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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04125-8
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- NIH [P01 AI125180, R01 AI123733, T32 GM0008490, F31 AI112261]
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The genomic loci associated with B cell differentiation that are subject to transcriptional and epigenetic regulation in vivo are not well defined, leaving a gap in our understanding of the development of humoral immune responses. Here, using an in vivo T cell independent B cell differentiation model, we define a cellular division-dependent cis-regulatory element road map using ATAC-seq. Chromatin accessibility changes correlate with gene expression and reveal the reprogramming of transcriptional networks and the genes they regulate at specific cell divisions. A subset of genes in naive B cells display accessible promoters in the absence of transcription and are marked by H3K27me3, an EZH2 catalyzed repressive modification. Such genes encode regulators of cell division and metabolism and include the essential plasma cell transcription factor Blimp-1. Chemical inhibition of EZH2 results in enhanced plasma cell formation, increased expression of the above gene set, and premature expression of Blimp-1 ex vivo. These data provide insights into cell-division coupled epigenetic and transcriptional processes that program plasma cells.
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