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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
The immunoglobulin heavy chain locus (IgH) undergoes multiple changes along B-cell differentiation. In progenitor B cells, V(D)J assembly allows expression of ? heavy chains. In mature B cells, class switch recombination may replace the expressed constant (C)? gene with a downstream C(H) gene. Finally, plasma cell differentiation strongly boosts IgH transcription. How the multiple IgH transcriptional enhancers tune these changes is unclear. Here we demonstrate that deletion of the whole IgH 3' regulatory region (3'RR) allows normal maturation until the stage of IgM/IgD expressing lymphocytes, but nearly abrogates class switch recombination to all C(H) genes. Although plasma cell numbers are unaffected, we reveal the role of the 3'RR into the transcriptional burst normally associated with plasma cell differentiation. Our study shows that transcriptional changes and recombinations occurring after antigen-encounter appear mainly controlled by the 3'RR working as a single functional unit.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1895-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Immunoglobulin Class Switching, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Immunoglobulin D, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Immunoglobulin Isotypes, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:20538806-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Genomic deletion of the whole IgH 3' regulatory region (hs3a, hs1,2, hs3b, and hs4) dramatically affects class switch recombination and Ig secretion to all isotypes.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Limoges, 2 rue du Dr Marcland, Limoges Cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't