Deletion of germline promoter PD beta 1 from the TCR beta locus causes hypermethylation that impairs D beta 1 recombination by multiple mechanisms - PubMed (original) (raw)

Deletion of germline promoter PD beta 1 from the TCR beta locus causes hypermethylation that impairs D beta 1 recombination by multiple mechanisms

C E Whitehurst et al. Immunity. 2000 Nov.

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Abstract

The role of the germline transcriptional promoter, PD beta 1, in V(D)J recombination at the T cell receptor beta locus was investigated. Deletion of PD beta 1 caused reduced germline transcription and DNA hypermethylation in the Dbeta1-J beta 1 region and decreased D beta 1 rearrangement. Analyses of methylation levels surrounding recombination signal sequences (RSS) before, during, and after recombination revealed that under physiological conditions cleavage of hypomethylated alleles was preferred over hypermethylated alleles. Methylation of a specific CpG site within the heptamer of the 3' D beta 1 RSS was incompatible with cleavage by the V(D)J recombinase. These findings suggest that methylation can regulate V(D)J recombination both at a general level by influencing regional chromatin accessibility and specifically by blocking RSS recognition or cleavage by the V(D)J recombinase.

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Deletion of germline promoter PD beta 1 from the TCR beta locus causes hypermethylation that impairs D beta 1 recombination by multiple mechanisms - PubMed (original) (raw)