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- Title
AID is required for germinal center–derived lymphomagenesis.
- Authors
Pasqualucci, Laura; Bhagat, Govind; Jankovic, Mila; Compagno, Mara; Smith, Paula; Muramatsu, Masamichi; Honjo, Tasuku; Morse III, Herbert C.; Nussenzweig, Michel C.; Dalla-Favera, Riccardo
- Abstract
Most human B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (B-NHLs) derive from germinal centers (GCs), the structure in which B cells undergo somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR) before being selected for high-affinity antibody production. The pathogenesis of B-NHL is associated with distinct genetic lesions, including chromosomal translocations and aberrant SHM, which arise from mistakes occurring during CSR and SHM. A direct link between these DNA remodeling events and GC lymphoma development, however, has not been demonstrated. Here we have crossed three mouse models of B cell lymphoma driven by oncogenes (Myc, Bcl6 and Myc/Bcl6; refs. 5,6) with mice lacking activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), the enzyme required for both CSR and SHM. We show that AID deficiency prevents Bcl6-dependent, GC-derived B-NHL, but has no impact on Myc-driven, pre-GC lymphomas. Accordingly, abrogation of AID is associated with the disappearance of CSR- and SHM-mediated structural alterations. These results show that AID is required for GC-derived lymphomagenesis, supporting the notion that errors in AID-mediated antigen-receptor gene modification processes are principal contributors to the pathogenesis of human B-NHL.
- Subjects
LYMPHOMAS; CARCINOGENESIS; GENETIC recombination; B cells; MEDICAL genetics
- Publication
Nature Genetics, 2008, Vol 40, Issue 1, p108
- ISSN
1061-4036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ng.2007.35