2008
Pax5 and Linker Histone H1 Coordinate DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications in the 3′ Regulatory Region of the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Locus
Giambra V, Volpi S, Emelyanov AV, Pflugh D, Bothwell AL, Norio P, Fan Y, Ju Z, Skoultchi AI, Hardy RR, Frezza D, Birshtein BK. Pax5 and Linker Histone H1 Coordinate DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications in the 3′ Regulatory Region of the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Locus. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2008, 28: 6123-6133. PMID: 18644860, PMCID: PMC2547000, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00233-08.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmunoglobulin heavy chain locusHeavy chain locusHistone modificationsDNA methylationRegulatory regionsPalindromic regionMurine immunoglobulin heavy chain locusB-cell-specific transcription factor Pax5Chain locusLinker histone H1Multiple DNase IModular patternsTranscription factor Pax5Class switch recombinationMethylation-sensitive restriction sitesActive chromatinHeavy chain allelesHypersensitive sitesHistone H1B cell differentiationDNase ISwitch recombinationPotential insulatorsRestriction sitesHS4
2004
B cell–specific loss of histone 3 lysine 9 methylation in the VH locus depends on Pax5
Johnson K, Pflugh DL, Yu D, Hesslein DG, Lin KI, Bothwell AL, Thomas-Tikhonenko A, Schatz DG, Calame K. B cell–specific loss of histone 3 lysine 9 methylation in the VH locus depends on Pax5. Nature Immunology 2004, 5: 853-861. PMID: 15258579, PMCID: PMC1635547, DOI: 10.1038/ni1099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceB-LymphocytesCell LineageCells, CulturedDNA-Binding ProteinsFlow CytometryGene Rearrangement, B-LymphocyteHematopoietic Stem CellsHistonesImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionLysineMethylationMiceModels, ImmunologicalMolecular Sequence DataPAX5 Transcription FactorPrecipitin TestsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTranscription FactorsConceptsH3-K9 methylationDJH recombinationVH locusHistone 3 lysine 9 methylationLysine 9 methylationFunction of Pax5Non-B lineage cellsB cell-specific lossB cell commitmentHistone exchangeInactive chromatinLysine 9Histone H3Transcription factorsCell commitmentCell-specific lossInhibitory modificationMethylationLineage cellsLociPAX5B cellsHeavy chain rearrangementRecombinationChain rearrangement
2003
Pax5 is required for recombination of transcribed, acetylated, 5′ IgH V gene segments
Hesslein DG, Pflugh DL, Chowdhury D, Bothwell AL, Sen R, Schatz DG. Pax5 is required for recombination of transcribed, acetylated, 5′ IgH V gene segments. Genes & Development 2003, 17: 37-42. PMID: 12514097, PMCID: PMC195966, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1031403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcetylationAllelesAnimalsB-LymphocytesChromatinDNA NucleotidyltransferasesDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy ChainGenes, ImmunoglobulinGenes, RAG-1HistonesHomeodomain ProteinsImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPAX5 Transcription FactorTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticVDJ Recombinases