Orai3 and Orai1 mediate CRAC channel function and metabolic reprogramming in B cells

  1. Scott M Emrich
  2. Ryan E Yoast
  3. Xuexin Zhang
  4. Adam J Fike
  5. Yin-Hu Wang
  6. Kristen N Bricker
  7. Anthony Y Tao
  8. Ping Xin
  9. Vonn Walter
  10. Martin T Johnson
  11. Trayambak Pathak
  12. Adam C Straub
  13. Stefan Feske
  14. Ziaur SM Rahman
  15. Mohamed Trebak  Is a corresponding author
  1. Pennsylvania State University, United States
  2. New York University Langone Medical Center, United States
  3. University of Pittsburgh, United States

Abstract

The essential role of store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) through Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels in T cells is well established. In contrast, the contribution of individual Orai isoforms to SOCE and their downstream signaling functions in B cells are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate changes in expression of Orai isoforms in response to B cell activation. We show that both Orai3 and Orai1 mediate native CRAC channels in B cells. The combined loss of Orai1 and Orai3, but not Orai3 alone, impairs SOCE, proliferation and survival, nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) activation, mitochondrial respiration, glycolysis, and the metabolic reprogramming of primary B cells in response to antigenic stimulation. Nevertheless, combined deletion of Orai1 and Orai3 in B cells did not compromise humoral immunity to influenza A virus infection in mice, suggesting that other in vivo co-stimulatory signals can overcome the requirement of BCR-mediated CRAC channel function in B cells. Our results shed important new light on the physiological roles of Orai1 and Orai3 proteins in SOCE and effector functions of B lymphocytes.

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  1. Scott M Emrich

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, United States
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  2. Ryan E Yoast

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, United States
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  3. Xuexin Zhang

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, United States
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  4. Adam J Fike

    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, United States
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  5. Yin-Hu Wang

    Department of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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  6. Kristen N Bricker

    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, United States
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  7. Anthony Y Tao

    Department of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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  8. Ping Xin

    Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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  9. Vonn Walter

    Department of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
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  10. Martin T Johnson

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, United States
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  11. Trayambak Pathak

    Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  12. Adam C Straub

    Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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    Adam C Straub, owns stock options and is a consultant for Creegh Pharmaceuticals..
  13. Stefan Feske

    4Department of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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    Stefan Feske, is scientific co-founder of Calcimedica..
  14. Ziaur SM Rahman

    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
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  15. Mohamed Trebak

    Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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    TREBAKM@PITT.EDU
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    Mohamed Trebak, Reviewing editor, eLife.Is a consultant for Seeker Biologics Inc..
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Funding

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R35-HL150778)

  • Mohamed Trebak

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01-AI162971)

  • Ziaur SM Rahman

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01-AI097302 and R01-AI130143)

  • Stefan Feske

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (F30-AI164803-01)

  • Anthony Y Tao

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Reviewing Editor

  1. Murali Prakriya, Northwestern University, United States

Ethics

Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocols of Penn State University: Protocols #: 46290, 47477, and 47350

Version history

  1. Preprint posted: May 6, 2022 (view preprint)
  2. Received: November 6, 2022
  3. Accepted: February 16, 2023
  4. Accepted Manuscript published: February 21, 2023 (version 1)
  5. Version of Record published: March 9, 2023 (version 2)

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© 2023, Emrich et al.

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  1. Scott M Emrich
  2. Ryan E Yoast
  3. Xuexin Zhang
  4. Adam J Fike
  5. Yin-Hu Wang
  6. Kristen N Bricker
  7. Anthony Y Tao
  8. Ping Xin
  9. Vonn Walter
  10. Martin T Johnson
  11. Trayambak Pathak
  12. Adam C Straub
  13. Stefan Feske
  14. Ziaur SM Rahman
  15. Mohamed Trebak
(2023)
Orai3 and Orai1 mediate CRAC channel function and metabolic reprogramming in B cells
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