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Convergent Transcription at Intragenic Super-Enhancers Targets AID-Initiated Genomic Instability

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Meng, Fei-Long, Du, Zhou, Federation, Alexander, Hu, Jiazhi, Wang, Qiao, Kieffer-Kwon, Kyong-Rim, Meyers, Robin M., Amor, Corina, Wasserman, Caitlyn R., Neuberg, Donna, Casellas, Rafael, Nussenzweig, Michel C., Bradner, James E., Liu, X. Shirley, Alt, Frederick W.·2014·Cell

Abstract

Summary Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) initiates both somatic hypermutation (SHM) for antibody affinity maturation and DNA breakage for antibody class switch recombination (CSR) via transcription-dependent cytidine deamination of single stranded DNA targets. While largely specific for immunoglobulin genes, AID also acts on a limited set of off-targets, generating oncogenic translocations and mutations that contribute to B cell lymphoma. How AID is recruited to off-targets has been a long-standing mystery. Based on deep GRO-Seq studies of mouse and human B lineage cells activated for CSR or SHM, we report that most robust AID off-target translocations occur within highly focal regions of target genes in which sense and antisense transcription converge. Moreover, we found that such AID-targeting “convergent” transcription arises from antisense transcription that emanates from Super-Enhancers within sense transcribed gene bodies. Our findings provide an explanation for AID off-targeting to a small subset of mostly lineage-specific genes in activated B cells.

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Meng, F.-L., Du, Z., Federation, A., Hu, J., Wang, Q., Kieffer-Kwon, K.-R., Meyers, R. M., Amor, C., Wasserman, C. R., Neuberg, D., Casellas, R., Nussenzweig, M. C., Bradner, J. E., Liu, X. S., & Alt, F. W.
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Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-12
Volume
159
Issue
7
Pages
1538-1548
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
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W2093021355
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253
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10.34
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journal article
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en
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Meng, F.-L., Du, Z., Federation, A., Hu, J., Wang, Q., Kieffer-Kwon, K.-R., Meyers, R. M., Amor, C., Wasserman, C. R., Neuberg, D., Casellas, R., Nussenzweig, M. C., Bradner, J. E., Liu, X. S., & Alt, F. W. (2014). Convergent Transcription at Intragenic Super-Enhancers Targets AID-Initiated Genomic Instability. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.11.014

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