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Munshaw S, Kepler TB. SoDA2: a Hidden Markov Model approach for identification of immunoglobulin rearrangements. Bioinformatics 2010; 26:867-72. [PMID: 20147303 PMCID: PMC2844993 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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MOTIVATION The inference of pre-mutation immunoglobulin (Ig) rearrangements is essential in the study of the antibody repertoires produced in response to infection, in B-cell neoplasms and in autoimmune disease. Often, there are several rearrangements that are nearly equivalent as candidates for a given Ig gene, but have different consequences in an analysis. Our aim in this article is to develop a probabilistic model of the rearrangement process and a Bayesian method for estimating posterior probabilities for the comparison of multiple plausible rearrangements. RESULTS We have developed SoDA2, which is based on a Hidden Markov Model and used to compute the posterior probabilities of candidate rearrangements and to find those with the highest values among them. We validated the software on a set of simulated data, a set of clonally related sequences, and a group of randomly selected Ig heavy chains from Genbank. In most tests, SoDA2 performed better than other available software for the task. Furthermore, the output format has been redesigned, in part, to facilitate comparison of multiple solutions. AVAILABILITY SoDA2 is available online at https://hippocrates.duhs.duke.edu/soda. Simulated sequences are available upon request.
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- Supriya Munshaw
- Center for Computational Immunology, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Program, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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Conley ME, Rapalus L, Boylin EC, Rohrer J, Minegishi Y. Gene conversion events contribute to the polymorphic variation of the surrogate light chain gene lambda 5/14.1. Clin Immunol 1999; 93:162-7. [PMID: 10527692 DOI: 10.1006/clim.1999.4785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Normally occurring and experimentally induced models of immunodeficiency indicate that B cell development and antibody production are influenced by genetic factors. It is highly likely that polymorphic variants in genes that encode receptors for growth and differentiation factors, signal transduction molecules, and components of the B cell and pre-B-cell receptor complex contribute to this genetic control. We have identified a surprisingly large number of polymorphic variants in lambda5/14.1. Together with VpreB, lambda5/14.1 forms the surrogate light chain in the pre-B-cell receptor complex. Thirteen variant alleles of lambda5/14.1 were found in 134 unrelated individuals. Nine of these variants result in changes in the amino acid sequence of this small protein. The majority of the single base pair substitutions in lambda5/14.1 could be attributed to gene conversion events in which donor sequences from the lambda5 pseudogenes, 16.1, 16.2, and Glambda1, replace the wild-type sequence in the lambda5/14.1 functional gene. These findings indicate that gene conversion events play a major role in generating diversity that could affect stability or expression of the pre-B-cell receptor complex.
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- M E Conley
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee 38101, USA
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Feeney AJ, Atkinson MJ, Cowan MJ, Escuro G, Lugo G. A defective Vkappa A2 allele in Navajos which may play a role in increased susceptibility to haemophilus influenzae type b disease. J Clin Invest 1996; 97:2277-82. [PMID: 8636407 PMCID: PMC507307 DOI: 10.1172/jci118669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The antibody response to H. influenzae type b (Hib) is pauciclonal, and is dominated by antibodies using the VkappaA2 gene. Navajos have a 5-10-fold increased incidence of Hib disease compared with control populations. We hypothesized that a polymorphism in one of the genes in this oligoclonal response may lead to increased disease susceptibility. Since the predominant A2+ anti-Hib antibodies have high avidity for Hib and can be unmutated, the A2 Vkappa gene was analyzed. Over half of the Navajos studied, but only one control individual, had a new allele of A2, termed A2b, with three changes from the published A2 germline sequence. One of the changes was in the recombination signal sequence, suggesting that the A2b allele might not undergo V-J rearrangement very frequently. This possibility was confirmed by analyzing the relative frequency of non-productive A2 rearrangements in A2a/b heterozygous Navajos. Many fewer A2b rearrangements were observed, showing that the A2b allele is defective in its ability to undergo rearrangement. The prevalence of this allele in Navajos may play a role in their increased susceptibility to invasive Hib disease. If so, it would underscore the importance of the germline Ig repertoire for protective antibody responses to pathogenic bacteria in unimmunized children.
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- A J Feeney
- The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Immunology, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Clonality of T- and B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders can be determined by gene rearrangement studies when morphology and surface immunostaining are nondiagnostic. TcR and lg gene rearrangements have been demonstrated in many different hematologic disorders and TcR gene rearrangement has been particularly useful in the diagnosis of patients with CD8 large granular lymphocyte leukemias. TcR gene rearrangement may also be useful to distinguish Hodgkin's disease from T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Gene rearrangement is usually performed by Southern analysis, and it is beneficial to run multiple enzyme-probe combinations to maximize the detection of clonal rearrangements. More recently, several laboratories have begun to use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for gene rearrangement analysis. PCR offers an improved turnaround time, eliminates partial digestion artifacts, and allows for the use of paraffin embedded material. In addition to rearrangements of the TcR and lg genes, analysis of alterations in other genes such as bcl-1, bcl-2, bcl-6, and c-myc are also useful as clonal markers and aid in the classification of lymphomas.
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- J A Lust
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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MESH Headings
- Antibody Diversity
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/genetics
- DNA/genetics
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Conversion
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
- Multigene Family
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Pseudogenes
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
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- F Matsuda
- Center for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Kyoto University, Japan
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Green LL, Hardy MC, Maynard-Currie CE, Tsuda H, Louie DM, Mendez MJ, Abderrahim H, Noguchi M, Smith DH, Zeng Y, David NE, Sasai H, Garza D, Brenner DG, Hales JF, McGuinness RP, Capon DJ, Klapholz S, Jakobovits A. Antigen-specific human monoclonal antibodies from mice engineered with human Ig heavy and light chain YACs. Nat Genet 1994; 7:13-21. [PMID: 8075633 DOI: 10.1038/ng0594-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We describe a strategy for producing human monoclonal antibodies in mice by introducing large segments of the human heavy and kappa light chain loci contained on yeast artificial chromosomes into the mouse germline. Such mice produce a diverse repertoire of human heavy and light chains, and upon immunization with tetanus toxin have been used to derive antigen-specific, fully human monoclonal antibodies. Breeding such animals with mice engineered by gene targeting to be deficient in mouse immunoglobulin (Ig) production has led to a mouse strain in which high levels of antibodies are produced, mostly comprised of both human heavy and light chains. These strains should provide insight into the adoptive human antibody response and permit the development of fully human monoclonal antibodies with therapeutic potential.
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- L L Green
- Cell Genesys, Inc., Foster City, California 94404
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Williams S. {BLR 1650} Cell Genesys - GenPharm International - Humanized Antibodies - Misappropriation of Intellectual Property. Biotechnol Law Rep 1994. [DOI: 10.1089/blr.1994.13.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lydyard PM, Lamour A, MacKenzie LE, Jamin C, Mageed RA, Youinou P. CD5+ B cells and the immune system. Immunol Lett 1993; 38:159-66. [PMID: 7507466 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(93)90182-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The CD5+ B-cell population is prominent in early life and may play a key role in the ontogeny of the immune system. Transplantation studies in mice are in support of CD5+ B cells as a separate lineage from CD5- B cells. In both mice and men there is evidence in favour of CD5 being an activation antigen rather than a lineage marker, but the jury is still out! The frequency of CD5+ B cells appears to be under genetic influence. CD5+ B cells are receptive to many cytokines including IL-2 and IL-5 and themselves produce a number of cytokines especially IL-10. The function of the CD5 molecule on B cells is presently unknown but it might be involved in interaction with CD72 on other B cells. CD5+ B cells generally utilise minimally mutated germ-line genes and produce low avidity auto- and polyreactive antibodies (natural antibodies) generally of the IgM class.
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- P M Lydyard
- Department of Immunology, University College of London Medical School, U.K
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Wagner SD, Luzzatto L. V kappa gene segments rearranged in chronic lymphocytic leukemia are distributed over a large portion of the V kappa locus and do not show somatic mutation. Eur J Immunol 1993; 23:391-7. [PMID: 8436174 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830230214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The structure of the human V kappa locus has been thoroughly investigated, but how the germ-line V kappa gene segment repertoire is actually sampled in kappa chain gene rearrangements is not known. In order to begin to answer this question we have polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified the rearranged V kappa genes from 26 kappa-expressing cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), followed by cloning and sequencing of the PCR product. All four V kappa gene families were represented amongst rearranged genes. In 25 out of 32 cases, the sequence of the rearranged gene matches perfectly that of 1 of 11 different known germ-line V kappa genes, indicating that no somatic mutation has occurred. Of the remaining 7 rearranged V kappa genes, 4 differ from known germ-line genes by only one or two amino acid residues; and 3 differ from each other and from all known sequences by 5 or more residues, suggesting that somatic mutation has occurred in these 3 cases. We conclude that: (a) in at least three-quarters of cases the rearranged genes are unmutated; (b) there is preferential usage of individual V kappa genes but not of V kappa gene families; and (c) the V kappa genes used are widely dispersed in the V kappa locus.
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- S D Wagner
- Department of Haematology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, GB
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Matsuda F, Shin EK, Nagaoka H, Matsumura R, Haino M, Fukita Y, Taka-ishi S, Imai T, Riley JH, Anand R. Structure and physical map of 64 variable segments in the 3'0.8-megabase region of the human immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus. Nat Genet 1993; 3:88-94. [PMID: 8490662 DOI: 10.1038/ng0193-88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have constructed the physical map of the 0.8 megabase DNA fragment which contains the 3' 64 variable region (V) gene segments of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain (H) locus. The organization of the VH locus showed several features that indicate dynamic reshuffling of this locus. The sequenced 64 VH segments include 31 pseudogenes, of which 24 are highly conserved except for a few point mutations. Comparison of the 64 germline VH sequences shows that each VH family has conserved sequences, suggesting that there might be some genetic or selection mechanisms involved in maintenance of each family. The total number of the human VH segments was estimated to be about 120, including at least 7 orphons.
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- F Matsuda
- Center for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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Huber C, Klobeck HG, Zachau HG. Ongoing V kappa-J kappa recombination after formation of a productive V kappa-J kappa coding joint. Eur J Immunol 1992; 22:1561-5. [PMID: 1601042 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830220632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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V kappa genes of man can recombine with the J kappa gene segments either by an inversion or by a deletion mechanism. Back-to-back fusion products of the respective recombination signal sequences (signal joints) are retained on the chromosome after the formation of a V kappa-J kappa coding joint by an inversion. Our knowledge of the structure of the human kappa locus and the application of the polymerase chain reaction allowed us now to establish a direct relationship between different kappa recombination products in the lymphoid cell line JI. Two consecutive inversions fully explain the existence of two coding joints and two signal joints on the same chromosome of this cell line. Although the initially formed coding joint is productively rearranged and expressed, a second V kappa-J kappa rearrangement took place which leads to an aberrant joint. In this process a J kappa gene segment of the signal joint that had been created in the first V kappa-J kappa joining was used as the recombination target. The sequence of the two rearrangements is unequivocal since a product of the first (productive) reaction is a partner in the second (aberrant) one.
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- C Huber
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität München, FRG
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Martin T, Pasquali JL. CD5 negative IGM rheumatoid factor B cells in B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia and benign mixed cryoglobulinemia. Leuk Lymphoma 1992; 7:55-62. [PMID: 1282064 DOI: 10.3109/10428199209053602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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IgM-RF B cell precursors are abnormally overrepresented in "well differentiated" lymphoid monoclonal proliferations while data on less mature lymphoid malignancies are still awaited. This nevertheless suggests that RF activity plays a role in the transforming process perhaps by inducing constant stimulation of the precursor B cells. Despite the preferential use of similar VH and VL genes with little or no somatic hypermutations in both malignant B-cell CLL and nonmalignant mixed cryoglobulinemia, these proliferations do differ in CD5 membrane expression and in their clinical evolution. One possibility could be that CD5 glycoprotein is lost during maturation of the lymphocyte into a secreting cell as suggested by data on Waldenström's disease and the LES-CLL and by in vitro studies. Alternatively, CD5 expression could play an additional direct role in malignant transformation as suggested by recent data on the CD5 receptor ligand. Further data on the proliferating cells in both situations as well as on the genetic control of CD5 expression in B cells and its physiology should shed additional light on the mechanisms of B-cell malignancy.
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- T Martin
- Laboratoire d'Immunopathologie, Hôpital Civil CHU, Strasbourg, France
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Moore KJ, D'Amore-Bruno MA, Korfhagen TR, Glasser SW, Whitsett JA, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG. Chromosomal localization of three pulmonary surfactant protein genes in the mouse. Genomics 1992; 12:388-93. [PMID: 1346779 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(92)90389-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pulmonary surfactant, a protein-phospholipid mixture, maintains surface tension at the lung epithelium/air interface preventing alveolar collapse during respiration. For mammals appropriate developmental production of surfactant is necessary for adaptation to the air breathing environment. Deficiency of pulmonary surfactant results in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), a leading cause of death in premature infants. Recently, three lung-specific pulmonary surfactant proteins designated SP-A, SP-B, and SP-C have been described. Cloned sequences for the genes that encode each of these proteins have been partially characterized in humans and other species. Analysis of interspecific backcross mice has allowed us to map the chromosomal locations of these three genes in the mouse. The gene encoding SP-A (Sftp-1) and the gene encoding SP-C (Sftp-2) both map to mouse chromosome 14, although at separate locations, while the gene encoding SP-B (Sftp-3) maps to chromosome 6. The mouse map locations determined in this study for the Sftp genes are consistent with the locations of these genes on the human genetic map and the syntenic relationships between the human and the mouse genomes.
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- K J Moore
- ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Maryland 21702
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Johnson AC, Kageyama R, Popescu NC, Pastan I. Expression and chromosomal localization of the gene for the human transcriptional repressor GCF. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)46000-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Scott MG, Zachau HG, Nahm MH. The human antibody V region repertoire to the type B capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae. Int Rev Immunol 1992; 9:45-55. [PMID: 1282926 DOI: 10.3109/08830189209061782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The V region repertoire of the human antibody response to the type b capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae (Hib-PS) is being defined at the molecular level using antibodies purified from serum of immunized adults. The VH of this response is restricted to the VHIII subgroup while the VL can be divided into two categories. The most common VL, expressed in > 90% of adults and usually constituting the majority of a subjects anti-Hib-PS antibody response, is restricted to the product of a single V kappa II gene known as A2 that probably lacks somatic mutations. The product of the A2 gene is invariably joined to one of several J kappa products by an inserted arginine at the V kappa-J kappa junction. In contrast to the restricted nature of the dominant VL clonotype, the second category of VL constitutes a heterogeneous group of at least seven different VL gene products that often contain somatic mutations and generally exhibit crossreactivity with a related polysaccharide from E. coli. Elucidation of anti-Hib-PS V regions at the molecular level will permit examination of structure-function relationships among these clinically important antibodies and should make the V region repertoire to Hib-PS a useful model for studying human V gene responses.
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- M G Scott
- Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- R W Elliott
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263
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Yang PM, Crowley JJ, McDaniel DO, Koopman WJ, Kozin F, Carson DA, Chen PP. Genetic studies of four highly homologous rheumatoid factor-associated Vk genes in rheumatoid arthritis patients and normal individuals. Mol Immunol 1991; 28:1073-83. [PMID: 1681428 DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(91)90022-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Rheumatoid factors (RFs) are autoantibodies directed against IgG molecules. They are present in increased quantity in most patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and are implicated in tissue damage in this disease. Paradoxically, recent studies of RFs have revealed that these autoantibodies are likely a physiological component of the immune system, and may play a role in the development and function of the B cell repertoire. Previously, we found that a significant fraction of RA patients express RF bearing the 6B6.6 cross-reactive idiotype, which is a phenotypic marker of the Humkv328-like genes. In order to elucidate the possible genetic factors that may contribute to the abnormal production of RFs in RA patients, we studied restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) of four highly homologous RF-related kappa light chain variable region (Vk) genes (i.e. Humkv328, Humkv328h2, Humkv328h5 and Humkv329) in RA patients and normal controls. The results show that kv328, kv328h2 and kv329 are likely to be alleles of the kv328 locus, while kv328h5 is a highly homologous Vk gene residing in a separate locus; and that deletion in one copy of either the kv328 or the kv328h5 loci, but not both loci, occurs in several individuals. However, the frequencies of various RFLP patterns of these two Vk gene loci are similar in patients and normals.
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- P M Yang
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093
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Pargent W, Meindl A, Thiebe R, Mitzel S, Zachau HG. The human immunoglobulin kappa locus. Characterization of the duplicated O regions. Eur J Immunol 1991; 21:1821-7. [PMID: 1907917 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830210807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Two large regions of the human immunoglobulin kappa locus, the so-called O regions, have been characterized on cosmid and phage lambda clones. The two regions are very similar but not identical duplicates belonging to the C kappa proximal (p) and the distal (d) copies of the kappa locus. The Op and Od regions comprise contigs of 90 and 120 kb, respectively, and contain 20 V kappa genes and pseudogenes which have been sequenced. Three pairs of V kappa genes were found to be practically identical in the duplicates while allotypic differences, at least for two of the genes, are considerable. The similarities between the duplicate genes may be related to the fact that the two copies of the kappa locus are arranged in a palindrome-like fashion with the 5' sides of the O regions pointing towards each other (C kappa J kappa B Lp Ap Op-Od Ad Ld). This may have contributed to equalizing the sequences. Beyond Op and Od no further V kappa genes were found within about 80 kb. Instead, repetitive DNA sequences have been localized there, the structures of which suggest that they may have been involved in the evolution of the V kappa gene-containing regions. The V kappa pseudogene containing W regions, that had been transposed in evolution from the short to the long arm of chromosome 2 by a pericentric inversion, may have been derived from the O regions according to structural homologies between defined sections of the O and W regions.
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- W Pargent
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie der Universität München, München, FRG
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- D A Carson
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0945
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Weichhold GM, Klobeck HG, Ohnheiser R, Combriato G, Zachau HG. Megabase inversions in the human genome as physiological events. Nature 1990; 347:90-2. [PMID: 2118596 DOI: 10.1038/347090a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The genes of the immunoglobulin kappa light chains are assembled during B-cell differentiation by somatic recombination of one of the V kappa (variable) gene segments and the J kappa-C kappa (joining-constant) gene region. This seems to occur by deletion of the DNa between V kappa and J kappa-C kappa if they are arranged in germ-line DNA in the same transcriptional polarity or by inversion of a fragment containing the V kappa gene if the polarities are opposite. We have cloned 75 V kappa genes and pseudogenes of the human kappa locus and linked them in large contigs. There seem to be no more than 85 such genes, less than 50 of these being potentially functional. Thirty-eight of the cloned genes have the same transcriptional polarity as J kappa-C kappa and are part of the so-called J kappa proximal cluster; 35 genes in a distal cluster (the result of a duplication event in evolution) have a polarity that was suggested to be opposite to the one of J kappa-C kappa. We now show that the V kappa genes of the proximal cluster rearrange by a deletion mechanism whereas the others join J kappa-C kappa by inversion of megabase-sized DNA fragments.
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- G M Weichhold
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität München, FRG
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Guigou V, Cuisinier AM, Tonnelle C, Moinier D, Fougereau M, Fumoux F. Human immunoglobulin VH and VK repertoire revealed by in situ hybridization. Mol Immunol 1990; 27:935-40. [PMID: 1699122 DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(90)90161-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We report in this paper the first analysis of the expression pattern of Ig VH and VK families in human adult normal peripheral B lymphocytes, by in situ hybridization using specific VH1 to VH6 and VK1 to VK4 probes, which cover the known human V gene families reported to date. The major families were VH3 and VK1, with the respective gradient VH3 greater than VH4 greater than VH1 greater than VH5 greater than VH6 greater than VH2, and VK1 greater than VK3 greater than VK4 greater than VK2. Using a large sampling of EBV clones, we found that the pattern of VH and VK family usage was similar. The expression level correlated fairly with the estimated gene number for the VH, but diverged noticeably for the K chains. Taken together with the fact that the level of light chain expression (K + lambda) was about two-fold that of heavy chains, these results suggest that the VH and the VK repertoires are not regulated by a similar selective process.
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- V Guigou
- Centre d'Immunologie INSERM-CNRS de Marseille-Luminy, France
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The mouse immunoglobulin kappa light-chain genes are located in early- and late-replicating regions of chromosome 6. Mol Cell Biol 1990. [PMID: 2115125 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.8.4314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The murine immunoglobulin kappa (kappa) light-chain multigene family includes the constant region (C kappa), joining-region genes, and approximately 30 kappa-variable (V kappa) region families. The entire region occupies an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 kilobases, and some V kappa families have been linked by recombinant inbred mapping. The C kappa gene and 14 V kappa families replicated differently among cell lines of lymphoid and nonlymphoid origin. In nonlymphoid cells, the C kappa gene replicated earlier than the V kappa families. A transition from replication during the second third of S phase for the C kappa gene to later replication during S for V kappa families was observed. The V kappa family (V kappa 21) that maps closest to the C kappa gene, replicated during the first half of the S phase; most of the other V kappa families replicated during the second half of S, and some replicated during the last quarter of the S phase. In lymphoid cells, the kappa locus replicated earlier in the pre-B than in the B-cell lines. In one pre-B-cell line, 22D6, the kappa genes examined replicated at the beginning of the S phase. In the B-cell lines, the EcoRI segment containing the transcribed gene replicated near the beginning of the S phase. Other V kappa families replicated within the first two-thirds of S phase. Some linked V kappa families replicated at similar times. In the B-cell lines, a transition from replication at the beginning of S for the transcribed C kappa and V kappa genes and surrounding DNA sequences to later replication for the other V kappa families was observed. However, in contrast to the non-lymphoid cell lines, the replication of this locus occurred predominantly during the first half of S. The kappa locus contains both early- and late-replicating genes, and early replication is usually associated with transcriptional activity. The results are discussed with respect to the organization of transcriptionally active chromatin domains.
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Hatton KS, Schildkraut CL. The mouse immunoglobulin kappa light-chain genes are located in early- and late-replicating regions of chromosome 6. Mol Cell Biol 1990; 10:4314-23. [PMID: 2115125 PMCID: PMC360978 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.8.4314-4323.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The murine immunoglobulin kappa (kappa) light-chain multigene family includes the constant region (C kappa), joining-region genes, and approximately 30 kappa-variable (V kappa) region families. The entire region occupies an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 kilobases, and some V kappa families have been linked by recombinant inbred mapping. The C kappa gene and 14 V kappa families replicated differently among cell lines of lymphoid and nonlymphoid origin. In nonlymphoid cells, the C kappa gene replicated earlier than the V kappa families. A transition from replication during the second third of S phase for the C kappa gene to later replication during S for V kappa families was observed. The V kappa family (V kappa 21) that maps closest to the C kappa gene, replicated during the first half of the S phase; most of the other V kappa families replicated during the second half of S, and some replicated during the last quarter of the S phase. In lymphoid cells, the kappa locus replicated earlier in the pre-B than in the B-cell lines. In one pre-B-cell line, 22D6, the kappa genes examined replicated at the beginning of the S phase. In the B-cell lines, the EcoRI segment containing the transcribed gene replicated near the beginning of the S phase. Other V kappa families replicated within the first two-thirds of S phase. Some linked V kappa families replicated at similar times. In the B-cell lines, a transition from replication at the beginning of S for the transcribed C kappa and V kappa genes and surrounding DNA sequences to later replication for the other V kappa families was observed. However, in contrast to the non-lymphoid cell lines, the replication of this locus occurred predominantly during the first half of S. The kappa locus contains both early- and late-replicating genes, and early replication is usually associated with transcriptional activity. The results are discussed with respect to the organization of transcriptionally active chromatin domains.
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- K S Hatton
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
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Meindl A, Klobeck HG, Ohnheiser R, Zachau HG. The V kappa gene repertoire in the human germ line. Eur J Immunol 1990; 20:1855-63. [PMID: 1976522 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830200834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The question of how many V kappa gene segments exist in the human germ line was addressed. Seventy-five V kappa genes of the kappa locus and twenty-five V kappa genes localized outside of the locus ("orphons") had been cloned previously; 67 of the genes and 19 of the orphons had already been sequenced yielding 36 and 1 potentially functional V kappa genes, respectively, the remaining ones being pseudogenes. We now (a) determined the relative hybridization intensities of the cloned V kappa genes and orphons, (b) identified the bands in blot hybridizations of genomic DNA digests with the cloned genes and orphons, (c) determined the band intensities in the genomic DNA digests from two individuals and one cell line, (d) normalized the results with the help of the C kappa gene segment which is present in the haploid genome in one copy, (e) compared the genomic blot hybridization patterns with patterns of equimolar mixtures of the cloned V kappa genes and orphons, and (f) defined the bands and fractional intensities in bands that could not be assigned to cloned genes or orphons. From the resulting data we conclude that there are 5-7 still uncloned V kappa genes in germ-line DNA in addition to the 75 known V kappa genes and in addition to the 25 orphons 12-15 orphon candidates. It appears that the rheumatoid factor light chains of the Wa and 6B6.6 idiotypes are coded for by one V kappa III gene each. It is concluded that the kappa locus comprises no more than 50 potentially functional genes and no more than 85 V kappa genes altogether.
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- A Meindl
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Physikalische Biochemie und Zellbiologie, Universität München, FRG
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In humans, the kappa light chain variable region gene (Vk) locus evolved in part by duplications of four large segments. Similarly, some portions of the human heavy chain constant region gene locus are duplicated. Recently, we found that the Humhv3005 Vh gene is highly homologous to the reported 1.9III gene. Subsequently, restriction fragment length polymorphism study of the human Vh locus with a 1.6-kb EcoR1 fragment downstream of the hv3005 gene (termed hv3005/E1.6) suggested that the hv3005 and the 1.9III Vh loci might be generated by duplication from a common-ancestor Vh gene segment. To assess this possibility, we mapped the 15-kb region of the isolated hv3005 clone, beginning from 2 kb upstream, and sequenced the adjacent Vh4 gene (designated Humhv4005) located 10 kb downstream of the hv3005 gene. The result showed that hv4005 shared 99% homology with the 1.9II gene, located about 11 kb downstream of the 1.9III gene. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the hv3005-hv4005 region and the 1.9III-1.9II region arose by a duplication of a common ancestor Vh gene segment.
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- P P Chen
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California
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Borden P, Jaenichen R, Zachau HG. Structural features of transposed human VK genes and implications for the mechanism of their transpositions. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:2101-7. [PMID: 2159639 PMCID: PMC330689 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.8.2101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The genes encoding the variable, joining and constant regions of human immunoglobulin light chains have been localized to the short arm of chromosome 2. However, several VK genes lie outside of the locus: a single copy cluster of five VK genes is located on chromosome 22; an isolated but amplified VkI gene is found on chromosome 1; and several isolated VkI genes are on as-yet-unidentified chromosomes other than chromosome 2. Vk genes not contained within the kappa locus are termed orphons. We have attempted to gain insight into the mechanism of transposition of both the chromosome 22 cluster and the several amplified VkI genes by searching in the kappa locus for a parent copy of the former, and by analyzing the junctions between transposed VKI-containing segments and adjacent non-amplified regions. The chromosome 22 orphon cluster must have been non-duplicatively transposed. Sequence features at the junctions of this and other orphon regions are direct and inverted repeats, and, in one case, an Alu repeat. These unusual features may have predisposed the orphon regions to transposition by serving as target sites for enzymes involved in recombination.
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- P Borden
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Physikalische Biochemie und Zellbiologie, Universität München, FRG
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Developing fetal B cells preferentially rearrange a restricted subset of the encoded antibody gene segments. There are striking structural similarities between elements expressed early in man and in mouse, most evident on comparison of murine VH elements from the VH7183 family to human VH elements of the VH3 family. The similarity is pronounced in two framework regions which together encode a possible binding site that is distinct from the classical antigen-combining site. By comparing all known human and murine VH gene sequences, we have demonstrated that these regions have been conserved in a family-specific manner throughout the mammalian radiation. The "non-conserved" spacer of the recombinase recognition signal is also highly conserved in a family-specific manner, suggesting a mechanism by which the expression of family-dependent features may be regulated. The evidence that such features contribute to the high incidence of self- and poly-specificity in the fetal antibody repertoire is reviewed.
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- J L Hillson
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Chen PP, Olsen NJ, Yang PM, Soto-Gil RW, Olee T, Siminovitch KA, Carson DA. From human autoantibodies to the fetal antibody repertoire to B cell malignancy: it's a small world after all. Int Rev Immunol 1990; 5:239-51. [PMID: 2130120 DOI: 10.3109/08830189009056732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- P P Chen
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California 92037
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Siminovitch KA, Misener V, Kwong PC, Yang PM, Laskin CA, Cairns E, Bell D, Rubin LA, Chen PP. A human anti-cardiolipin autoantibody is encoded by developementally restricted heavy and light chain variable region genes. Autoimmunity 1990; 8:97-105. [PMID: 2129497 DOI: 10.3109/08916939008995727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Based on recent structural analyses of monoclonal autoantibodies, it appears that a number of these antibodies express germ-line immunoglobulin variable region (V) genes with little or no somatic mutation. In addition, our group and others have noted the identity or near identity of some autoantibody-associated V genes to V genes apparently expressed preferentially in the fetal pre-B cell repertoire. To extend these data, we now report that the heavy and light chain V genes of an anti-cardiolipin antibody derived from a healthy individual display 99% nucleotide sequence homology with V genes expressed in early B cell ontogeny. Sequence comparisons indicate the likely use of fetal-restricted V genes by this autoantibody. Taken together with other data on autoantibody V gene usage, these findings provide further evidence for overlap between the autoantibody-associated and early ontogeny expressed V gene repertoires and suggest that natural autoreactivity may be instrumental in the development and maintenance of the normal immune repertoire.
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- K A Siminovitch
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Feddersen R, Van Ness B. Direct evidence for intrastrand DNA inversion of kappa immunoglobulin gene segments in two murine plasmacytomas. Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:9797-809. [PMID: 2513557 PMCID: PMC335214 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.23.9797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The products of kappa immunoglobulin gene recombination have been characterized in two murine plasmacytomas to examine the relationship between V-J products and reciprocal elements. By cloning, sequencing, hybridization, and application of the polymerase chain reaction, we have established the direct relationship of the kappa recombination products in these cells. The results provide stronger support for the intrastrand mechanism of kappa gene recombination as well as demonstrating a role for secondary, corrective recombinations.
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- R Feddersen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Akimenko MA, Mariamé B, Rougeon F. Rearrangement of the immunoglobulin kappa light chain genes in a b4 rabbit and a Basilea rabbit. RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY 1989; 140:739-56. [PMID: 2623360 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(89)90027-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The immunoglobulin chi light chain gene family of the rabbit is characterized by the presence of two constant region exons, C chi 1 and C chi 2 encoded at the chi 1 and chi 2 loci, and linked to their own cluster of joining pieces (J chi). The gene segments at the two loci are very unequally expressed. Thus, in domestic rabbits, the immunoglobulin light chains are essentially of the chi 1 type, even though the gene segments at the chi 2 locus are structurally functional. We have investigated the origin of the weak expression of the genes at the chi 2 locus by analysing the pattern of rearrangement of the chi 1 and chi 2 J chi segments in rabbit B-cell populations. Southern blot analysis of B cells isolated from a rabbit expressing chi 1 light chains suggests that the genes at the chi 2 locus underwent very few, if any, rearrangements. However, using more sensitive approaches, it was possible to detect transcripts originating from the rearranged chi 2 locus. In contrast, in B cells isolated from a Basilea rabbit, which cannot express chi 1 chains, Southern blots revealed the rearrangement of the chi 2 genes, whereas the chi 1 rearranged fragments were barely detectable. These results could be explained either by preferential rearrangement of genes at the chi 1 locus or by clonal amplification of only cells producing chi 1. Furthermore, results of Southern blot analysis provide evidence that V-J recombination may be accompanied by an inversion of the intervening DNA region.
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- M A Akimenko
- Unité de Génétique et de Biochimie du Développement, LACNRS, Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris
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Three breakpoints of variant t(2;8) translocations in Burkitt's lymphoma cells fall within a region 140 kilobases distal from c-myc. Mol Cell Biol 1989. [PMID: 2747644 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.5.2105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The variant translocations t(2;8) in Burkitt's lymphoma cells join band q24 of chromosome 8, distal from c-myc, to the Igkappa locus, with considerable variation in the location of the breakpoints on chromosome 8. We report the cloning and molecular characterization of a chromosome 8 region, distal from the c-myc locus, which encompasses the breakpoints of the Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines BL64, BL21, and LY91 within 11 kilobase pairs, termed provisionally bvr-1 (Burkitt's variants' rearranging region 1). Using probes from the c-myc, the bvr-1, and the human pvt-1 loci obtained by chromosome walking coupled with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, we have constructed a physical map of the region 3' of c-myc. We map bvr-1 and pvt-1 about 140 and 260 kilobase pairs, respectively, distal from c-myc.
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Hesse JE, Lieber MR, Mizuuchi K, Gellert M. V(D)J recombination: a functional definition of the joining signals. Genes Dev 1989; 3:1053-61. [PMID: 2777075 DOI: 10.1101/gad.3.7.1053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 357] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Two conserved DNA sequences serve as joining signals in the assembly of immunoglobulins and T-cell receptors from V-, (D)-, and J-coding segments during lymphoid differentiation. We have examined V(D)J recombination as a function of joining signal sequence. Plasmid substrates with mutations in one or both of the heptamer-spacer-nonamer sequences were tested for recombination in a pre-B-cell line active in V(D)J recombination. No signal variant recombines more efficiently than the consensus forms of the joining signals. We find the heptamer sequence to be the most important; specifically, the three bases closest to the recombination crossover site are critical. The nonamer is not as rigidly defined, and it is not important to maintain the five consecutive As that distinguish the consensus nonamer sequence. Both types of signals display very similar sequence requirements and have in common an intolerance for changes in spacer length greater than 1 bp. Although the two signal types share sequence motifs, we find no evidence of a role in recombination for homology between the signals, suggesting that they serve primarily as protein recognition and binding sites.
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- J E Hesse
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Blackwell TK, Alt FW. Molecular Characterization of the Lymphoid V(D) J Recombination Activity. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)81620-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Henglein B, Synovzik H, Groitl P, Bornkamm GW, Hartl P, Lipp M. Three breakpoints of variant t(2;8) translocations in Burkitt's lymphoma cells fall within a region 140 kilobases distal from c-myc. Mol Cell Biol 1989; 9:2105-13. [PMID: 2747644 PMCID: PMC363004 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.5.2105-2113.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The variant translocations t(2;8) in Burkitt's lymphoma cells join band q24 of chromosome 8, distal from c-myc, to the Igkappa locus, with considerable variation in the location of the breakpoints on chromosome 8. We report the cloning and molecular characterization of a chromosome 8 region, distal from the c-myc locus, which encompasses the breakpoints of the Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines BL64, BL21, and LY91 within 11 kilobase pairs, termed provisionally bvr-1 (Burkitt's variants' rearranging region 1). Using probes from the c-myc, the bvr-1, and the human pvt-1 loci obtained by chromosome walking coupled with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, we have constructed a physical map of the region 3' of c-myc. We map bvr-1 and pvt-1 about 140 and 260 kilobase pairs, respectively, distal from c-myc.
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- B Henglein
- Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Abteilung Virologie, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Nickerson KG, Berman J, Glickman E, Chess L, Alt FW. Early human IgH gene assembly in Epstein-Barr virus-transformed fetal B cell lines. Preferential utilization of the most JH-proximal D segment (DQ52) and two unusual VH-related rearrangements. J Exp Med 1989; 169:1391-403. [PMID: 2538551 PMCID: PMC2189244 DOI: 10.1084/jem.169.4.1391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We have analyzed the phenotypic characteristics and IgH gene rearrangements in a panel of EBV-transformed B lineage cell lines from human fetal liver and bone marrow. Some lines contained only populations of immature, Ig- Be cells, while others contained mixed populations of mature and immature B cells. The majority of identifiable IgH rearrangements involved joining of the most JH-proximal D segment, DQ52, to various JH segments, implying that DQ52 is a preferred target for initial DJH rearrangements. Three other rearrangements involving VH-related sequences were also characterized. Two involved VHDJH joining using VH3 genes, although one of these had a very unusual DJH structure. The third consisted of inverted 3' signal sequences and flanking regions of a VH4 gene appended to a JH. The mechanisms by which the later rearrangement could have occurred and its potential physiological significance are discussed.
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- K G Nickerson
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032
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The mouse immunoglobulin lambda light chain locus has been linked using field inversion gel electrophoresis. The lambda light chain locus classically contains two V and four J-C gene segments in inbred mouse strains, and was physically mapped in the BALB/c cell line Wehi-3 which contains unrearranged lambda light chain gene segments. The locus is relatively small and spans 300 kb, as defined by a variety of single and double digests using methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes. The order of the lambda gene segments is V2-J2C2J4C4-V1-J3C3J1C1, as was originally proposed. No evidence for nonmethylated CpG rich areas (HTF islands) within the region was found. Fine mapping using the lambda 1, lambda 3 rearranged cell line J558 mapped the gap between the V and J-C gene segments in the lambda 1 gene cluster (V1-J3C3J1C1) to approximately 70 kb. The similar distance (60-100 kb) found in the lambda 2 gene cluster (V2-J2C2J4C4) is further evidence that duplication of an ancestral locus occurred.
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- S Carson
- Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland
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Davidson A, Manheimer-Lory A, Aranow C, Shefner R. Possible mechanisms of autoantibody production. Biomed Pharmacother 1989; 43:563-70. [PMID: 2517224 DOI: 10.1016/0753-3322(89)90033-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Recent advances in the understanding of the ontogeny of the normal B cell response and of the molecular mechanisms that are used to generate a diverse B cell repertoire have resulted in new approaches to the study of autoimmune diseases. B cell lines with autoantibody specificity can easily be generated from normal individuals. These low affinity and generally polyspecific "natural autoantibodies" have features of a B cell response prior to antigenic stimulation and are encoded by germline or relatively unmutated genes. Pathogenic autoantibodies from autoimmune individuals on the other hand, appear to be higher affinity antibodies that have features of an antigen selected response. The relationship between these two different classes of autoantibodies remains to be determined. Our studies of anti-DNA antibodies in human SLE have revealed that anti-DNA antibodies from unrelated patients share dominant cross-reactive idiotypes. Analysis of monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies bearing two SLE related idiotypes, 3I and F4, have indicated to us that DNA binding activity is acquired by somatic mutation, suggesting that these autoantibodies are not germline encoded but require antigenic stimulation and T cell help. Molecular analysis of genes encoding 3I reactive light chains from a panel of EBV transformed B cell lines have revealed that 3I reactive light chains are nearly all encoded by a member of the VK 1 gene family. Thus for this idiotypic system, there is restricted gene usage to encode anti-DNA antibodies. Further molecular analysis may reveal the structural features that determine idiotype reactivity and autoreactivity and may help determine what features of these genes could account for their preferential expression in SLE patients and their family members.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A Davidson
- Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10561
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Korman AJ, Maruyama J, Raulet DH. Rearrangement by inversion of a T-cell receptor delta variable region gene located 3' of the delta constant region gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:267-71. [PMID: 2789518 PMCID: PMC286445 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.1.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have located a T-cell receptor variable (V) delta gene segment immediately 3' of the delta constant (C) region gene and 5' to the known joining (J) alpha gene segments. This V delta gene is in the opposite transcriptional polarity to C delta and has rearranged to C delta by inversion in a gamma/delta-expressing hybridoma, DN7.3. This V delta gene is commonly rearranged in adult but not fetal gamma/delta-expressing thymocytes and has not been observed among alpha gene rearrangements reported to date. The reciprocal joining sequence isolated from this cell line contains N region nucleotides between the recombination signal sequences, in contrast to previously analyzed reciprocal joints. The results are discussed in the context of models accounting for ordered V gene usage during lymphocyte development.
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- A J Korman
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, MA 02142
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- E Lai
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125
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The advent of hybridoma and recombinant DNA technology about a decade ago has allowed a detailed analysis the structure, properties and molecular genetics of antibodies. These techniques, combined with studies of idiotypes and of Abelson-transformed and other cell lines, have resulted in major findings which are of particular importance to both the normal immune system and to autoimmunity. The rearrangement and expression of antibody genes in the normal immune system are discussed first, as a background for an appreciation of the significance of the molecular genetics of autoantibodies. We then turn to autoantibody genes, with an emphasis on anti-DNA antibodies and their role in the autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus. A model for the genetics of lupus which includes a possible role for Ig genes is considered.
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- K J Barrett
- Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Lötscher E, Zimmer FJ, Klopstock T, Grzeschik KH, Jaenichen R, Straubinger B, Zachau HG. Localization, analysis and evolution of transposed human immunoglobulin V kappa genes. Gene 1988; 69:215-23. [PMID: 2853099 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90432-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The localization of V kappa gene regions to chromosome 2, on which the kappa locus is located, and to other chromosomes is described. The V kappa genes that have been transposed to other chromosomes are called orphons. The finding of two new V kappa genes on chromosome 22 is reported. A V kappa II gene of this region and two V kappa I genes of the Chr1 and the cos 118 regions were sequenced. The two V kappa I orphon sequences and two others that had been determined previously were 97.5% identical, indicating that they may have evolved from a common ancestor by amplification. A model of the evolution of the human V kappa orphons is discussed.
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- E Lötscher
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität München, F.R.G
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Straubinger B, Thiebe R, Pech M, Zachau HG. The Z family, a group of transposed human immunoglobulin V kappa genes. Gene 1988; 69:209-14. [PMID: 2853098 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90431-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A group of highly homologous transposed human V kappa I genes, which we call the Z family, was characterized. To date four members, ZI-ZIV, comprising about 230 kb, have been analyzed on cosmid clones. The largest region (ZI) has a length of 85 kb. The Z regions show extensive homology to each other according to restriction maps and hybridization data. In each Z region a solitary V kappa I gene was found. No V kappa genes of other subgroups were detected by hybridization. The nucleotide sequence of the ZI gene revealed a non-processed V kappa I pseudogene. Hybridization experiments with DNAs from rodent/human cell hybrids and other experimental data indicate that some and possibly all members of the Z family lie outside of the kappa locus which is located on chromosome 2; they have been transposed to other chromosomes. Because of their separation from the J kappa C kappa gene segment, the Z genes can be classified as pseudogenes independent of their sequences. We postulate that the Z family arose by amplification event(s). The Z regions can also be regarded as a small family of very long repetitive sequences.
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- B Straubinger
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität München, F.R.G
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Klobeck HG, Kozak CA, Zachau HG. The germ-line counterpart of a non-VK sequence rearranged to JK1 in MOPC41 is located on mouse chromosome 6. Nucleic Acids Res 1988; 16:7190. [PMID: 3136441 PMCID: PMC338371 DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.14.7190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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- H G Klobeck
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie der Universität, München, FRG
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Adolph S, Hameister H, Klobeck HG, Zachau HG. The chromosome 2 breakpoint in Burkitt lymphoma Ly66 lies between VK and JK. Nucleic Acids Res 1988; 16:6242. [PMID: 3135539 PMCID: PMC336877 DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.13.6242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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- S Adolph
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie der Universität, München, FRG
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Lorenz W, Schäble KF, Thiebe R, Stavnezer J, Zachau HG. The J kappa proximal region of the human K locus contains three uncommon V kappa genes which are arranged in opposite transcriptional polarities. Mol Immunol 1988; 25:479-84. [PMID: 3137458 DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(88)90168-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The structure of one of the V kappa gene-containing regions of the locus coding for the human immunoglobulin light chains of the kappa type is described. This so-called B region contains three genes: B1, B2 and B3. According to its sequence B1 is a pseudogene which does not fit well into the present subgroup classification. In lymphoid cell lines the B1 gene region is frequently deleted. B2 and B3 are the previously reported EV15 and V kappa IV genes. The transcriptional polarity of the B1 gene is found to be opposite to one of the B2 and B3 genes. This observation together with the fact that the B region is proximal to the J kappa C kappa gene segment leads to the conclusions to the mechanism of the V kappa-J kappa recombination and allows us to explain the formation of the recombination products in a particular cell line by two consecutive inversions.
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- W Lorenz
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Physikalische Biochemie und Zellbiologie der Universität, München, F.R.G
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Klobeck HG, Zimmer FJ, Combriato G, Zachau HG. Linking of the human immunoglobulin VK and JKCK regions by chromosomal walking. Nucleic Acids Res 1987; 15:9655-65. [PMID: 3122178 PMCID: PMC306522 DOI: 10.1093/nar/15.23.9655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The linking of the human VK and JKCK gene regions (abbreviations in ref. 1) by chromosomal walking is reported. Hybridization experiments with the DNA of a somatic cell hybrid containing the region between JKCK and the telomer show that none of the major VK gene clusters is located downstream of CK. The distance between the VK and JK genes was found to be 23 kb. The JK proximal VK gene is the B3 gene which is the only representative of subgroup IV in the genome. This gene and the neighbouring B2 gene (accompanying paper) are arranged in opposite orientation to JKCK and can therefore rearrange only by an inversion mechanism. This finding is used, together with previous data, to delineate the rearrangement processes in the Burkitt lymphoma derived cell line BL21 as comprising an inversion in the first and a deletion in the second step.
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- H G Klobeck
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Physikalische Biochemie und Zellbiologie, Universität München, FRG
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