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Control of B cell development by the histone H2A deubiquitinase MYSM1.

ABSTRACT: Epigenetic histone modifications play critical roles in the control of gene transcription. Recently, an increasing number of histone H2A deubiquitinases have been identified and characterized. However, the physiological functions for this entire group of histone H2A deubiquitinases remain unknown. In this study, we revealed that the histone H2A deubiquitinase MYSM1 plays an essential and intrinsic role in early B cell development. MYSM1 deficiency results in a block in early B cell commitment and a defect of B cell progenitors in expression of EBF1 and other B lymphoid genes. We further demonstrated that MYSM1 derepresses EBF1 transcription in B cell progenitors by orchestrating histone modifications and transcription factor recruitment to the EBF1 locus. Thus, this study not only uncovers the essential role for MYSM1 in gene transcription during early B cell development but also underscores the biological significance of reversible epigenetic histone H2A ubiquitination.

SUBMITTER: Jiang XX

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4098839 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Control of B cell development by the histone H2A deubiquitinase MYSM1.

Jiang Xiao-Xia XX Nguyen Quan Q Chou YuChia Y Wang Tao T Nandakumar Vijayalakshmi V Yates Peter P Jones Lindsey L Wang Lifeng L Won Haejung H Lee Hye-Ra HR Jung Jae U JU Müschen Markus M Huang Xue F XF Chen Si-Yi SY

Immunity 20111208 6

Epigenetic histone modifications play critical roles in the control of gene transcription. Recently, an increasing number of histone H2A deubiquitinases have been identified and characterized. However, the physiological functions for this entire group of histone H2A deubiquitinases remain unknown. In this study, we revealed that the histone H2A deubiquitinase MYSM1 plays an essential and intrinsic role in early B cell development. MYSM1 deficiency results in a block in early B cell commitment an ...[more]

PMID: 22169041

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Project description:Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most significant antigen presenting cells of the immune system, critical for the activation of naïve T cells. The pathways controlling DC development, maturation, and effector function therefore require precise regulation to allow for an effective induction of adaptive immune response. MYSM1 is a chromatin binding deubiquitinase (DUB), known to act as an activator of gene expression via its catalytic activity for monoubiquitinated histone H2A (H2A-K119ub), which is a highly abundant repressive epigenetic mark. MYSM1 is an important regulator of hematopoiesis in mouse and human, and a systemic constitutive loss of Mysm1 in mice results in a depletion of many hematopoietic progenitors, including DC precursors, with the downstream loss of most DC lineage cells. However, the roles of MYSM1 at the later checkpoints in DC development, maturation, activation, and effector function at present remain unknown. In the current work, using a range of mouse models (Mysm1flCreERT2, Mysm1flCD11c-cre, Mysm1DN), we further the understanding of MYSM1 functions in the DC lineage: assessing the requirement for MYSM1 in DC development independently of other complex developmental phenotypes, exploring its role at the later checkpoints in DC maintenance and activation in response to microbial stimulation, and testing the requirement for the DUB catalytic activity of MYSM1 in these processes. Surprisingly, we demonstrate that MYSM1 expression and catalytic activity in DCs are dispensable for the maintenance of DC numbers in vivo or for DC activation in response to microbial stimulation. In contrast, MYSM1 and its DUB catalytic activity in hematopoietic progenitors are essential for normal DC development, and its loss results not only in a severe depletion of DC lineage cells, but also in the production of functionally altered DCs, with a dysregulation of many housekeeping transcriptional programs and significantly altered responses to microbial stimulation.

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Control of B cell development by the histone H2A deubiquitinase MYSM1.

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Control of B cell development by the histone H2A deubiquitinase MYSM1.

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