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FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.703338
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Notch1 dimerization; Recombination activating genes; T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Double negative thymocyte; T-cell development
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81770177, 81970152, 81830084]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2042020kf0208]
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The study reveals that Notch1 transcriptional complexes directly activate Rag1 and Rag2 genes, with a novel cis-element SPS playing an important role in T-ALL and DN cells.
Recombination activating genes 1 (Rag1) and Rag2 are expressed in immature lymphocytes and essential for generating the vast repertoire of antigen receptors. Yet, the mechanisms governing the transcription of Rag1 and Rag2 remain to be fully determined, particularly in thymocytes. Combining cDNA microarray and ChIP-seq analysis, we identify Rag1 and Rag2 as novel Notch1 transcriptional targets in acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) cells. We further demonstrate that Notch1 transcriptional complexes directly bind the Rag1 and Rag2 locus in not only T-ALL but also primary double negative (DN) T-cell progenitors. Specifically, dimeric Notch1 transcriptional complexes activate Rag1 and Rag2 through a novel cis-element bearing a sequence-paired site (SPS). In T-ALL and DN cells, dimerization-defective Notch1 causes compromised Rag1 and Rag2 expression; conversely, dimerization-competent Notch1 achieves optimal upregulation of both. Collectively, these results reveal Notch1 dimerization-mediated transcription as one of the mechanisms for activating Rag1 and Rag2 expression in both primary and transformed thymocytes. Our data suggest a new role of Notch1 dimerization in compelling efficient TCR beta rearrangements in DN progenitors during T-cell development.
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