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ArticlePloS one2015

The proximal J kappa germline-transcript promoter facilitates receptor editing through control of ordered recombination.

Christian Vettermann, Greg A Timblin, Vivian Lim, Ernest C Lai, Mark S Schlissel

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Christian VettermannDivision of Immunology & Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America; Division of Molecular Immunology, Nikolaus Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Greg A TimblinDivision of Immunology & Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
Vivian LimDivision of Immunology & Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
Ernest C LaiDivision of Immunology & Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
Mark S SchlisselDivision of Immunology & Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
University of California, Berkeley · USFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DE

Funding

The Regulation of B Lymphocyte DevelopmentR01HL048702 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SCHLISSEL, MARK S. · 1994 to 2011
$4.1M
Biochemistry and Regulation of V(D)J RecombinationR37AI040227 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SCHLISSEL, MARK S. · 2005 to 2012
$3.0M
BIOCHEMISTRY AND REGULATION OF V(D)J RECOMBINATIONR01AI040227 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SCHLISSEL, MARK S. · 1996 to 2004
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL48702NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL048702NIAID NIH HHS AI40227NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI040227NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI040227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

V(D)J recombination creates antibody light chain diversity by joining a Vκ gene segment with one of four Jκ segments. Two Jκ germline-transcript (GT) promoters control Vκ-Jκ joining, but the mechanisms that govern Jκ choice are unclear. Here, we show in gene-targeted mice that the proximal GT promoter helps targeting rearrangements to Jκ1 by preventing premature DNA breaks at Jκ2. Consequently, cells lacking the proximal GT promoter show a biased utilization of downstream Jκ segments, resulting in a diminished potential for receptor editing. Surprisingly, the proximal--in contrast to the distal--GT promoter is transcriptionally inactive prior to Igκ recombination, indicating that its role in Jκ choice is independent of classical promoter function. Removal of the proximal GT promoter increases H3K4me3 levels at Jκ segments, suggesting that this promoter could act as a suppressor of recombination by limiting chromatin accessibility to RAG. Our findings identify the first cis-element critical for Jκ choice and demonstrate that ordered Igκ recombination facilitates receptor editing.

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AnimalsB-LymphocytesCells, CulturedFemaleFlow CytometryGene ExpressionGerm CellsHistonesImmunoglobulin Joining RegionImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionLysineMaleMethylationMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutHistonesImmunoglobulin Joining RegionImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionLysineReceptors, Antigen, B-Cell

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PMID25559567
PMCPMC4283955
OpenAlexW1976706705

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