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ArticleScientific reports2018

Duplication of a germline promoter downstream of the IgH 3' regulatory region impairs class switch recombination.

Joana M Santos, Fatima-Zohra Braikia, Chloé Oudinet, Dania Haddad, Caroline Conte, Audrey Dauba, Ahmed Amine Khamlichi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Joana M SantosInstitut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 31077, Toulouse, France.
Fatima-Zohra BraikiaInstitut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 31077, Toulouse, France.
Chloé OudinetInstitut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 31077, Toulouse, France.
Dania HaddadInstitut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 31077, Toulouse, France.
Caroline ConteInstitut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 31077, Toulouse, France.
Audrey DaubaInstitut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 31077, Toulouse, France.
Ahmed Amine KhamlichiInstitut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 31077, Toulouse, France. ahmed.khamlichi@ipbs.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-6523-2035
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During an adaptive immune response, B cells can change their surface immunoglobulins from IgM to IgG, IgE or IgA through a process called class switch recombination (CSR). Switching is preceded by inducible non-coding germline transcription (GLT) of the selected constant gene(s), which is largely controlled by a super-enhancer called the 3' regulatory region (3'RR). Despite intense efforts, the precise mechanisms that regulate GLT are still elusive. In order to gain additional insights into these mechanisms, we analyzed GLT and CSR in mutant B cells carrying a duplication of the promoter of the α constant gene (Iα) downstream of 3'RR. Duplication of the Iα promoter affected differently GLT and CSR. While for most isotypes a drop in GLT was accompanied by a decrease in CSR, that was not the case for switching to IgA, which diminished despite unchanged GLT. Unexpectedly, there was no obvious effect on GLT and CSR to IgG3. Remarkably, specific stimuli that normally induce switching to IgG2b had contrasting effects in mutant B cells; Iγ2b was now preferentially responsive to the stimulus that induced Iα promoter. We propose that one mechanism underlying the induced 3'RR-mediated activation of GL promoters involves, at least in part, specific transcription factories.

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Immunoglobulin Class SwitchingImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsResponse Elements3' Flanking RegionAnimalsB-LymphocytesImmunoglobulin GMiceMice, Mutant StrainsImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Heavy Chains

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PMID29907762
PMCPMC6003904
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