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Characterization of Ig gene somatic hypermutation in the absence of activation-induced cytidine deaminase.


ABSTRACT: Somatic hypermutation (SHM) of Ig genes depends upon the deamination of C nucleotides in WRCY (W = A/T, R = A/G, Y = C/T) motifs by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AICDA). Despite this, a large number of mutations occur in WA motifs that can be accounted for by the activity of polymerase eta (POL eta). To determine whether there are AICDA-independent mutations and to characterize the relationship between AICDA- and POL eta-mediated mutations, 1470 H chain and 1313 kappa- and lambda-chain rearrangements from three AICDA(-/-) patients were analyzed. The Ig mutation frequency of all V(H) genes from AICDA(-/-) patients was 40-fold less than that of normal donors, whereas the mutation frequency of mutated V(H) sequences from AICDA(-/-) patients was 6.8-fold less than that of normal donors. AICDA(-/-) B cells lack mutations in WRCY/RGYW motifs as well as replacement mutations and mutational targeting in complementarity-determining regions. A significantly reduced mutation frequency in WA motifs compared with normal donors and an increased percentage of transitions, which may relate to reduced uracil DNA-glycosylase activity, suggest a role for AICDA in regulating POL eta and uracil DNA-glycosylase activity. Similar results were observed in V(L) rearrangements. The residual mutations were predominantly G:C substitutions, indicating that AICDA-independent cytidine deamination was a likely, yet inefficient, mechanism for mutating Ig genes.

SUBMITTER: Longo NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2587332 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Characterization of Ig gene somatic hypermutation in the absence of activation-induced cytidine deaminase.

Longo Nancy S NS   Satorius Colleen L CL   Plebani Alessandro A   Durandy Anne A   Lipsky Peter E PE  

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20080701 2


Somatic hypermutation (SHM) of Ig genes depends upon the deamination of C nucleotides in WRCY (W = A/T, R = A/G, Y = C/T) motifs by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AICDA). Despite this, a large number of mutations occur in WA motifs that can be accounted for by the activity of polymerase eta (POL eta). To determine whether there are AICDA-independent mutations and to characterize the relationship between AICDA- and POL eta-mediated mutations, 1470 H chain and 1313 kappa- and lambda-chain  ...[more]

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