RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Tafazzin regulates the function of lipopolysaccharide activated B lymphocytes in mice
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2021.05.17.444507
DO 10.1101/2021.05.17.444507
A1 Hana M. Zegallai
A1 Ejlal Abu-El-Rub
A1 Laura K. Cole
A1 Jared Field
A1 Edgard M. Mejia
A1 Joseph W. Gordon
A1 Aaron J. Marshall
A1 Grant M. Hatch
YR 2021
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/05/19/2021.05.17.444507.abstract
AB B lymphocytes are responsible for humoral immunity and play a key role in the immune response. Optimal mitochondrial function is required to support B cell activity during activation. We examined how deficiency of tafazzin, a cardiolipin remodeling enzyme required for mitochondrial function, alters the metabolic activity of B cells and their response to activation by lipopolysaccharide in mice. B cells were isolated from 3 month old wild type or tafazzin knockdown mice and incubated for up to 72 h with lipopolysaccharide and cell proliferation, expression of cell surface markers, secretion of antibodies and chemokines, proteasome and immunoproteasome activities, and metabolic function determined. In addition, proteomic analysis was performed to identify altered levels of proteins involved in survival, immunogenic, proteasomal and mitochondrial processes. Compared to wild type lipopolysaccharide activated B cells, lipopolysaccharide activated tafazzin knockdown B cells exhibited significantly reduced proliferation, lowered expression of cluster of differentiation 86 and cluster of differentiation 69 surface markers, reduced secretion of immunoglobulin M antibody, reduced secretion of keratinocytes-derived chemokine and macrophage-inflammatory protein-2, reduced proteasome and immunoproteasome activities, and reduced mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis. Proteomic analysis revealed significant alterations in key protein targets that regulate cell survival, immunogenicity, proteasomal processing and mitochondrial function consistent with the findings of the above functional studies. The results indicate that the cardiolipin transacylase enzyme tafazzin plays a key role in regulating mouse B cell function and metabolic activity during activation.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.TaztafazzinLPSlipopolysaccharideCLcardiolipinBTHSBarth SyndromeWTwild typeTazKDtafazzin knockdownCD86cluster of differentiation 86CD69cluster of differentiation 69KCkeratinocytes-derived chemokineMIP-2macrophage-inflammatory protein-2IgGImmunoglobulin GIgMImmunoglobulin MOCRoxygen consumption rateECARextracellular acidification rateTMTtandem mass tagPI3Kphosphatidylinositol-3-kinaseAKtprotein kinase BPAKtphosphorylated protein kinase BOXPHOSoxidative phosphorylation