生的关键参与者。这些意见强调需要阐明的分子机制，NF-？B有助于肿瘤前体细胞的转化。NF-？B激活可以通过两种不同的途径发生，典型的和替代途径，由特定的NF-？B亚单位。我们已经获得的初步证据表明，差异激活的两个NF-？B途径参与GC反应期间记忆B细胞与浆细胞的分化。尽管对NF-？B，其在GC B细胞分化中的潜在功能是尚未探索的新概念。拟议的研究的目的是确定的机制，这两个NF-？B途径及其各自的亚基影响记忆B细胞和浆细胞前体的细胞分化，以了解这些途径在B细胞癌症中的组成性激活的生物学后果。我们的中心假设是，组成性激活NF-？B信号传导通过破坏调节GC B细胞分化为记忆B细胞或浆细胞的转录机制而促成B细胞肿瘤的发病。为了实现这个应用程序的目标，我们将定义单独的NF-？使用条件小鼠模型在体内GC B细胞分化中的B途径。此外，我们将确定生物程序控制的典型和替代NF-？B途径在分化天然GC B细胞和不同发育阶段的GC衍生肿瘤中的作用。我们还将开始确定NF-？B参与体内淋巴瘤的发病机制。提出的研究的理由是，阐明单独的NF-？B途径在GC B细胞分化和解剖的GC-淋巴瘤发生的每一个途径的贡献将导致新的预后和/或诊断标志物的鉴定。此外，这些结果可能为开发创新的抗癌疗法提供基础，这些疗法可以减少与整个NF-κ B的药理学抑制相关的不良全身副作用。B途径特异性靶向组成型NF-？在i.）水平上的B信令。单独的NF-？B途径，ii.）个人NF-？B亚基，或iii.）特定的转录靶点。