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Germline deletion of Igh 3 ' regulatory region elements hs 5, 6, 7 (hs5-7) affects B cell-specific regulation, rearrangement, and insulation of the Igh locus

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authors

  • Volpi, S. A.
  • Verma-Gaur, J.
  • Hassan, R.
  • Ju, Z. L.
  • Roa, S.
  • Chatterjee, S.
  • Werling, U.
  • Hou, H.
  • Will, B.
  • Steidl, U.
  • Scharff, M.
  • Edelman, W.
  • Feeney, Ann
  • Birshtein, B. K.

publication date

  • March 2012

journal

  • Journal of Immunology  Journal

abstract

  • Regulatory elements located within an ∼28-kb region 3' of the Igh gene cluster (3' regulatory region) are required for class switch recombination and for high levels of IgH expression in plasma cells. We previously defined novel DNase I hypersensitive sites (hs) 5, 6, 7 immediately downstream of this region. The hs 5-7 region (hs5-7) contains a high density of binding sites for CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF), a zinc finger protein associated with mammalian insulator activity, and is an anchor for interactions with CTCF sites flanking the D(H) region. To test the function of hs5-7, we generated mice with an 8-kb deletion encompassing all three hs elements. B cells from hs5-7 knockout (KO) (hs5-7KO) mice showed a modest increase in expression of the nearest downstream gene. In addition, Igh alleles in hs5-7KO mice were in a less contracted configuration compared with wild-type Igh alleles and showed a 2-fold increase in the usage of proximal V(H)7183 gene families. Hs5-7KO mice were essentially indistinguishable from wild-type mice in B cell development, allelic regulation, class switch recombination, and chromosomal looping. We conclude that hs5-7, a high-density CTCF-binding region at the 3' end of the Igh locus, impacts usage of V(H) regions as far as 500 kb away.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • B-Lymphocytes
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Genes, Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
  • Germ-Line Mutation
  • Immunoglobulin Class Switching
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
  • Repressor Proteins
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3430471

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-1767

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.4049/jimmunol.1102763

PubMed ID

  • 22345664
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 2556

end page

  • 2566

volume

  • 188

issue

  • 6

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