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PRDM9 variation strongly influences recombination hot-spot activity and meiotic instability in humans

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Berg, Ingrid L, Neumann, Rita, Lam, Kwan-Wood G, Sarbajna, Shriparna, Odenthal-Hesse, Linda, May, Celia A, Jeffreys, Alec J·2010·Nature Genetics

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PRDM9 has recently been identified as a likely trans regulator of meiotic recombination hot spots in humans and mice. PRDM9 contains a zinc finger array that, in humans, can recognize a short sequence motif associated with hot spots, with binding to this motif possibly triggering hot-spot activity via chromatin remodeling. We now report that human genetic variation at the PRDM9 locus has a strong effect on sperm hot-spot activity, even at hot spots lacking the sequence motif. Subtle changes within the zinc finger array can create hot-spot nonactivating or enhancing variants and can even trigger the appearance of a new hot spot, suggesting that PRDM9 is a major global regulator of hot spots in humans. Variation at the PRDM9 locus also influences aspects of genome instability-specifically, a megabase-scale rearrangement underlying two genomic disorders as well as minisatellite instability-implicating PRDM9 as a risk factor for some pathological genome rearrangements.

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Authors
Berg, I. L., Neumann, R., Lam, K.-W. G., Sarbajna, S., Odenthal-Hesse, L., May, C. A., & Jeffreys, A. J.
Affiliations
University of Leicester (GB)
Corresponding author
Jeffreys, Alec J
Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2010-09-05
Volume
42
Issue
10
Pages
859-863
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W2042497384
Cited by
315
References
30
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FWCI
11.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (79626, 081227)
  • Royal Society
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
  • Louis-Jeantet Foundation
  • Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Keywords
PRDM9, genetic variation, trans-regulation, chromatin remodeling, genomic disorders
MeSH terms
Alleles, Animals, Homozygote, Humans, Male, Meiosis, Molecular Sequence Data, Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, Recombination, Genetic, Spermatozoa, Genetic Variation, Gene Rearrangement, Genome, Human, Genomic Instability, Mice

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