UMMS Affiliation
Program in Systems Biology; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Publication Date
2016-02-02
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Biochemistry | Cell Biology | Computational Biology | Developmental Biology | Genetics and Genomics | Structural Biology | Systems Biology
Abstract
Early B cell development is characterized by large-scale Igh locus contraction prior to V(D)J recombination to facilitate a highly diverse Ig repertoire. However, an understanding of the molecular architecture that mediates locus contraction remains unclear. We have combined high-resolution chromosome conformation capture (3C) techniques with 3D DNA FISH to identify three conserved topological subdomains. Each of these topological folds encompasses a major VH gene family that become juxtaposed in pro-B cells via megabase-scale chromatin looping. The transcription factor Pax5 organizes the subdomain that spans the VHJ558 gene family. In its absence, the J558 VH genes fail to associate with the proximal VH genes, thereby providing a plausible explanation for reduced VHJ558 gene rearrangements in Pax5-deficient pro-B cells. We propose that Igh locus contraction is the cumulative effect of several independently controlled chromatin subdomains that provide the structural infrastructure to coordinate optimal antigen receptor assembly.
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DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.083
Source
Cell Rep. 2016 Feb 2;14(4):896-906. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.083. Epub 2016 Jan 21. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Cell reports
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PubMed ID
26804913
Repository Citation
Montefiori L, Wuerffel R, Roqueiro D, Lajoie BR, Guo C, Gerasimova T, De S, Wood W, Becker KG, Dekker J, Liang J, Sen R, Kenter AL. (2016). Extremely Long-Range Chromatin Loops Link Topological Domains to Facilitate a Diverse Antibody Repertoire. Program in Systems Biology Publications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.083. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/sysbio_pubs/82
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