| Title: |
Epigenetic tethering of AID to the donor switch region during immunoglobulin class switch recombination |
| Authors: |
Jeevan-Raj, Beena Patricia; Robert, Isabelle; Heyer, Vincent; Page, Adeline; Wang, Jing H.; Cammas, Florence; Alt, Frederick W.; Losson, Régine; Reina-San-Martin, Bernardo |
| Source: |
Journal of Experimental Medicine ; volume 208, issue 8, page 1649-1660 ; ISSN 1540-9538 0022-1007 |
| Publisher Information: |
Rockefeller University Press |
| Publication Year: |
2011 |
| Description: |
Immunoglobulin class switch recombination (CSR) is initiated by double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) in switch regions triggered by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). Although CSR correlates with epigenetic modifications at the IgH locus, the relationship between these modifications and AID remains unknown. In this study, we show that during CSR, AID forms a complex with KAP1 (KRAB domain–associated protein 1) and HP1 (heterochromatin protein 1) that is tethered to the donor switch region (Sμ) bearing H3K9me3 (trimethylated histone H3 at lysine 9) in vivo. Furthermore, in vivo disruption of this complex results in impaired AID recruitment to Sμ, inefficient DSB formation, and a concomitant defect in CSR but not in somatic hypermutation. We propose that KAP1 and HP1 tether AID to H3K9me3 residues at the donor switch region, thus providing a mechanism linking AID to epigenetic modifications during CSR. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1084/jem.20110118 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20110118; https://rupress.org/jem/article-pdf/208/8/1649/1742723/jem_20110118.pdf |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.D2038FDB |
| Database: |
BASE |