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Uracil residues dependent on the deaminase AID in immunoglobulin gene variable and switch regions
被引:99
作者:
Maul, Robert W.
[1
]
Saribasak, Huseyin
[1
]
Martomo, Stella A.
[1
]
McClure, Rhonda L.
[1
]
Yang, William
[1
]
Vaisman, Alexandra
[2
]
Gramlich, Hillary S.
[3
]
Schatz, David G.
[4
]
Woodgate, Roger
[2
]
Wilson, David M., III
[1
]
Gearhart, Patricia J.
[1
]
机构:
[1] NIA, Lab Mol Gerontol, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA
[2] NICHHD, Lab Genom Integr, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[3] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Dept Cell Biol, New Haven, CT 06510 USA
[4] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Dept Immunol, New Haven, CT 06510 USA
基金:
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词:
DNA GLYCOSYLASE ACTIVITY;
SINGLE-STRANDED-DNA;
LIGHT-CHAIN GENE;
SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;
R-LOOPS;
RECOMBINATION;
CONVERSION;
CELLS;
DIVERSIFICATION;
DEOXYCYTIDINE;
D O I:
10.1038/ni.1970
中图分类号:
R392 [医学免疫学];
Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号:
100102 ;
摘要:
Activation-induced deaminase (AID) initiates diversity of immunoglobulin genes through deamination of cytosine to uracil. Two opposing models have been proposed for the deamination of DNA or RNA by AID. Although most data support DNA deamination, there is no physical evidence of uracil residues in immunoglobulin genes. Here we demonstrate their presence by determining the sensitivity of DNA to digestion with uracil DNA glycosylase (UNG) and abasic endonuclease. Using several methods of detection, we identified uracil residues in the variable and switch regions. Uracil residues were generated within 24 h of B cell stimulation, were present on both DNA strands and were found to replace mainly cytosine bases. Our data provide direct evidence for the model that AID functions by deaminating cytosine residues in DNA.
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页码:70 / U93
页数:8
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