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Monoallelic IRF5 deficiency in B cells prevents murine lupus
Alex Pellerin, … , Ramon G. Bonegio, Ian R. Rifkin
Alex Pellerin, … , Ramon G. Bonegio, Ian R. Rifkin
Published July 1, 2021
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2021;6(15):e141395. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.141395.
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Research Article

Monoallelic IRF5 deficiency in B cells prevents murine lupus

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Abstract

Gain-of-function polymorphisms in the transcription factor IFN regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) are associated with an increased risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus. However, the IRF5-expressing cell type(s) responsible for lupus pathogenesis in vivo is not known. We now show that monoallelic IRF5 deficiency in B cells markedly reduced disease in a murine lupus model. In contrast, similar reduction of IRF5 expression in macrophages, monocytes, and neutrophils did not reduce disease severity. B cell receptor and TLR7 signaling synergized to promote IRF5 phosphorylation and increase IRF5 protein expression, with these processes being independently regulated. This synergy increased B cell–intrinsic IL-6 and TNF-α production, both key requirements for germinal center (GC) responses, with IL-6 and TNF-α production in vitro and in vivo being substantially lower with loss of 1 allele of IRF5. Mechanistically, TLR7-dependent IRF5 nuclear translocation was reduced in B cells from IRF5-heterozygous mice. In addition, we show in multiple lupus models that IRF5 expression was dynamically regulated in vivo with increased expression in GC B cells compared with non-GC B cells and with further sequential increases during progression to plasmablasts and long-lived plasma cells. Overall, a critical threshold level of IRF5 in B cells was required to promote disease in murine lupus.

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Alex Pellerin, Kei Yasuda, Abraham Cohen-Bucay, Vanessa Sandra, Prachi Shukla, Barry K. Horne Jr, Kerstin Nündel, Gregory A. Viglianti, Yao Xie, Ulf Klein, Ying Tan, Ramon G. Bonegio, Ian R. Rifkin

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