Regulation of DNA replication within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus during B cell commitment.
The temporal order of replication of mammalian chromosomes appears to be linked to their functional organization, but the process that establishes and modifies this order during cell differentiation remains largely unknown. Here, we studied how the replication of the Igh locus initiates, progresses,...
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| author | Agnieszka Demczuk Michel G Gauthier Ingrid Veras Settapong Kosiyatrakul Carl L Schildkraut Meinrad Busslinger John Bechhoefer Paolo Norio |
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| description | The temporal order of replication of mammalian chromosomes appears to be linked to their functional organization, but the process that establishes and modifies this order during cell differentiation remains largely unknown. Here, we studied how the replication of the Igh locus initiates, progresses, and terminates in bone marrow pro-B cells undergoing B cell commitment. We show that many aspects of DNA replication can be quantitatively explained by a mechanism involving the stochastic firing of origins (across the S phase and the Igh locus) and extensive variations in their firing rate (along the locus). The firing rate of origins shows a high degree of coordination across Igh domains that span tens to hundreds of kilobases, a phenomenon not observed in simple eukaryotes. Differences in domain sizes and firing rates determine the temporal order of replication. During B cell commitment, the expression of the B-cell-specific factor Pax5 sharply alters the temporal order of replication by modifying the rate of origin firing within various Igh domains (particularly those containing Pax5 binding sites). We propose that, within the Igh C(H)-3'RR domain, Pax5 is responsible for both establishing and maintaining high rates of origin firing, mostly by controlling events downstream of the assembly of pre-replication complexes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c90824c4a6b44c583199c1f6d3f8fa82022-12-21T19:21:43ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852012-07-01107e100136010.1371/journal.pbio.1001360Regulation of DNA replication within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus during B cell commitment.Agnieszka DemczukMichel G GauthierIngrid VerasSettapong KosiyatrakulCarl L SchildkrautMeinrad BusslingerJohn BechhoeferPaolo NorioThe temporal order of replication of mammalian chromosomes appears to be linked to their functional organization, but the process that establishes and modifies this order during cell differentiation remains largely unknown. Here, we studied how the replication of the Igh locus initiates, progresses, and terminates in bone marrow pro-B cells undergoing B cell commitment. We show that many aspects of DNA replication can be quantitatively explained by a mechanism involving the stochastic firing of origins (across the S phase and the Igh locus) and extensive variations in their firing rate (along the locus). The firing rate of origins shows a high degree of coordination across Igh domains that span tens to hundreds of kilobases, a phenomenon not observed in simple eukaryotes. Differences in domain sizes and firing rates determine the temporal order of replication. During B cell commitment, the expression of the B-cell-specific factor Pax5 sharply alters the temporal order of replication by modifying the rate of origin firing within various Igh domains (particularly those containing Pax5 binding sites). We propose that, within the Igh C(H)-3'RR domain, Pax5 is responsible for both establishing and maintaining high rates of origin firing, mostly by controlling events downstream of the assembly of pre-replication complexes.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3393677?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Agnieszka Demczuk Michel G Gauthier Ingrid Veras Settapong Kosiyatrakul Carl L Schildkraut Meinrad Busslinger John Bechhoefer Paolo Norio Regulation of DNA replication within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus during B cell commitment. PLoS Biology |
| title | Regulation of DNA replication within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus during B cell commitment. |
| title_full | Regulation of DNA replication within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus during B cell commitment. |
| title_fullStr | Regulation of DNA replication within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus during B cell commitment. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regulation of DNA replication within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus during B cell commitment. |
| title_short | Regulation of DNA replication within the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus during B cell commitment. |
| title_sort | regulation of dna replication within the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus during b cell commitment |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3393677?pdf=render |
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