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Mina ED, Jackson KJL, Crawford AJI, Faulks ML, Pathmanandavel K, Acquarola N, O'Sullivan M, Kerre T, Naesens L, Claes K, Goodnow CC, Haerynck F, Kracker S, Meyts I, D'Orsogna LJ, Ma CS, Tangye SG. A Novel Heterozygous Variant in AICDA Impairs Ig Class Switching and Somatic Hypermutation in Human B Cells and is Associated with Autosomal Dominant HIGM2 Syndrome. J Clin Immunol 2024; 44:66. [PMID: 38363477 PMCID: PMC10873450 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-024-01665-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
Abstract
B cells and their secreted antibodies are fundamental for host-defense against pathogens. The generation of high-affinity class switched antibodies results from both somatic hypermutation (SHM) of the immunoglobulin (Ig) variable region genes of the B-cell receptor and class switch recombination (CSR) which alters the Ig heavy chain constant region. Both of these processes are initiated by the enzyme activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), encoded by AICDA. Deleterious variants in AICDA are causal of hyper-IgM syndrome type 2 (HIGM2), a B-cell intrinsic primary immunodeficiency characterised by recurrent infections and low serum IgG and IgA levels. Biallelic variants affecting exons 2, 3 or 4 of AICDA have been identified that impair both CSR and SHM in patients with autosomal recessive HIGM2. Interestingly, B cells from patients with autosomal dominant HIGM2, caused by heterozygous variants (V186X, R190X) located in AICDA exon 5 encoding the nuclear export signal (NES) domain, show abolished CSR but variable SHM. We herein report the immunological and functional phenotype of two related patients presenting with common variable immunodeficiency who were found to have a novel heterozygous variant in AICDA (L189X). This variant led to a truncated AID protein lacking the last 10 amino acids of the NES at the C-terminal domain. Interestingly, patients' B cells carrying the L189X variant exhibited not only greatly impaired CSR but also SHM in vivo, as well as CSR and production of IgG and IgA in vitro. Our findings demonstrate that the NES domain of AID can be essential for SHM, as well as for CSR, thereby refining the correlation between AICDA genotype and SHM phenotype as well as broadening our understanding of the pathophysiology of HIGM disorders.
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- Erika Della Mina
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and PathWest, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and PathWest, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- Department of Immunology, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Primary Immunodeficiency Ghent (CPIG), Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, ERN Rita Network Center, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Primary Immunodeficiency Ghent (CPIG), Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, ERN Rita Network Center, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Primary Immunodeficiency Research Lab, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Primary Immunodeficiency Ghent (CPIG), Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, ERN Rita Network Center, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Primary Immunodeficiency Research Lab, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Center for Primary Immunodeficiency Ghent (CPIG), Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, ERN Rita Network Center, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Primary Immunodeficiency Research Lab, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Human Lymphohematopoiesis, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, 75015, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, 75015, Paris, France
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- Inborn Errors of Immunity, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
- Pediatric Immunodeficiency, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and PathWest, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia.
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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Chen K, Luo M, Lv Y, Luo Z, Yang H. Undervalued and novel roles of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins in autoimmune diseases: Resurgence as potential biomarkers and targets. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2023; 14:e1806. [PMID: 37365887 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Autoimmune diseases are mainly characterized by the abnormal autoreactivity due to the loss of tolerance to specific autoantigens, though multiple pathways associated with the homeostasis of immune responses are involved in initiating or aggravating the conditions. The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are a major category of RNA-binding proteins ubiquitously expressed in a multitude of cells and have attracted great attentions especially with their distinctive roles in nucleic acid metabolisms and the pathogenesis in diseases like neurodegenerative disorders and cancers. Nevertheless, the interplay between hnRNPs and autoimmune disorders has not been fully elucidated. Virtually various family members of hnRNPs are increasingly identified as immune players and are pertinent to all kinds of immune-related processes including immune system development and innate or adaptive immune responses. Specifically, hnRNPs have been extensively recognized as autoantigens within and even beyond a myriad of autoimmune diseases, yet their diagnostic and prognostic values are seemingly underestimated. Molecular mimicry, epitope spreading and bystander activation may represent major putative mechanisms underlying the presence of autoantibodies to hnRNPs. Besides, hnRNPs play critical parts in regulating linchpin genes expressions that control genetic susceptibility, disease-linked functional pathways, or immune responses by interacting with other components particularly like microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs, thereby contributing to inflammation and autoimmunity as well as specific disease phenotypes. Therefore, comprehensive unraveling of the roles of hnRNPs is conducive to establishing potential biomarkers and developing better intervention strategies by targeting these hnRNPs in the corresponding disorders. This article is categorized under: RNA in Disease and Development > RNA in Disease RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > Protein-RNA Interactions: Functional Implications.
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- Kangzhi Chen
- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Clinical Research Center for Epileptic Disease of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Refaat AM, Nakata M, Husain A, Kosako H, Honjo T, Begum NA. HNRNPU facilitates antibody class-switch recombination through C-NHEJ promotion and R-loop suppression. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112284. [PMID: 36943867 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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B cells generate functionally different classes of antibodies through class-switch recombination (CSR), which requires classical non-homologous end joining (C-NHEJ) to join the DNA breaks at the donor and acceptor switch (S) regions. We show that the RNA-binding protein HNRNPU promotes C-NHEJ-mediated S-S joining through the 53BP1-shieldin DNA-repair complex. Notably, HNRNPU binds to the S region RNA/DNA G-quadruplexes, contributing to regulating R-loop and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) accumulation. HNRNPU is an intrinsically disordered protein that interacts with both C-NHEJ and R-loop complexes in an RNA-dependent manner. Strikingly, recruitment of HNRNPU and the C-NHEJ factors is highly sensitive to liquid-liquid phase separation inhibitors, suggestive of DNA-repair condensate formation. We propose that HNRNPU facilitates CSR by forming and stabilizing the C-NHEJ ribonucleoprotein complex and preventing excessive R-loop accumulation, which otherwise would cause persistent DNA breaks and aberrant DNA repair, leading to genomic instability.
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- Ahmed M Refaat
- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, El-Minia 61519, Egypt
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202002, India
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Xie X, Gan T, Rao B, Zhang W, Panchakshari RA, Yang D, Ji X, Cao Y, Alt FW, Meng FL, Hu J. C-terminal deletion-induced condensation sequesters AID from IgH targets in immunodeficiency. EMBO J 2022; 41:e109324. [PMID: 35471583 PMCID: PMC9156971 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2021109324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In activated B cells, activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) generates programmed DNA lesions required for antibody class switch recombination (CSR), which may also threaten genome integrity. AID dynamically shuttles between cytoplasm and nucleus, and the majority stays in the cytoplasm due to active nuclear export mediated by its C-terminal peptide. In immunodeficient-patient cells expressing mutant AID lacking its C-terminus, a catalytically active AID-delC protein accumulates in the nucleus but nevertheless fails to support CSR. To resolve this apparent paradox, we dissected the function of AID-delC proteins in the CSR process and found that they cannot efficiently target antibody genes. We demonstrate that AID-delC proteins form condensates both in vivo and in vitro, dependent on its N-terminus and on a surface arginine-rich patch. Co-expression of AID-delC and wild-type AID leads to an unbalanced nuclear AID-delC/AID ratio, with AID-delC proteins able to trap wild-type AID in condensates, resulting in a dominant-negative phenotype that could contribute to immunodeficiency. The co-condensation model of mutant and wild-type proteins could be an alternative explanation for the dominant-negative effect in genetic disorders.
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- Xia Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, Genome Editing Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, Genome Editing Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, Genome Editing Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, Genome Editing Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Silencing of Ago-2 Interacting Protein SERBP1 Relieves KCC2 Repression by miR-92 in Neurons. Cells 2022; 11:cells11061052. [PMID: 35326503 PMCID: PMC8947033 DOI: 10.3390/cells11061052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play important roles in modulating miRNA-mediated mRNA target repression. Argonaute2 (Ago2) is an essential component of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) that plays a central role in silencing mechanisms via small non-coding RNA molecules known as siRNAs and miRNAs. Small RNAs loaded into Argonaute proteins catalyze endoribonucleolytic cleavage of target RNAs or recruit factors responsible for translational silencing and mRNA target destabilization. In previous studies we have shown that KCC2, a neuronal Cl (−) extruding K (+) Cl (−) co-transporter 2, is regulated by miR-92 in neuronal cells. Searching for Ago2 partners by immunoprecipitation and LC-MS/MS analysis, we isolated among other proteins the Serpine mRNA binding protein 1 (SERBP1) from SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Exploring the role of SERBP1 in miRNA-mediated gene silencing in SH-SY5Y cells and primary hippocampal neurons, we demonstrated that SERBP1 silencing regulates KCC2 expression through the 3′ untranslated region (UTR). In addition, we found that SERBP1 as well as Ago2/miR-92 complex bind to KCC2 3′UTR. Finally, we demonstrated the attenuation of miR-92-mediated repression of KCC2 3′UTR by SERBP1 silencing. These findings advance our knowledge regarding the miR-92-mediated modulation of KCC2 translation in neuronal cells and highlight SERBP1 as a key component of this gene regulation.
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ILF2 enhances the DNA cytosine deaminase activity of tumor mutator APOBEC3B in multiple myeloma cells. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2278. [PMID: 35145187 PMCID: PMC8831623 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06226-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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DNA cytosine deaminase APOBEC3B (A3B) is an endogenous source of mutations in many human cancers, including multiple myeloma. A3B proteins form catalytically inactive high molecular mass (HMM) complexes in nuclei, however, the regulatory mechanisms of A3B deaminase activity in HMM complexes are still unclear. Here, we performed mass spectrometry analysis of A3B-interacting proteins from nuclear extracts of myeloma cell lines and identified 30 putative interacting proteins. These proteins are involved in RNA metabolism, including RNA binding, mRNA splicing, translation, and regulation of gene expression. Except for SAFB, these proteins interact with A3B in an RNA-dependent manner. Most of these interacting proteins are detected in A3B HMM complexes by density gradient sedimentation assays. We focused on two interacting proteins, ILF2 and SAFB. We found that overexpressed ILF2 enhanced the deaminase activity of A3B by 30%, while SAFB did not. Additionally, siRNA-mediated knockdown of ILF2 suppressed A3B deaminase activity by 30% in HEK293T cell lysates. Based on these findings, we conclude that ILF2 can interact with A3B and enhance its deaminase activity in HMM complexes.
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The optimal pH of AID is skewed from that of its catalytic pocket by DNA-binding residues and surface charge. Biochem J 2021; 479:39-55. [PMID: 34870314 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20210529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is a member of the apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) family of cytidine deaminases. AID mutates immunoglobulin loci to initiate secondary antibody diversification. The APOBEC3 (A3) sub-branch mutates viral pathogens in the cytosol and acidic endosomal compartments. Accordingly, AID functions optimally near neutral pH, while most A3s are acid-adapted (optimal pH 5.5-6.5). To gain a structural understanding for this pH disparity, we constructed high-resolution maps of AID catalytic activity vs pH. We found AID's optimal pH was 7.3 but it retained most (>70%) of the activity at pH 8. Probing of ssDNA-binding residues near the catalytic pocket, key for bending ssDNA into the pocket (e.g R25) yielded mutants with altered pH preference, corroborating previous findings that the equivalent residue in APOBEC3G (H216) underlies its acidic pH preference. AID from bony fish exhibited more basic optimal pH (pH 7.5-8.1) and several R25-equivalent mutants altered pH preference. Comparison of pH optima across the AID/APOBEC3 family revealed an inverse correlation between positive surface charge and overall catalysis. The paralogue with the most robust catalytic activity (APOBEC3A) has the lowest surface charge, most acidic pH preference, while the paralogue with the most lethargic catalytic rate (AID) has the most positive surface charge and highest optimal pH. We suggest one possible mechanism is through surface charge dictating an overall optimal pH that is different from the optimal pH of the catalytic pocket microenvironment. These findings illuminate an additional structural mechanism that regulates AID/APOBEC3 mutagenesis.
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APOBECs orchestrate genomic and epigenomic editing across health and disease. Trends Genet 2021; 37:1028-1043. [PMID: 34353635 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2021.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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APOBEC proteins can deaminate cytosine residues in DNA and RNA. This can lead to somatic mutations, DNA breaks, RNA modifications, or DNA demethylation in a selective manner. APOBECs function in various cellular compartments and recognize different nucleic acid motifs and structures. They orchestrate a wide array of genomic and epigenomic modifications, thereby affecting various cellular functions positively or negatively, including immune editing, viral and retroelement restriction, DNA damage responses, DNA demethylation, gene expression, and tissue homeostasis. Furthermore, the cumulative increase in genomic and epigenomic editing with aging could also, at least in part, be attributed to APOBEC function. We synthesize our cumulative understanding of APOBEC activity in a unifying overview and discuss their genomic and epigenomic impact in physiological, pathological, and technological contexts.
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King HW, Orban N, Riches JC, Clear AJ, Warnes G, Teichmann SA, James LK. Single-cell analysis of human B cell maturation predicts how antibody class switching shapes selection dynamics. Sci Immunol 2021; 6:6/56/eabe6291. [PMID: 33579751 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abe6291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Protective humoral memory forms in secondary lymphoid organs where B cells undergo affinity maturation and differentiation into memory or plasma cells. Here, we provide a comprehensive roadmap of human B cell maturation with single-cell transcriptomics matched with bulk and single-cell antibody repertoires to define gene expression, antibody repertoires, and clonal sharing of B cell states at single-cell resolution, including memory B cell heterogeneity that reflects diverse functional and signaling states. We reconstruct gene expression dynamics during B cell activation to reveal a pre-germinal center state primed to undergo class switch recombination and dissect how antibody class-dependent gene expression in germinal center and memory B cells is linked with a distinct transcriptional wiring with potential to influence their fate and function. Our analyses reveal the dynamic cellular states that shape human B cell-mediated immunity and highlight how antibody isotype may play a role during their antibody-based selection.
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- Hamish W King
- Centre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK. .,Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Barts Health Ear, Nose and Throat Service, Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, UK
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- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.,Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.,Theory of Condensed Matter, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0EH, UK
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- Centre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK.
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King JJ, Larijani M. Structural plasticity of substrate selection by activation-induced cytidine deaminase as a regulator of its genome-wide mutagenic activity. FEBS Lett 2020; 595:3-13. [PMID: 33089497 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) mediates somatic hypermutation and class-switch recombination of antibodies. Computational-biochemical and crystallography analyses of AID have identified three surface grooves for binding single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). Functional studies have also found evidence for RNA-binding motifs on AID. Although AID and the related apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) enzymes share a conserved core, AID uniquely features multiple substrate-binding motifs on its surface. Here we suggest that combinatorial deployment of AID's multiple ssDNA- or RNA-binding motifs yields many substrate-binding modes that can accommodate ssDNA, RNA, or DNA/RNA substrates of diverse structures. We also suggest that AID oligomerization generates yet additional novel substrate-binding modes. We propose that this plasticity in substrate choice is an evolved aspect of AID's structure that contributes to the regulation of its differential mutagenic activity at various loci.
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- Justin J King
- Program in Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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A Hyper-IgM Syndrome Mutation in Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Disrupts G-Quadruplex Binding and Genome-wide Chromatin Localization. Immunity 2020; 53:952-970.e11. [PMID: 33098766 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Precise targeting of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) to immunoglobulin (Ig) loci promotes antibody class switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation (SHM), whereas AID targeting of non-Ig loci can generate oncogenic DNA lesions. Here, we examined the contribution of G-quadruplex (G4) nucleic acid structures to AID targeting in vivo. Mice bearing a mutation in Aicda (AIDG133V) that disrupts AID-G4 binding modeled the pathology of hyper-IgM syndrome patients with an orthologous mutation, lacked CSR and SHM, and had broad defects in genome-wide AIDG133V chromatin localization. Genome-wide analyses also revealed that wild-type AID localized to MHCII genes, and AID expression correlated with decreased MHCII expression in germinal center B cells and diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Our findings indicate a crucial role for G4 binding in AID targeting and suggest that AID activity may extend beyond Ig loci to regulate the expression of genes relevant to the physiology and pathology of activated B cells.
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Marchalot A, Ashi MO, Lambert JM, Carrion C, Lecardeur S, Srour N, Delpy L, Le Pennec S. Uncoupling Splicing From Transcription Using Antisense Oligonucleotides Reveals a Dual Role for I Exon Donor Splice Sites in Antibody Class Switching. Front Immunol 2020; 11:780. [PMID: 32477332 PMCID: PMC7233311 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Class switch recombination (CSR) changes antibody isotype by replacing Cμ constant exons with different constant exons located downstream on the immunoglobulin heavy (IgH) locus. During CSR, transcription through specific switch (S) regions and processing of non-coding germline transcripts (GLTs) are essential for the targeting of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). While CSR to IgG1 is abolished in mice lacking an Iγ1 exon donor splice site (dss), many questions remain regarding the importance of I exon dss recognition in CSR. To further clarify the role of I exon dss in CSR, we first evaluated RNA polymerase II (RNA pol II) loading and chromatin accessibility in S regions after activation of mouse B cells lacking Iγ1 dss. We found that deletion of Iγ1 dss markedly reduced RNA pol II pausing and active chromatin marks in the Sγ1 region. We then challenged the post-transcriptional function of I exon dss in CSR by using antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) masking I exon dss on GLTs. Treatment of stimulated B cells with an ASO targeting Iγ1 dss, in the acceptor Sγ1 region, or Iμ dss, in the donor Sμ region, did not decrease germline transcription but strongly inhibited constitutive splicing and CSR to IgG1. Supporting a global effect on CSR, we also observed that the targeting of Iμ dss reduced CSR to IgG3 and, to a lesser extent, IgG2b isotypes. Altogether, this study reveals that the recognition of I exon dss first supports RNA pol II pausing and the opening of chromatin in targeted S regions and that GLT splicing events using constitutive I exon dss appear mandatory for the later steps of CSR, most likely by guiding AID to S regions.
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- Anne Marchalot
- Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7276, INSERM 1262, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7276, INSERM 1262, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7276, INSERM 1262, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7276, INSERM 1262, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7276, INSERM 1262, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7276, INSERM 1262, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and Departments of Oncology and Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7276, INSERM 1262, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7276, INSERM 1262, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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RNA-binding motifs of hnRNP K are critical for induction of antibody diversification by activation-induced cytidine deaminase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:11624-11635. [PMID: 32385154 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921115117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is the key enzyme for class switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation (SHM) to generate antibody memory. Previously, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) was shown to be required for AID-dependent DNA breaks. Here, we defined the function of major RNA-binding motifs of hnRNP K, GXXGs and RGGs in the K-homology (KH) and the K-protein-interaction (KI) domains, respectively. Mutation of GXXG, RGG, or both impaired CSR, SHM, and cMyc/IgH translocation equally, showing that these motifs were necessary for AID-dependent DNA breaks. AID-hnRNP K interaction is dependent on RNA; hence, mutation of these RNA-binding motifs abolished the interaction with AID, as expected. Some of the polypyrimidine sequence-carrying prototypical hnRNP K-binding RNAs, which participate in DNA breaks or repair bound to hnRNP K in a GXXG and RGG motif-dependent manner. Mutation of the GXXG and RGG motifs decreased nuclear retention of hnRNP K. Together with the previous finding that nuclear localization of AID is necessary for its function, lower nuclear retention of these mutants may worsen their functional deficiency, which is also caused by their decreased RNA-binding capacity. In summary, hnRNP K contributed to AID-dependent DNA breaks with all of its major RNA-binding motifs.
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Islam H, Kobayashi M, Honjo T. Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) is dispensable for activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)-dependent somatic hypermutation in the immunoglobulin gene. Int Immunol 2020; 31:543-554. [PMID: 30877298 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxz028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) initiates DNA breakage in the variable (V) and switch (S) regions of the immunoglobulin gene, which results in somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR), respectively. Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) has been shown to be important for CSR, and is supposed to cleave at abasic sites when AID-dependently deaminated cytidine is removed by uracil DNA glycosylase. However, APE1 is unexpectedly dispensable for SHM in the S region and translocation between immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) and c-myc genes in the mouse B lymphoma cell line, CH12F3-2A. This suggested that APE1 is not involved in AID-dependent DNA breakage, but rather, in DNA repair. In order to investigate detailed molecular mechanisms underlying APE1's involvement in CSR and SHM, we measured apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites via aldehyde reactive probe labeling. Results indicated that the frequencies of AP sites in the S regions were not different between APE1-/-/-CH12F3-2A and wild-type CH12F3-2A cells. To carry out similar experiments in SHM of the V region, we generated an APE1 knockout (APE1-/-) human Burkitt's lymphoma cell line, and compared SHM between APE1-proficient and -deficient BL2 lymphoma cells. SHM frequencies in the V regions of APE1-/-BL2 and APE1-proficient cells were also similar. Taken together, we showed that AID does not induce AP sites in the S region of the IgH gene, and that APE1 is not necessary for SHM in the V and S regions; however, it is required for DNA repair following DNA breakage in CSR.
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- Helena Islam
- Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Borzooee F, Larijani M. Pichia pastoris as a host for production and isolation of mutagenic AID/APOBEC enzymes involved in cancer and immunity. N Biotechnol 2019; 51:67-79. [PMID: 30822538 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AID/APOBEC3 enzymes are cytidine deaminases that mutate antibody and retroviral genes and also mediate extensive tumor genome mutagenesis. The study of purified AID/APOBEC3 proteins is challenged by difficulties with their expression and purification arising from genotoxicity in expression hosts, extensive non-specific protein-protein/DNA/RNA interactions and haphazard oligomerization. To date, expression hosts for purification of AID/APOBEC3 enzymes include bacteria, insect and mammalian cells. Here the establishment and optimization of a yeast expression/secretion system for AID/APOBEC3s are reported, followed by comparison with the same enzymes expressed in bacterial and mammalian hosts. AID and APOBEC3G were expressed successfully in Pichia pastoris, each either with an N-terminal GST tag, C-terminal V5-His tag or as untagged native form. It was verified that the yeast-expressed enzymes exhibit identical biochemical properties to those reported using bacterial and mammalian expression, indicating high fidelity of protein folding. It was demonstrated that the system can be adapted for secretion of the enzymes into the media which was used directly in various enzyme assays. The system is also amenable to elimination of bulky fusion tags, providing native untagged enzymes. Thus, P. pastoris is an advantageous expression factory for AID/APOBEC3 enzymes, considering the cost, time, efficiency and quality of the obtained enzymes. The first report is also provided here of a functionally active, untagged, secreted AID, which may become a useful research reagent. A comprehensive comparison is made of the effect of fusion tags and expression hosts on the biochemical actions of AID and APOBEC3G.
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- Faezeh Borzooee
- Immunology and Infectious Diseases Program, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
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- Immunology and Infectious Diseases Program, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
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Al Ismail A, Husain A, Kobayashi M, Honjo T, Begum NA. Depletion of recombination-specific cofactors by the C-terminal mutant of the activation-induced cytidine deaminase causes the dominant negative effect on class switch recombination. Int Immunol 2019; 29:525-537. [PMID: 29136157 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxx061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is essential for class-switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation (SHM) of immunoglobulin genes. Studies on in vitro mutagenized AID as well as its mutations in human patients with hyper-IgM (HIGM)-syndrome type II revealed that C-terminal AID mutations were defective in CSR whereas their DNA cleavage and SHM activities remained intact. The C-terminal mutants of AID were speculated to exert the dominant negative effect on wild-type (WT) AID whereas its mechanism remains unknown. We generated the JP41 (R190X) mutation in one allele and a null mutation on the other allele in a mouse B cell line (CH12F3-2A) using CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing tools and studied the effect of JP41 expression on the function of exogenously introduced WT AID fused with estrogen receptor (AIDER) in AIDJP41/∆/AIDER CH12F3-2A cells. We found that JP41 expression strongly suppressed not only CSR but also Igh/c-Myc chromosomal translocations by AIDER. We showed that the dominant negative effect is not evident at the DNA cleavage step but obvious at both deletional and inversional recombination steps. We also confirmed the dominant negative effect of other C-terminal mutants, JP8Bdel (R183X) and P20 (34-aa insertion at residue 182) in AID-deficient spleen B cells. Finally, we showed that the expression of JP41 reduced the binding of AIDER with its cofactors (hnRNP L, SERBP1 and hnRNP U). Together, these data indicate that dominant negative effect of JP41 on CSR is likely due to the depletion of the CSR-specific RNA-binding proteins from WT AID.
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- Azza Al Ismail
- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Patel B, Banerjee R, Samanta M, Das S. Diversity of Immunoglobulin (Ig) Isotypes and the Role of Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID) in Fish. Mol Biotechnol 2018; 60:435-453. [PMID: 29704159 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-018-0081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The disparate diversity in immunoglobulin (Ig) repertoire has been a subject of fascination since the emergence of prototypic adaptive immune system in vertebrates. The carboxy terminus region of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) has been well established in tetrapod lineage and is crucial for its function in class switch recombination (CSR) event of Ig diversification. The absence of CSR in the paraphyletic group of fish is probably due to changes in catalytic domain of AID and lack of cis-elements in IgH locus. Therefore, understanding the arrangement of Ig genes in IgH locus and functional facets of fish AID opens up new realms of unravelling the alternative mechanisms of isotype switching and antibody diversity. Further, the teleost AID has been recently reported to have potential of catalyzing CSR in mammalian B cells by complementing AID deficiency in them. In that context, the present review focuses on the recent advances regarding the generation of diversity in Ig repertoire in the absence of AID-regulated class switching in teleosts and the possible role of T cell-independent pathway involving B cell activating factor and a proliferation-inducing ligand in activation of CSR machinery.
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- Bhakti Patel
- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Ecology (LEnME), Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, 769 008, India
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Ecology (LEnME), Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, 769 008, India
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- Immunology Laboratory, Fish Health Management Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751 002, India
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Ecology (LEnME), Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, 769 008, India.
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Chen J, Cai Z, Bai M, Yu X, Zhang C, Cao C, Hu X, Wang L, Su R, Wang D, Wang L, Yao Y, Ye R, Hou B, Yu Y, Yu S, Li J, Xue Y. The RNA-binding protein ROD1/PTBP3 cotranscriptionally defines AID-loading sites to mediate antibody class switch in mammalian genomes. Cell Res 2018; 28:981-995. [PMID: 30143796 PMCID: PMC6170407 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-018-0076-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) mediates class switching by binding to a small fraction of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to diversify the antibody repertoire. The precise mechanism for highly selective AID targeting in the genome has remained elusive. Here, we report an RNA-binding protein, ROD1 (also known as PTBP3), that is both required and sufficient to define AID-binding sites genome-wide in activated B cells. ROD1 interacts with AID via an ultraconserved loop, which proves to be critical for the recruitment of AID to ssDNA using bi-directionally transcribed nascent RNAs as stepping stones. Strikingly, AID-specific mutations identified in human patients with hyper-IgM syndrome type 2 (HIGM2) completely disrupt the AID interacting surface with ROD1, thereby abolishing the recruitment of AID to immunoglobulin (Ig) loci. Together, our results suggest that bi-directionally transcribed RNA traps the RNA-binding protein ROD1, which serves as a guiding system for AID to load onto specific genomic loci to induce DNA rearrangement during immune responses.
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- Juan Chen
- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, 200031, Shanghai, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,College of Life Sciences, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Normal University, 464000, Xinyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, 200031, Shanghai, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China.
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Muto A, Sugihara Y, Shibakawa M, Oshima K, Matsuda T, Nadano D. The mRNA-binding protein Serbp1 as an auxiliary protein associated with mammalian cytoplasmic ribosomes. Cell Biochem Funct 2018; 36:312-322. [PMID: 30039520 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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While transcription plays an obviously important role in gene expression, translation has recently been emerged as a key step that defines the composition and quality of the proteome in the cell of higher eukaryotes including mammals. Selective translation is supposed to be regulated by the structural heterogeneity of cytoplasmic ribosomes including differences in protein composition and chemical modifications. However, the current knowledge on the heterogeneity of mammalian ribosomes is limited. Here, we report mammalian Serbp1 as a ribosome-associated protein. The translated products of Serbp1 gene, including the longest isoform, were found to be localized in the nucleolus as well as in the cytoplasm. Subcellular fractionation indicated that most of cytoplasmic Serbp1 molecules were precipitated by ultracentrifugation. Proteomic analysis identified Serbp1 in the cytoplasmic ribosomes of the rodent testis. Polysome profiling suggested that Serbp1, as a component of the small 40S subunit, was included in translating ribosomes (polysomes). Cosedimentation of Serbp1 with the 40S subunit was observed after dissociation of the ribosomal subunits. Serbp1 was also included in the ribosomes of human cancer cells, which may lead to a mechanistic understanding of an emerging link between Serbp1 and tumour progression. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY In mammalian cells, the final protein output of their genetic program is determined not only by controlling transcription but also by regulating the posttranscriptional events. Although mRNA-binding proteins and the cytoplasmic ribosome have long been recognized as central players in the posttranscriptional regulation, their physical and functional interactions are still far from a complete understanding. Here, we describe the intracellular localization of Serbp1, an mRNA-binding protein, and the inclusion of this protein in actively translating ribosomes in normal and cancer cells. These findings shed a new light into molecular mechanisms underlying Serbp1 action in translational gene regulation and tumour progression.
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- Akiko Muto
- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Salter JD, Smith HC. Modeling the Embrace of a Mutator: APOBEC Selection of Nucleic Acid Ligands. Trends Biochem Sci 2018; 43:606-622. [PMID: 29803538 PMCID: PMC6073885 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The 11-member APOBEC (apolipoprotein B mRNA editing catalytic polypeptide-like) family of zinc-dependent cytidine deaminases bind to RNA and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and, in specific contexts, modify select (deoxy)cytidines to (deoxy)uridines. In this review, we describe advances made through high-resolution co-crystal structures of APOBECs bound to mono- or oligonucleotides that reveal potential substrate-specific binding sites at the active site and non-sequence-specific nucleic acid binding sites distal to the active site. We also discuss the effect of APOBEC oligomerization on functionality. Future structural studies will need to address how ssDNA binding away from the active site may enhance catalysis and the mechanism by which RNA binding may modulate catalytic activity on ssDNA. APOBEC proteins catalyze deamination of cytidine or deoxycytidine in either a sequence-specific or semi-specific manner on either DNA or RNA. APOBECs each possess the cytidine deaminase core fold, but sequence and structural differences among loops surrounding the zinc-dependent active site impart differences in sequence-dependent target preferences, binding affinity, catalytic rate, and regulation of substrate access to the active site among the 11 family members. APOBECs also regulate the deamination reaction through additional nucleic acid substrate binding sites located within surface grooves or patches of positive electrostatic potential that are distal to the active site but may do so nonspecifically. Binding of nonsubstrate RNA and RNA-mediated oligomerization by APOBECs that deaminate ssDNA downregulates catalytic activity but also controls APOBEC subcellular or virion localization. The presence of a second, though noncatalytic, cytidine deaminase domain for some APOBECs and the ability of some APOBECs to oligomerize add additional molecular surfaces for positive or negative regulation of catalysis through nucleic acid binding.
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- Jason D Salter
- OyaGen, Inc., 77 Ridgeland Road, Rochester, NY 14623, USA.
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- OyaGen, Inc., 77 Ridgeland Road, Rochester, NY 14623, USA; University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Díaz-Muñoz MD, Turner M. Uncovering the Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Gene Expression in the Immune System. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1094. [PMID: 29875770 PMCID: PMC5974052 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Fighting external pathogens requires an ever-changing immune system that relies on tight regulation of gene expression. Transcriptional control is the first step to build efficient responses while preventing immunodeficiencies and autoimmunity. Post-transcriptional regulation of RNA editing, location, stability, and translation are the other key steps for final gene expression, and they are all controlled by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Nowadays we have a deep understanding of how transcription factors control the immune system but recent evidences suggest that post-transcriptional regulation by RBPs is equally important for both development and activation of immune responses. Here, we review current knowledge about how post-transcriptional control by RBPs shapes our immune system and discuss the perspective of RBPs being the key players of a hidden immune cell epitranscriptome.
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- Manuel D Díaz-Muñoz
- Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse-Purpan, INSERM UMR1043/CNRS U5282, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Abdouni HS, King JJ, Ghorbani A, Fifield H, Berghuis L, Larijani M. DNA/RNA hybrid substrates modulate the catalytic activity of purified AID. Mol Immunol 2017; 93:94-106. [PMID: 29161581 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) converts cytidine to uridine at Immunoglobulin (Ig) loci, initiating somatic hypermutation and class switching of antibodies. In vitro, AID acts on single stranded DNA (ssDNA), but neither double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) oligonucleotides nor RNA, and it is believed that transcription is the in vivo generator of ssDNA targeted by AID. It is also known that the Ig loci, particularly the switch (S) regions targeted by AID are rich in transcription-generated DNA/RNA hybrids. Here, we examined the binding and catalytic behavior of purified AID on DNA/RNA hybrid substrates bearing either random sequences or GC-rich sequences simulating Ig S regions. If substrates were made up of a random sequence, AID preferred substrates composed entirely of DNA over DNA/RNA hybrids. In contrast, if substrates were composed of S region sequences, AID preferred to mutate DNA/RNA hybrids over substrates composed entirely of DNA. Accordingly, AID exhibited a significantly higher affinity for binding DNA/RNA hybrid substrates composed specifically of S region sequences, than any other substrates composed of DNA. Thus, in the absence of any other cellular processes or factors, AID itself favors binding and mutating DNA/RNA hybrids composed of S region sequences. AID:DNA/RNA complex formation and supporting mutational analyses suggest that recognition of DNA/RNA hybrids is an inherent structural property of AID.
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- Hala S Abdouni
- Program in immunology and Infectious Diseases, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1 B 3V6, Canada
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- Program in immunology and Infectious Diseases, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1 B 3V6, Canada
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- Program in immunology and Infectious Diseases, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1 B 3V6, Canada
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- Program in immunology and Infectious Diseases, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1 B 3V6, Canada
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- Program in immunology and Infectious Diseases, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1 B 3V6, Canada
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- Program in immunology and Infectious Diseases, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1 B 3V6, Canada.
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Xiao X, Yang H, Arutiunian V, Fang Y, Besse G, Morimoto C, Zirkle B, Chen XS. Structural determinants of APOBEC3B non-catalytic domain for molecular assembly and catalytic regulation. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:7494-7506. [PMID: 28575276 PMCID: PMC5499559 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The catalytic activity of human cytidine deaminase APOBEC3B (A3B) has been correlated with kataegic mutational patterns within multiple cancer types. The molecular basis of how the N-terminal non-catalytic CD1 regulates the catalytic activity and consequently, biological function of A3B remains relatively unknown. Here, we report the crystal structure of a soluble human A3B-CD1 variant and delineate several structural elements of CD1 involved in molecular assembly, nucleic acid interactions and catalytic regulation of A3B. We show that (i) A3B expressed in human cells exists in hypoactive high-molecular-weight (HMW) complexes, which can be activated without apparent dissociation into low-molecular-weight (LMW) species after RNase A treatment. (ii) Multiple surface hydrophobic residues of CD1 mediate the HMW complex assembly and affect the catalytic activity, including one tryptophan residue W127 that likely acts through regulating nucleic acid binding. (iii) One of the highly positively charged surfaces on CD1 is involved in RNA-dependent attenuation of A3B catalysis. (iv) Surface hydrophobic residues of CD1 are involved in heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) binding to A3B. The structural and biochemical insights described here suggest that unique structural features on CD1 regulate the molecular assembly and catalytic activity of A3B through distinct mechanisms.
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- Xiao Xiao
- Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Molecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work as first authors
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work as first authors
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology of Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
- 161 Hospital, Wuhan 430012, China
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Polytech' Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Molecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Molecular and Computational Biology, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Center of Excellence in NanoBiophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 213 740 5487; Fax: +1 213 740 4340;
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Choudhary M, Tamrakar A, Singh AK, Jain M, Jaiswal A, Kodgire P. AID Biology: A pathological and clinical perspective. Int Rev Immunol 2017; 37:37-56. [PMID: 28933967 DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2017.1369980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), primarily expressed in activated mature B lymphocytes in germinal centers, is the key factor in adaptive immune response against foreign antigens. AID is responsible for producing high-affinity and high-specificity antibodies against an infectious agent, through the physiological DNA alteration processes of antibody genes by somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class-switch recombination (CSR) and functions by deaminating deoxycytidines (dC) to deoxyuridines (dU), thereby introducing point mutations and double-stranded chromosomal breaks (DSBs). The beneficial physiological role of AID in antibody diversification is outweighed by its detrimental role in the genesis of several chronic immune diseases, under non-physiological conditions. This review offers a comprehensive and better understanding of AID biology and its pathological aspects, as well as addresses the challenges involved in AID-related cancer therapeutics, based on various recent advances and evidence available in the literature till date. In this article, we discuss ways through which our interpretation of AID biology may reflect upon novel clinical insights, which could be successfully translated into designing clinical trials and improving patient prognosis and disease management.
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- Meenal Choudhary
- a Centre for Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology Indore , Simrol , Indore , Madhya Pradesh , India
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- a Centre for Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology Indore , Simrol , Indore , Madhya Pradesh , India
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- a Centre for Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology Indore , Simrol , Indore , Madhya Pradesh , India
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- a Centre for Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology Indore , Simrol , Indore , Madhya Pradesh , India
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- a Centre for Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology Indore , Simrol , Indore , Madhya Pradesh , India
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- a Centre for Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology Indore , Simrol , Indore , Madhya Pradesh , India
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Qiao Q, Wang L, Meng FL, Hwang JK, Alt FW, Wu H. AID Recognizes Structured DNA for Class Switch Recombination. Mol Cell 2017; 67:361-373.e4. [PMID: 28757211 PMCID: PMC5771415 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) initiates both class switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation (SHM) in antibody diversification. Mechanisms of AID targeting and catalysis remain elusive despite its critical immunological roles and off-target effects in tumorigenesis. Here, we produced active human AID and revealed its preferred recognition and deamination of structured substrates. G-quadruplex (G4)-containing substrates mimicking the mammalian immunoglobulin switch regions are particularly good AID substrates in vitro. By solving crystal structures of maltose binding protein (MBP)-fused AID alone and in complex with deoxycytidine monophosphate, we surprisingly identify a bifurcated substrate-binding surface that explains structured substrate recognition by capturing two adjacent single-stranded overhangs simultaneously. Moreover, G4 substrates induce cooperative AID oligomerization. Structure-based mutations that disrupt bifurcated substrate recognition or oligomerization both compromise CSR in splenic B cells. Collectively, our data implicate intrinsic preference of AID for structured substrates and uncover the importance of G4 recognition and oligomerization of AID in CSR.
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- Qi Qiao
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Molecular characterization of AID-mediated reduction of hepatitis B virus transcripts. Virology 2017; 510:281-288. [PMID: 28779685 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. After entering a hepatocyte, HBV forms a nuclear viral episome and produces pregenomic (pg) RNA with a stem-loop structure called an epsilon, which acts to signal encapsidation. We previously demonstrated that TGF-β upregulates activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) expression in hepatocytes, which in turn downregulates HBV transcripts by recruiting the RNA exosome complex. The molecular mechanism underlying AID-mediated HBV RNA reduction remains largely unclear. Here we used a pgRNA reporter system having a reporter gene within pgRNA to identify sis- and trans-acting elements in AID-mediated HBV RNA reduction. We found that the epsilon RNA and C-terminus of AID are required for AID-mediated HBV RNA reduction. Importantly, this reduction was reproduced in a hydrodynamic HBV transfection mouse model. The molecular mechanism of AID-mediated HBV RNA reduction is discussed.
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Kitaura K, Yamashita H, Ayabe H, Shini T, Matsutani T, Suzuki R. Different Somatic Hypermutation Levels among Antibody Subclasses Disclosed by a New Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Antibody Repertoire Analysis. Front Immunol 2017; 8:389. [PMID: 28515723 PMCID: PMC5413556 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A diverse antibody repertoire is primarily generated by the rearrangement of V, D, and J genes and subsequent somatic hypermutation (SHM). Class-switch recombination (CSR) produces various isotypes and subclasses with different functional properties. Although antibody isotypes and subclasses are considered to be produced by both direct and sequential CSR, it is still not fully understood how SHMs accumulate during the process in which antibody subclasses are generated. Here, we developed a new next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based antibody repertoire analysis capable of identifying all antibody isotype and subclass genes and used it to examine the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 12 healthy individuals. Using a total of 5,480,040 sequences, we compared percentage frequency of variable (V), junctional (J) sequence, and a combination of V and J, diversity, length, and amino acid compositions of CDR3, SHM, and shared clones in the IgM, IgD, IgG3, IgG1, IgG2, IgG4, IgA1, IgE, and IgA2 genes. The usage and diversity were similar among the immunoglobulin (Ig) subclasses. Clonally related sequences sharing identical V, D, J, and CDR3 amino acid sequences were frequently found within multiple Ig subclasses, especially between IgG1 and IgG2 or IgA1 and IgA2. SHM occurred most frequently in IgG4, while IgG3 genes were the least mutated among all IgG subclasses. The shared clones had almost the same SHM levels among Ig subclasses, while subclass-specific clones had different levels of SHM dependent on the genomic location. Given the sequential CSR, these results suggest that CSR occurs sequentially over multiple subclasses in the order corresponding to the genomic location of IGHCs, but CSR is likely to occur more quickly than SHMs accumulate within Ig genes under physiological conditions. NGS-based antibody repertoire analysis should provide critical information on how various antibodies are generated in the immune system.
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- Repertoire Genesis Incorporation, Ibaraki, Japan
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- BITS Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Research Center for Rheumatology and Allergy, Sagamihara National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Repertoire Genesis Incorporation, Ibaraki, Japan.,Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Research Center for Rheumatology and Allergy, Sagamihara National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan
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Kobayashi M, Takemoto M, Honjo T. The novel activation-induced deoxycytidine deaminase (AID) mutants, AIDv and AIDvΔ15 are defective in SHM and CSR. DNA Repair (Amst) 2017; 53:1-3. [PMID: 28292632 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Maki Kobayashi
- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Methot S, Di Noia J. Molecular Mechanisms of Somatic Hypermutation and Class Switch Recombination. Adv Immunol 2017; 133:37-87. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ai.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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