J. Exp. Med.
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Volume 185 January 1997 239-250

The Transcriptional Promoter Regulates Hypermutation of the Antibody Heavy Chain Locus

By Kathleen Tumas-Brundage and Tim Manser

From the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

A somatic process introduces mutations into antibody variable (V) region genes at a high rate in many vertebrates, and is a major source of antibody diversity. The mechanism of this hypermutation process remains enigmatic, although retrospective studies and transgenic experiments have recently suggested a role for transcriptional regulatory elements. Here, we demonstrate that mouse heavy (H) chain loci in which the natural V_H promoter has been replaced by a heterologous promoter undergo hypermutation. However, while the distribution of mutation in such loci appears normal, the frequency of mutation does not. Conversely, moving the V_H promoter 750 bp upstream of its normal location results in a commensurate change in the site specificity of hypermutation in H chain loci, and the foreign DNA inserted into the V_H leader intron to produce this promoter displacement is hypermutated in a manner indistinguishable from natural Ig DNA. These data establish a direct mechanistic link between the IgH transcription and hypermutation processes.

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