Measurement of Diversification in the Immunoglobulin Light Chain Gene of DT40 Cells

2012 ◽  
pp. 417-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian E. Sale
Keyword(s):  
Light Chain ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Immunoglobulin Light Chain ◽  
Light Chain Gene ◽  
Dt40 Cells

Structure of extrachromosomal circular DNAs generated by immunoglobulin light chain gene rearrangements

1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyasu Hirama ◽  
Sunao Takeshita ◽  
Yataroh Yoshida ◽  
Hideo Yamagishi
Keyword(s):  
Light Chain ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Gene Rearrangements ◽  
Immunoglobulin Light Chain ◽  
Light Chain Gene ◽  
Circular Dnas

Rearrangement and diversification of immunoglobulin light-chain genes in lymphoid cells transformed by reticuloendotheliosis virus

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 4970-4976
Author(s):  
J Y Zhang ◽  
W Bargmann ◽  
H R Bose
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Light Chain ◽  
Lymphoid Cells ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Gene Rearrangements ◽  
B Cell Differentiation ◽  
Immunoglobulin Light Chain ◽  
Light Chain Gene ◽  
Transformed Cell Lines

Avian lymphoid cells transformed by reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV-T) serve as a model to analyze the mechanism by which B-cell differentiation and antibody diversification occur in birds. Immunoglobulin light-chain gene rearrangements, diversification, and expression were analyzed in 72 independently derived REV-T-transformed cell lines. Lymphoid cells transformed as the result of expression of the v-rel oncogene were divided into two distinct groups based on light-chain gene rearrangements. The status of the light-chain gene loci in these REV-T-transformed cell lines was determined in part by the ages of the chickens whose spleen cells were transformed. In embryonic spleen cell lines transformed by the v-rel oncogene, rearrangements were not detected, even after prolonged culture in vitro, indicating that these cells are arrested in B-cell differentiation. REV-T transformants derived from spleens obtained from chickens 2 weeks old or older, however, had at least one light-chain allele rearranged. All of the cell lines analyzed which exhibited rearranged light-chain genes contained light-chain transcripts, and most of the REV-T-transformed cells which displayed light-chain rearrangements expressed immunoglobulin protein. REV-T, therefore, transforms B-lymphoid cells at phenotypically different stages of development. Many REV-T-transformed cells undergo immunoglobulin chain gene rearrangements during prolonged propagation in vitro. Most of the cell lines which rearrange their light-chain alleles also undergo diversification during cultivation in vitro. Light-chain diversification occurs during or after the rearrangement event.

scholarly journals Immunoglobulin light chain gene rearrangements display hierarchy in absence of selection for functionality in precursor-B-ALL

Leukemia ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1448-1453 ◽  
Author(s):  
M van der Burg ◽  
BH Barendregt ◽  
T Szczepañski ◽  
ER van Wering ◽  
AW Langerak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Chain ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Gene Rearrangements ◽  
Immunoglobulin Light Chain ◽  
Light Chain Gene ◽  
Selection For

Transfection of an immunoglobulin kappa gene into mature human B lymphocytes

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 511-513
Author(s):  
L T Bich-Thuy ◽  
C Queen
Keyword(s):  
B Lymphocytes ◽  
Light Chain ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Myeloma Cell ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Start Site ◽  
Immunoglobulin Light Chain ◽  
Base Pairs ◽  
Light Chain Gene ◽  
Immunoglobulin Kappa

We show in this report that the transcription induced by interleukin-2 or pokeweed mitogens of the kappa MOPC 41 immunoglobulin light-chain gene transfected into primary human or murine B lymphocytes initiates from a previously unobserved start site about 26 base pairs upstream of the start site used in myeloma cell lines.

Ongoing diversification of the rearranged immunoglobulin light-chain gene in a bursal lymphoma cell line

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 3224-3231
Author(s):  
S Kim ◽  
E H Humphries ◽  
L Tjoelker ◽  
L Carlson ◽  
C B Thompson
Keyword(s):  
B Cell ◽  
Light Chain ◽  
Gene Segment ◽  
B Cell Development ◽  
Bursa Of Fabricius ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Lymphoma Cell Line ◽  
Immunoglobulin Light Chain ◽  
Light Chain Gene

The chicken immunoglobulin light-chain gene (IgL) encodes only a single variable gene segment capable of recombination. To generate an immune repertoire, chickens diversify this unique rearranged VL gene segment during B-cell development in the bursa of Fabricius. Sequence analysis of IgL cDNAs suggests that both gene conversion events derived from VL segment pseudogene templates (psi VL) and non-template-derived single-base-pair substitutions contribute to this diversity. To facilitate the study of postrecombinational mechanisms of immunoglobulin gene diversification, avian B-cell lines were examined for the ability to diversify their rearranged IgL gene during in vitro passage. One line that retains this ability, the avian leukosis virus-induced bursal lymphoma cell line DT40, has been identified. After passage for 1 year in culture, 39 of 51 randomly sequenced rearranged V-J segments from a DT40 population defined novel subclones of the parental tumor. All cloned V-J segments displayed the same V-J joint, confirming that the observed diversity arose after V-J rearrangement. Most sequence variations that we observed (203 of 220 base pairs) appeared to result from psi VL-derived gene conversion events; 16 of the 17 novel single nucleotide substitutions were transitions. Based on these data, it appears that immunoglobulin diversification during in vitro passage of DT40 cells is representative of the diversification that occurs during normal B-cell development in the bursa of Fabricius.

scholarly journals Assessing the pathogenic potential of the V(D)J recombinase by interlocus immunoglobulin light-chain gene rearrangement.

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 887-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
S N Bailey ◽  
N Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Light Chain ◽  
Leukemia Virus ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Immunoglobulin Light Chain ◽  
Pathogenic Potential ◽  
Light Chain Gene ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Translocation Breakpoints ◽  
Chain Gene Rearrangement

Chromosomal translocations involving antigen receptor genes and oncogenes have been observed in several forms of lymphoid malignancy. Observations of their lymphocyte-restricted occurrence and a molecular analysis of some translocation breakpoints have suggested that some of these rearrangements are generated by V(D)J recombinase activity. However, a direct correlation between this activity and the generation of such rearrangements has never been established. In addition, because these aberrant rearrangements are usually detected only after a tumor has been formed, the frequency with which the recombinase machinery generates translocations has never been assessed directly. To approach these issues, immunoglobulin light-chain gene rearrangements were induced in pre-B cells transformed by temperature-sensitive mutants of Abelson murine leukemia virus and PCR was used to identify interlocus recombinants. Vlambda Jkappa and Vkappa Jlambda rearrangements as well as signal joints resulting from the recombination of Vlambda and Jkappa coding elements were recovered and were found to be similar in structure to conventional intrachromosomal joints. Because these products were detected only when the cells were undergoing active intralocus rearrangement, they provide direct evidence that translocations can be generated by the V(D)J recombinase machinery. Dilution analyses revealed that interlocus rearrangements occur about 1,000 times less frequently than conventional intralocus rearrangements. Considering the large numbers of lymphocytes generated throughout life, aberrant rearrangements generated by the V(D)J recombinase may be relatively common.

scholarly journals Rearrangement and diversification of immunoglobulin light-chain genes in lymphoid cells transformed by reticuloendotheliosis virus.

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 4970-4976 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Y Zhang ◽  
W Bargmann ◽  
H R Bose
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Light Chain ◽  
Lymphoid Cells ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Gene Rearrangements ◽  
B Cell Differentiation ◽  
Immunoglobulin Light Chain ◽  
Light Chain Gene ◽  
Transformed Cell Lines

Avian lymphoid cells transformed by reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV-T) serve as a model to analyze the mechanism by which B-cell differentiation and antibody diversification occur in birds. Immunoglobulin light-chain gene rearrangements, diversification, and expression were analyzed in 72 independently derived REV-T-transformed cell lines. Lymphoid cells transformed as the result of expression of the v-rel oncogene were divided into two distinct groups based on light-chain gene rearrangements. The status of the light-chain gene loci in these REV-T-transformed cell lines was determined in part by the ages of the chickens whose spleen cells were transformed. In embryonic spleen cell lines transformed by the v-rel oncogene, rearrangements were not detected, even after prolonged culture in vitro, indicating that these cells are arrested in B-cell differentiation. REV-T transformants derived from spleens obtained from chickens 2 weeks old or older, however, had at least one light-chain allele rearranged. All of the cell lines analyzed which exhibited rearranged light-chain genes contained light-chain transcripts, and most of the REV-T-transformed cells which displayed light-chain rearrangements expressed immunoglobulin protein. REV-T, therefore, transforms B-lymphoid cells at phenotypically different stages of development. Many REV-T-transformed cells undergo immunoglobulin chain gene rearrangements during prolonged propagation in vitro. Most of the cell lines which rearrange their light-chain alleles also undergo diversification during cultivation in vitro. Light-chain diversification occurs during or after the rearrangement event.

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