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Feedback inhibition of immunoglobulin gene rearrangement by membrane mu, but not by secreted mu heavy chains.

Feedback inhibition of immunoglobulin gene rearrangement by membrane mu, but not by secreted mu... Previous work (6-10) has shown that allelic exclusion of Ig gene expression is controlled by functionally rearranged mu and kappa genes. This report deals with the comparison of membrane mu (micron) and secreted mu (microsecond) in promoting such feedback inhibition. Splenic B cell hybridomas were analyzed from transgenic mice harboring a rearranged kappa gene alone or in combination with either an intact rearranged mu gene or a truncated version of the mu gene. The intact mu gene is capable of producing both membrane and secreted forms of the protein, while the truncated version can only encode the secreted form. The role of the microsecond was also tested in pre-B cell lines. Analysis of the extent of endogenous Ig gene rearrangement revealed that (a) the production of micron together with kappa can terminate Ig gene rearrangement; (b) microsecond with kappa does not have this feedback effect; (c) microsecond may interfere with the effect of micron and kappa; and (d) the feedback shown here probably represents a complete shutoff of the specific recombinase by micron + kappa; the data do not address the question of mu alone affecting the accessibility of H genes for rearrangement. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Experimental Medicine Rockefeller University Press

Feedback inhibition of immunoglobulin gene rearrangement by membrane mu, but not by secreted mu heavy chains.

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Publisher
Rockefeller University Press
Copyright
© 1988 Rockefeller University Press
ISSN
0022-1007
eISSN
1540-9538
DOI
10.1084/jem.168.4.1363
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Abstract

Previous work (6-10) has shown that allelic exclusion of Ig gene expression is controlled by functionally rearranged mu and kappa genes. This report deals with the comparison of membrane mu (micron) and secreted mu (microsecond) in promoting such feedback inhibition. Splenic B cell hybridomas were analyzed from transgenic mice harboring a rearranged kappa gene alone or in combination with either an intact rearranged mu gene or a truncated version of the mu gene. The intact mu gene is capable of producing both membrane and secreted forms of the protein, while the truncated version can only encode the secreted form. The role of the microsecond was also tested in pre-B cell lines. Analysis of the extent of endogenous Ig gene rearrangement revealed that (a) the production of micron together with kappa can terminate Ig gene rearrangement; (b) microsecond with kappa does not have this feedback effect; (c) microsecond may interfere with the effect of micron and kappa; and (d) the feedback shown here probably represents a complete shutoff of the specific recombinase by micron + kappa; the data do not address the question of mu alone affecting the accessibility of H genes for rearrangement.

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The Journal of Experimental MedicineRockefeller University Press

Published: Oct 1, 1988

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