期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
卷 199, 期 3, 页码 337-346出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031712
关键词
autoimmunity; lupus; CD25; light chain; myelin basic protein
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM020964, GM20964] Funding Source: Medline
Receptor editing is performed by replacement of Vkappa genes that contribute to autoreactivity. In addition, the Ckappa locus can be deleted by Vkappa rearrangement to intronic or 3' of Ckappa RS sequences (also referred to as kappa deletion elements). B cells that delete the Ckappa can then express lambda light chains. However, the lambda locus, either of man or mouse, does not allow V gene replacement. Nor does it appear to be deleted. Therefore, editing of autoreactive lambda B cells may require alternative pathways. We have found that in anti-DNA heavy chain transgenic mice (tgs) V(H)3H9/ 56R, B cells that express anti-DNA receptors comprised of lambda1 in association with an anti-DNA heavy chain often coexpress a kappa chain that prevents DNA binding, We speculate that such isotypically included cells may have low anti-DNA receptor densities, a feature that may lead to self-tolerance. Here we describe a mechanism of preventing DNA binding by expression of a rarely used member of the Vlambda family, Vlambdax. The lambdax B cells of the tgs also express CD25 and may represent B cells that have exhausted light chain editing possibilities.
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