| Autor: |
Martin DA; Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, and Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada., Bradl H, Collins TJ, Roth E, Jäck HM, Wu GE |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) [J Immunol] 2003 Nov 01; Vol. 171 (9), pp. 4663-71. |
| DOI: |
10.4049/jimmunol.171.9.4663 |
| Abstrakt: |
Although it is generally accepted that Ig heavy chains (HC) are selected at the pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) checkpoint, the characteristics of a functional HC and the role of pre-BCR assembly in their selection have remained elusive. We determined the characteristics of HCs that successfully passed the pre-BCR checkpoint by examining transcripts harboring V(H)81X and J(H)4 gene segments from J(H)(+/-) and lambda5(-/-)mice. V(H)81X-J(H)4-HC transcripts isolated from cells before or in the absence of pre-BCR assembly had no distinguishing complementarity-determining region 3 traits. In contrast, transcripts isolated subsequent to passage through the pre-BCR checkpoint had distinctive complementarity-determining regions 3 of nine amino acids in length (49%) and a histidine at position 1 (73%). Hence, our data define specific structural requirements for a functional HC, which is instrumental in shaping the diverse B cell repertoire. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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