Off-Target V(D)J Recombination Drives Lymphomagenesis and Is Escalated by Loss of the Rag2 C Terminus.
Cell Rep
; 12(11): 1842-52, 2015 Sep 22.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26365182
ABSTRACT
Genome-wide analysis of thymic lymphomas from Tp53(-/-) mice with wild-type or C-terminally truncated Rag2 revealed numerous off-target, RAG-mediated DNA rearrangements. A significantly higher fraction of these errors mutated known and suspected oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes than did sporadic rearrangements (p < 0.0001). This tractable mouse model recapitulates recent findings in human pre-B ALL and allows comparison of wild-type and mutant RAG2. Recurrent, RAG-mediated deletions affected Notch1, Pten, Ikzf1, Jak1, Phlda1, Trat1, and Agpat9. Rag2 truncation substantially increased the frequency of off-target V(D)J recombination. The data suggest that interactions between Rag2 and a specific chromatin modification, H3K4me3, support V(D)J recombination fidelity. Oncogenic effects of off-target rearrangements created by this highly regulated recombinase may need to be considered in design of site-specific nucleases engineered for genome modification.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Thymus Neoplasms
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Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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DNA-Binding Proteins
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V(D)J Recombination
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Lymphoma
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Cell Rep
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article