53BP1 facilitates long-range DNA end-joining during V(D)J recombination.

Variable, diversity and joining (V(D)J) recombination and class-switch recombination use overlapping but distinct non-homologous end joining pathways to repair DNA double-strand-break intermediates. 53BP1 is a DNA-damage-response protein that is rapidly recruited to sites of chromosomal double-strand breaks, where it seems to function in a subset of ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) ...
kinase-, H2A histone family member X (H2AX, also known as H2AFX)- and mediator of DNA damage checkpoint 1 (MDC1)-dependent events. A 53BP1-dependent end-joining pathway has been described that is dispensable for V(D)J recombination but essential for class-switch recombination. Here we report a previously unrecognized defect in the joining phase of V(D)J recombination in 53BP1-deficient lymphocytes that is distinct from that found in classical non-homologous-end-joining-, H2ax-, Mdc1- and Atm-deficient mice. Absence of 53BP1 leads to impairment of distal V-DJ joining with extensive degradation of unrepaired coding ends and episomal signal joint reintegration at V(D)J junctions. This results in apoptosis, loss of T-cell receptor alpha locus integrity and lymphopenia. Further impairment of the apoptotic checkpoint causes propagation of lymphocytes that have antigen receptor breaks. These data suggest a more general role for 53BP1 in maintaining genomic stability during long-range joining of DNA breaks.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Apoptosis, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, DNA, DNA Breaks, DNA-Binding Proteins, Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte, Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha, Genomic Instability, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Lymphopenia, Mice, Models, Genetic, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Recombination, Genetic, Sequence Homology, T-Lymphocytes, Thymus Gland
Nature
Date: Nov. 27, 2008
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