A signaling pathway mediating downregulation of BCL6 in germinal center B cells is blocked by BCL6 gene alterations in B cell lymphoma
- PMID: 17785208
- DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.08.011
A signaling pathway mediating downregulation of BCL6 in germinal center B cells is blocked by BCL6 gene alterations in B cell lymphoma
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- Cancer Cell. 2007 Oct;12(4):403
Abstract
The BCL6 proto-oncogene encodes a transcriptional repressor necessary for the development of germinal centers (GCs) and directly implicated in lymphomagenesis. Post-GC development of B cells requires BCL6 downregulation, while its constitutive expression caused by chromosomal translocations leads to diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Herein we identify a signaling pathway that downregulates BCL6 expression in normal GC B cells and is blocked in a subset of DLBCL due to alterations in the BCL6 gene. Activation of the CD40 receptor leads to NF-kappaB-mediated induction of the IRF4 transcription factor, which, in turn, represses BCL6 expression by binding to its promoter region. A subset of DLBCL displays chromosomal translocations or mutations that disrupt the IRF4-responsive region in the BCL6 promoter and block its downregulation by CD40 signaling.
Comment in
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The endless complexity of lymphocyte differentiation and lymphomagenesis: IRF-4 downregulates BCL6 expression.Cancer Cell. 2007 Sep;12(3):189-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.08.012. Cancer Cell. 2007. PMID: 17785200
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