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The Journal of Immunology, 1999, 162: 3121-3124.
Copyright © 1999 by The American Association of Immunologists

Cutting Edge: Hypermutation in Ig V Genes from Mice Deficient in the MLH1 Mismatch Repair Protein

Quy H. Phung*,{dagger}, David B. Winter*, Rudaina Alrefai* and Patricia J. Gearhart1,*

* Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224; and {dagger} Graduate Program in Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205

During somatic hypermutation of Ig V genes, mismatched nucleotide substitutions become candidates for removal by the DNA mismatch repair pathway. Previous studies have shown that V genes from mice deficient for the MSH2 and PMS2 mismatch repair proteins have frequencies of mutation that are comparable with those from wild-type (wt) mice; however, the pattern of mutation is altered. Because the absence of MSH2 and PMS2 produced different mutational spectra, we examined the role of another protein involved in mismatch repair, MLH1, on the frequency and pattern of hypermutation. MLH1-deficient mice were immunized with oxazolone Ag, and splenic B cells were analyzed for mutations in their V{kappa}Ox1 light chain genes. Although the frequency of mutation in MLH1-deficient mice was twofold lower than in wt mice, the pattern of mutation in Mlh1-/- clones was similar to wt clones. These findings suggest that the MLH1 protein has no direct effect on the mutational spectrum.




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