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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 169, Issue 3, Pages 1283-1292Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.3.1283
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA-72318] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI23739, AI38965] Funding Source: Medline
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To examine the effect of B cell Ag receptor (BCR) surface density on B cell development, we studied multiple lines of mice containing various copy numbers of an IgHgS transgene. The V. gene in this transgene encodes multireactive BCRs with low affinity for self Ags. These BCRs promote differentiation to a B cell subpopulation that shares some, but not all of the properties of marginal zone (MZ) B cells. Surface BCR level was found to be related to transgene gene copy number in these mice. In mice containing 1-15 copies of the transgene, elevated surface BCR levels were correlated with increased numbers of B cells in the MZ-like subset. However, in mice containing 20-30 copies of the transgene, massive clonal deletion of B cells was observed in the bone marrow, few B cells populated the spleen, and B cells were essentially absent from the lymph nodes. These data support the idea that autoantigens mediate not only negative, but positive selection of developing B cells as well. More importantly, they illustrate the profound influence of BCR surface density on the extent to which either of these selective processes take place.
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