Version 1
: Received: 15 May 2020 / Approved: 16 May 2020 / Online: 16 May 2020 (18:36:09 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 11 June 2020 / Approved: 12 June 2020 / Online: 12 June 2020 (07:53:17 CEST)
Castañeda‐Zegarra, S.; Fernandez‐Berrocal, M.; Tkachov, M.; Yao, R.; Upfold, N.L.E.; Oksenych, V. Genetic Interaction between the Non‐homologous End‐joining Factors during B and T Lymphocyte Development: In Vivo Mouse Models. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 2020, 92, doi:10.1111/sji.12936.
Castañeda‐Zegarra, S.; Fernandez‐Berrocal, M.; Tkachov, M.; Yao, R.; Upfold, N.L.E.; Oksenych, V. Genetic Interaction between the Non‐homologous End‐joining Factors during B and T Lymphocyte Development: In Vivo Mouse Models. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 2020, 92, doi:10.1111/sji.12936.
Castañeda‐Zegarra, S.; Fernandez‐Berrocal, M.; Tkachov, M.; Yao, R.; Upfold, N.L.E.; Oksenych, V. Genetic Interaction between the Non‐homologous End‐joining Factors during B and T Lymphocyte Development: In Vivo Mouse Models. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 2020, 92, doi:10.1111/sji.12936.
Castañeda‐Zegarra, S.; Fernandez‐Berrocal, M.; Tkachov, M.; Yao, R.; Upfold, N.L.E.; Oksenych, V. Genetic Interaction between the Non‐homologous End‐joining Factors during B and T Lymphocyte Development: In Vivo Mouse Models. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 2020, 92, doi:10.1111/sji.12936.
Abstract
Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is the main DNA repair mechanism for the repair of double strand breaks (DSBs) throughout the course of the cell cycle. DSBs are generated in developing B and T lymphocytes during V(D)J recombination to increase the repertoire of B and T cell receptors. DSBs are also generated during the class switch recombination (CSR) process in mature B lymphocytes, providing distinct effector functions of antibody heavy chain constant regions. Thus, NHEJ is important for both V(D)J recombination and CSR. NHEJ comprises core Ku70 and Ku80 subunits that form the Ku heterodimer, which binds DSBs and promotes the recruitment of accessory factors (e.g., DNA-PKcs, Artemis, PAXX, Mri) and downstream core factors (XLF, Lig4 and XRCC4). In recent decades, new NHEJ proteins have been reported, increasing complexity of this molecular pathway. Numerous in vivo mouse models have been generated and characterized to identify the interplay of NHEJ factors and their role in development of adaptive immune system. This review summarizes the currently available mouse models lacking one or several NHEJ factors, with a particular focus on early B cell development. We also underline genetic interactions and redundancy in the NHEJ pathway in mice.
Keywords
B cell; V(D)J recombination; mouse model; NHEJ; DNA repair
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
12 June 2020
Commenter:
Valentyn Oksenych
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Comment:
We have replaced one Figure (former Figure 1 is removed, new Figure 2 is added), updated the text and references to make it more precise; English grammar was corrected
Commenter: Valentyn Oksenych
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