Publication Date:
2009-07-10
Description:
Variable, diversity and joining gene segment (V(D)J) recombination assembles immunoglobulin heavy or light chain (IgH or IgL) variable region exons in developing bone marrow B cells, whereas class switch recombination (CSR) exchanges IgH constant region exons in peripheral B cells. Both processes use directed DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) repaired by non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). Errors in either V(D)J recombination or CSR can initiate chromosomal translocations, including oncogenic IgH locus (Igh) to c-myc (also known as Myc) translocations of peripheral B cell lymphomas. Collaboration between these processes has also been proposed to initiate translocations. However, the occurrence of V(D)J recombination in peripheral B cells is controversial. Here we show that activated NHEJ-deficient splenic B cells accumulate V(D)J-recombination-associated breaks at the lambda IgL locus (Igl), as well as CSR-associated Igh breaks, often in the same cell. Moreover, Igl and Igh breaks are frequently joined to form translocations, a phenomenon associated with specific Igh-Igl co-localization. Igh and c-myc also co-localize in these cells; correspondingly, the introduction of frequent c-myc DSBs robustly promotes Igh-c-myc translocations. Our studies show peripheral B cells that attempt secondary V(D)J recombination, and determine a role for mechanistic factors in promoting recurrent translocations in tumours.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907259/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907259/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, Jing H -- Gostissa, Monica -- Yan, Catherine T -- Goff, Peter -- Hickernell, Thomas -- Hansen, Erica -- Difilippantonio, Simone -- Wesemann, Duane R -- Zarrin, Ali A -- Rajewsky, Klaus -- Nussenzweig, Andre -- Alt, Frederick W -- 5P01CA92625/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA092625/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA092625-010001/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA092625-020001/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA092625-060006/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA092625-070006/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA092625-080006/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA092625-090006/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI077595/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI077595-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- T32 CA009382/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- T32 CA009382-27/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- T32 CA009382-28/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- Intramural NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2009 Jul 9;460(7252):231-6. doi: 10.1038/nature08159.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19587764" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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B-Lymphocytes/*metabolism
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Cytidine Deaminase/deficiency/genetics/metabolism
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DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
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DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency/metabolism
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Female
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Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte/*genetics
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Genes, Immunoglobulin/*genetics
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Genes, myc/genetics
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Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
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Immunoglobulin Class Switching/*genetics
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Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
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Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/genetics
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Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains/genetics
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Integrases/genetics/metabolism
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Interphase
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Lymphocyte Activation
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Male
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Mice
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Receptors, Complement 3d/genetics
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Recombination, Genetic/genetics
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Spleen/cytology/immunology
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Translocation, Genetic/*genetics
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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