The Role of Rearrangement at the Second Ig Heavy Chain Locus in Maintaining B Cell Tolerance to DNA Export

@article{citeulike:2814686, abstract = {In recently generated B6.56R anti-DNA autoantibody-transgenic mice, it was noted that a substantial fraction of the B cells that had avoided DNA reactivity had done so through the rearrangement and usage of the endogenous, nontargeted H chain (HC) allele. This suggested that rearrangement at the second HC locus might be an important mechanism through which self-reactive B cells might successfully revise their initial Ag specificity. To test the importance of this mechanism in B cell tolerance, we generated B6.56R/56R mice that possessed the 56R anti-DNA H chain transgene inserted into both HC loci. These transgenic homozygotes developed higher titers of anti-DNA Abs, with an expanded population of B220lowMHC class IIlow B cells, enriched for CD21lowCD23low preplasmablasts. The analysis of hybridomas from these mice revealed that the only avenue by which these B cells could avoid DNA reactivity was through the use of the editor L chains, Vk20 or Vk21. Hence, in addition to LC editing, rearrangement and usage of the second HC locus/allele constitutes an important safety valve for B cells the primary BCR of which confers DNA reactivity. In contrast to these tolerance mechanisms, editing the first rearranged HC locus (through HC replacement) and somatic mutations appear to be less frequently used to edit/revise self-reactive B cells.}, author = {Liu, Yang and Li, Lisa and Mohan, Chandra}, citeulike-article-id = {2814686}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/180/11/7721}, day = {1}, journal = {J Immunol}, keywords = {editing, mice, rearrangement, tolerance}, month = {June}, number = {11}, pages = {7721--7727}, posted-at = {2008-05-20 03:31:59}, priority = {2}, title = {The Role of Rearrangement at the Second Ig Heavy Chain Locus in Maintaining B Cell Tolerance to DNA}, url = {http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/180/11/7721}, volume = {180}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2814686 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2814686 N2 - In recently generated B6.56R anti-DNA autoantibody-transgenic mice, it was noted that a substantial fraction of the B cells that had avoided DNA reactivity had done so through the rearrangement and usage of the endogenous, nontargeted H chain (HC) allele. This suggested that rearrangement at the second HC locus might be an important mechanism through which self-reactive B cells might successfully revise their initial Ag specificity. To test the importance of this mechanism in B cell tolerance, we generated B6.56R/56R mice that possessed the 56R anti-DNA H chain transgene inserted into both HC loci. These transgenic homozygotes developed higher titers of anti-DNA Abs, with an expanded population of B220lowMHC class IIlow B cells, enriched for CD21lowCD23low preplasmablasts. The analysis of hybridomas from these mice revealed that the only avenue by which these B cells could avoid DNA reactivity was through the use of the editor L chains, Vk20 or Vk21. Hence, in addition to LC editing, rearrangement and usage of the second HC locus/allele constitutes an important safety valve for B cells the primary BCR of which confers DNA reactivity. In contrast to these tolerance mechanisms, editing the first rearranged HC locus (through HC replacement) and somatic mutations appear to be less frequently used to edit/revise self-reactive B cells. IS - 11 JF - J Immunol EP - 7727 TI - The Role of Rearrangement at the Second Ig Heavy Chain Locus in Maintaining B Cell Tolerance to DNA VL - 180 SP - 7721 KW - editing KW - mice KW - rearrangement KW - tolerance AU - Liu, Yang AU - Li, Lisa AU - Mohan, Chandra PY - 2008/06/01/ UR - http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/180/11/7721 ER -