The B12/23 restriction is critically dependent on recombination signal nonamer and spacer sequences
| Autor: | Robert E. Tillman, Barry P. Sleckman, J. Michael White, Maureen M. Hughes, Tara D. Wehrly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Genetic Markers
Immunology Extrachromosomal Inheritance Immunoglobulin Variable Region Context (language use) Mice Transgenic CHO Cells Biology Cell Line Mice T-Lymphocyte Subsets Extrachromosomal DNA Cricetinae Immunology and Allergy Recombination signal sequences Animals Nucleotide Gene Rearrangement beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor RNA Processing Post-Transcriptional Gene Sequence (medicine) chemistry.chemical_classification Genetics Homeodomain Proteins Recombination Genetic Base Sequence Cell Differentiation DNA-Binding Proteins Thymocyte chemistry Immunoglobulin J-Chains DNA Intergenic 5' Untranslated Regions Recombination Antibody Diversity |
| Zdroj: | Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 171(12) |
| ISSN: | 0022-1767 |
| Popis: | Ag receptor variable region gene assembly is initiated through the formation of a synaptic complex which minimally includes the recombination-activating gene (RAG) 1/2 proteins and a pair of recombination signals (RSs) flanking the recombining gene segments. RSs are composed of conserved heptamer and nonamer sequences flanking relatively nonconserved spacers of 12 or 23 bp. RSs regulate variable region gene assembly within the context of the 12/23 rule which mandates that recombination only occurs between RSs of dissimilar spacer length. RSs can exert additional constraints on variable region gene assembly beyond imposing spacer length requirements. At a minimum this restriction, termed B12/23, is imposed on the Vβ to DJβ rearrangement step by the 5′ Dβ RS and is enforced at or before the DNA cleavage step of the V(D)J recombination reaction. In this study, the components of the 5′ Dβ RS required for enforcing the B12/23 rule are assessed on chromosomal substrates in vivo in the context of normal murine thymocyte development and on extrachromosomal substrates induced to undergo recombination in nonlymphoid cell lines. These analyses reveal that the integrity of the nonamer sequence as well as the highly conserved spacer nucleotides of the 5′ Dβ1 RS are critical for enforcing the B12/23 restriction. These findings have important implications for understanding the B12/23 restriction and the manner in which RS synaptic complexes are assembled in vivo. |
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