title: A critical role for REV1 in regulating the induction of C:G transitions and A:T mutations during Ig gene hypermutation.
abstract: REV1 is a deoxycytidyl transferase that catalyzes the incorporation of deoxycytidines opposite deoxyguanines and abasic sites. To explore the role of its catalytic activity in Ig gene hypermutation in mammalian cells, we have generated mice expressing a catalytically inactive REV1 (REV1AA). REV1AA mice developed normally and were fertile on a pure C57BL/6 genetic background. B and T cell development and maturation were not affected, and REV1AA B cells underwent normal activation and class switch recombination. Analysis of Ig gene hypermutation in REV1AA mice revealed a great decrease of C to G and G to C transversions, consistent with the disruption of its deoxycytidyl transferase activity. Intriguingly, REV1AA mice also exhibited a significant reduction of C to T and G to A transitions. Moreover, each type of nucleotide substitutions at A:T base pairs was uniformly reduced in REV1AA mice, a phenotype similar to that observed in mice haploinsufficient for Polh. These results reveal an unexpected role for REV1 in the generation of C:G transitions and A:T mutations and suggest that REV1 is involved in multiple mutagenic pathways through functional interaction with other polymerases during the hypermutation process.
authors: Laboratory for Immune Diversity, Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan.
authors: Keiji
authors: K
authors: Masuda
authors: Rika
authors: R
authors: Ouchida
authors: Yingqian
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Xiang
authors: X
authors: Gao
authors: Hiromi
authors: H
authors: Mori
authors: Ji-Yang
authors: JY
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D017578:Immunoglobulin Class Switching; D051379:Mice; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000502:physiology*; D017354:Point Mutation; D027041:Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin / Q000235:genetics*; D000099270:Y-Family DNA Polymerases
chemical_list: D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; C496086:Rev1 protein, mouse; D000099270:Y-Family DNA Polymerases