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Chromatin accessibility and epigenetic modifications differ between frequently and infrequently rearranging VH genes

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authors

  • Espinoza, C. R.
  • Feeney, Ann

publication date

  • April 2007

journal

  • Molecular Immunology  Journal

abstract

  • The molecular mechanisms that control the temporal and lineage-specific accessibility, as well as the rearrangement frequency of V(H) genes for V(H)-to-DJ(H) recombination, are not fully understood. We previously found a positive correlation between the extent of histone acetylation and the differential rearrangement frequency of individual V(H) genes. Here, we demonstrated that poorly rearranging V(H) genes are more highly associated with histone H3 dimethylated at lysine 9, a marker of repressive chromatin, than frequently rearranging V(H) genes. We also observed a positive relationship between the differential binding of Pax5 to individual V(H)S107 genes and rearrangement frequency. Furthermore, we showed that accessibility of the regions flanking the Pax5 binding site and the recombination signal sequence (RSS) to restriction enzyme cleavage correspond with the differential rearrangement frequency of the V(H)S107 family members. In addition, we found that the CpG sites located in the coding regions of V(H) genes are methylated in general, while the extent of DNA methylation drops dramatically near the RSS. For the V(H)S107 family, one CpG site located 101bp upstream of the RSS showed variable methylation that correlates with rearrangement frequency, and the methylation status of a CpG site located 34bp downstream of the RSS could also favor the rearrangement of V1 over V11. These findings suggest that the extent of histone modifications, chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, as well as the differential binding of Pax5 to V(H) coding regions, could all influence the rearrangement frequency of individual V(H) genes, although some of these mechanisms are not strictly B cell specific.

subject areas

  • Acetylation
  • Animals
  • B-Cell-Specific Activator Protein
  • B-Lymphocytes
  • Base Sequence
  • Chromatin
  • CpG Islands
  • DNA Methylation
  • Epigenesis, Genetic
  • Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
  • Histones
  • Immunoglobulin Variable Region
  • Mice
  • Mice, Mutant Strains
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • T-Lymphocytes
  • Transcription, Genetic
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Research

keywords

  • B cells
  • antibodies
  • gene rearrangement
  • gene regulation
  • repertoire development
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2570232

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0161-5890

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.12.002

PubMed ID

  • 17218014
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 2675

end page

  • 2685

volume

  • 44

issue

  • 10

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