Enhancers as regulators of antigen receptor loci three-dimensional chromatin structure.

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Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Published: February 2020

Enhancers are defined as regulatory elements that control transcription in a cell-type and developmental stage-specific manner. They achieve this by physically interacting with their cognate gene promoters. Significantly, these interactions can occur through long genomic distances since enhancers may not be near their cognate promoters. The optimal coordination of enhancer-regulated transcription is essential for the function and identity of the cell. Although great efforts to fully understand the principles of this type of regulation are ongoing, other potential functions of the long-range chromatin interactions (LRCIs) involving enhancers are largely unexplored. We recently uncovered a new role for enhancer elements in determining the three-dimensional (3D) structure of the immunoglobulin kappa (Igκ) light chain receptor locus suggesting a structural function for these DNA elements. This enhancer-mediated locus configuration shapes the resulting Igκ repertoire. We also propose a role for enhancers as critical components of sub-topologically associating domain (subTAD) formation and nuclear spatial localization.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7053977PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21541264.2019.1699383DOI Listing

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