Activation-induced deaminase (AID) localizes to the nucleus in brief pulses

PLoS Genetics
Quy Le, N Maizels

Abstract

Activation-induced deaminase (AID) converts C to U and 5-methyl-C to T. These mutagenic activities are critical to immunoglobulin (Ig) gene diversification and epigenetic reprogramming, but they must be tightly controlled to prevent compromising cell fitness. AID acts in the nucleus but localizes predominately to the cytoplasm. To address this apparent paradox, we have carried out time-lapse imaging of AID in single living B cells and fibroblasts. We demonstrate that AID enters the nucleus in brief (30 min) pulses, evident in about 10% of cells in the course of a single cell cycle (24 hr imaging). Pulses do not depend on AID catalytic activity, but they are coordinated with nuclear accumulation of P53. Pulsing may protect cells from pathologic consequences of excess exposure to AID, or enable AID to synchronize its activity with transcription of genes that are AID targets or with nuclear entry of factors that act at sites of AID-catalyzed DNA deamination to promote Ig gene diversification or epigenetic reprogramming.

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