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ArticleNature cell biology2024

Three-dimensional chromatin reorganization regulates B cell development during ageing.

Fei Ma, Yaqiang Cao, Hansen Du, Fatima Zohra Braikia, Le Zong, Noah Ollikainen, Marc Bayer, Xiang Qiu, Bongsoo Park, Roshni Roy and 8 more

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Fei Ma *Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0401-0954
Yaqiang Cao *Laboratory of Epigenome Biology, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4665-1517
Hansen DuLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Fatima Zohra BraikiaLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6018-8277
Le ZongEpigenetics and Stem Cell Init, Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Noah OllikainenLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Marc BayerMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany.
Xiang QiuLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9161-9033
Bongsoo ParkEpigenetics and Stem Cell Init, Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Roshni RoyLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Satabdi NandiLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dimitra SarantopoulouLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1972-8865
Andrew ZimanNikon Instruments Inc., Melville, NY, USA.
Aisha Haley BianchiLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Isabel BeermanEpigenetics and Stem Cell Init, Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7758-8231
Keji ZhaoLaboratory of Epigenome Biology, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5559-6233
Rudolf GrosschedlMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0058-1250
Ranjan SenLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA. senranja@grc.nia.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-1916-3905

Funding

Genome-wide mapping of histone modificationsZIAHL005801 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI ZHAO, KEJI · 2009 to 2025
$24.0M
Epigenetic Regulation of T cell differentiationZIAHL006030 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI ZHAO, KEJI · 2009 to 2025
$15.3M
Chromosome movements that regulate tissue-specific gene expressionZIAAG000373 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI SEN, RANJAN · 2009 to 2025
$9.7M
Characterization of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) and progenitor cell aging, identification of candidate age-regulated genes as targets for therapeutic interventionZIAAG000992 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI BEERMAN, ISABEL · 2017 to 2025
$1.7M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The contribution of three-dimensional genome organization to physiological ageing is not well known. Here we show that large-scale chromatin reorganization distinguishes young and old bone marrow progenitor (pro-) B cells. These changes result in increased interactions at the compartment level and reduced interactions within topologically associated domains (TADs). The gene encoding Ebf1, a key B cell regulator, switches from compartment A to B with age. Genetically reducing Ebf1 recapitulates some features of old pro-B cells. TADs that are most reduced with age contain genes important for B cell development, including the immunoglobulin heavy chain (Igh) locus. Weaker intra-TAD interactions at Igh correlate with altered variable (V), diversity (D) and joining (J) gene recombination. Our observations implicate three-dimensional chromatin reorganization as a major driver of pro-B cell phenotypes that impair B lymphopoiesis with age.

Indexed as

AgingB-LymphocytesChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsLymphopoiesisAnimalsCell DifferentiationChromatinMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPrecursor Cells, B-LymphoidTrans-ActivatorsChromatinEbf1 protein, mouseImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsTrans-Activators

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PMCPMC11178499

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