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- Title
miR-181b negatively regulates activation-induced cytidine deaminase in B cells.
- Authors
de Yébenes, Virginia G; Belver, Laura; Pisano, David G; González, Susana; Villasante, Aranzazu; Croce, Carlo; He, Lin; Ramiro, Almudena R
- Abstract
Activated B cells reshape their primary antibody repertoire after antigen encounter by two molecular mechanisms: somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR). SHM and CSR are initiated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) through the deamination of cytosine residues on the immunoglobulin loci, which leads to the generation of DNA mutations or double-strand break intermediates. As a bystander effect, endogenous AID levels can also promote the generation of chromosome translocations, suggesting that the fine tuning of AID expression may be critical to restrict B cell lymphomagenesis. To determine whether microRNAs (miRNAs) play a role in the regulation of AID expression, we performed a functional screening of an miRNA library and identified miRNAs that regulate CSR. One such miRNA, miR-181b, impairs CSR when expressed in activated B cells, and results in the down-regulation of AID mRNA and protein levels. We found that the AID 3' untranslated region contains multiple putative binding sequences for miR-181b and that these sequences can be directly targeted by miR-181b. Overall, our results provide evidence for a new regulatory mechanism that restricts AID activity and can therefore be relevant to prevent B cell malignant transformation.
- Publication
The Journal of experimental medicine, 2008, Vol 205, Issue 10, p2199
- ISSN
1540-9538
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1084/jem.20080579