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The enhancer shift: a model to explain the developmental control of IgH gene,, expression in B-lineage cells Velmurugesan Arulampdam, Laurel Eckhardt and Sven kttersson
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suggesting a function at later stages of B-cell developments. Sri@ contains a domain that is shared with other proteins (e.g. SW11 that belong to the SWI/SNF complex previously shown to remodc chmmatin’. Therefore, Bright may be part of the ma&ii that al fects chmmatin structure. Furt!temwre, becauac of ita late&age ea The IgH intron (Ep) enhancer and MARS Eh is locatedbetween the jH-genesegment cluster and the constant pression, its function may also tp important for CSR and/or lgl gene transcription following antigen activation. [Cc) coding sequences(Fig. 1). Ubiquitous and lymphoid-specific transcription factors have both beenshown to bind DNA sequences NF-t&X was initially identified as a MAR-binding CornpIe within EQ (reviewed in Ref. 1). The importance of EP in early B-cell found only in non-8 cells where the MARa were shown to rep~a development has beenclearly demonstrated in the 6 cells of knock- I$. activitys. The home&ox protein Cux/CDP may be a member c pm. cummun.); Cux/CD out mice h&mzygous for deletion of this element: VDj assembly the NF-pNR complex (R. Schcucmwnn, was severely impaired upstream of the mutated IgH allele in these was previously identified as a regulator of myeloki gene expressi cells’2. Earlier studies of a mouse pre-B-cell line suggested that Ep and a repressor of the sea urchin sperm-specific hlstone gene was also required for IgH transcription subsequent to V-gene asThis protein also represses Ep enhancer function, the postulated hmctlon of NF-@JR activity (R. S&euermann, per sembly. lg expression ceased in this cell line upon spontaneous deletion of an intronic region encompassing Ep (Ref. 3). h&restcommun.). These findings suggest a model by which element ingly, fusion of this pre_B-cell lie with a myeloma line yielded within the MARs mediate and/or conhol chmmatin remodelin hybrids that had reactivated the mutant allele. events in developiag B cells. effectson chromatin are of particular importance to their function.
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The 1 kb fragment initially identified as the t$ enhancerin mice includes two MARs that flank a core region with mirltiple twn-
Cls-rting elements 8t the Y-end of the IgH locus are critical for efficient exprusion of linked transgenes when intro- Sttwturc ofthc mouse /gH locus duced into mice5. Moreover, without the MARS, transgene expms- Although EP plays a role in endogenons IgH gene assembly an sion leve!s varied among individual Ew-transgenic mice, suggasting possibly also in regulating IgH gene transcription after assembly, that the transgenes had become susceptible to chromosome was noted soon after its .iiscuvery that it was not -tial for tb position effects. Recent experiments suggest that the MARs associ- exprewion of IgH genes hr Ig-secreting ceUa3Jo.It was alao noted ated with EP have the capacity to prompt the region surrounding that chromosome translocations of the pmto-oncogene c-myc often a transgene to assume shuctural characteristics of transcriptionresulted in its juxtaposition with the 3’ region of the IgH locus. Since ally active chmmatb9. However, the Ek enhancer, including c-ntyc/lgH chromosome hanslocations had already been causally the MARS, has not been shown to generate copy-dependent linked to de-regulated catye expression and to transfonoation of Igexpression of transgenic reporter genes, a function athibuted producing I:% this suggested that elements in the 3’ region of the to locus conhol retions (LCRs; see below), when inserted into the IgH locus were capableof disrupting normal wnyc expression”. mouse germ line. A search for additionat +_-:~-_ elements dowstream of the TWO proteins that bind the Ep MAR have recently been identiIgH iocw was initiated and resultni in the identification of an fied: Bright (B-cell regulator of IgH transcription) and NF-pNR. IgH 3’ enhancer, pmently designated HSli iRefs 12-14) Wig. 1). Bright can be induced in lipopolysaccharide (LPSI-activated B cells, Another enhancer was then mapped closer to Ca (HS3a). as were
scription factor binding sites’. The two MARs and the core enhancer
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many quertions remin “nanswered. I, is h”ped that hrrther study of the IgH LCR will n”, Ml,y reveal ylme Of ,be mecbanisnlr Ip g”ta,ing IgH erpreai”n.bu,mayafs”
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