A locus affecting immunoglobulin isotype selection (Igis1) maps to the MHC region in C57BL, BALB/c and NOD mice

Immunology and Cell Biology
V B MatthewsP Price

Abstract

We have previously shown that H2b mice with B10 or BALB genetic backgrounds have higher basal levels of IgG2a than H2k and H2d congenic strains and, hence, have low IgG1/IgG2a ratios, which is consistent with a T1 cytokine milieu. The phenotypic marker of the high IgG2a levels, denoted immunoglobulin isotype-1 (Igis1) was provisionally mapped telomeric of IEbeta using MHC recombinant mice. In addition, data from B10.A(2R), B10.A(1R) and B10.A(18R) mice indicated that Igis1 may lie in a 27 kb region between G7b (Sm-X5) and G7c. In the present study we confirm that Igis1 is in the H2 region using BALB and B10 congenic F2 mice. H2bb F2 mice had higher IgG2a levels than the H2dd parental strains. H2bd F1 and F2 mice on the B10 background produced IgG2a levels comparable with the H2bb parental strain, indicating that the b allele was dominant. In contrast, the H2bd F1 and F2 mice on the BALB background produced IgG2a levels between those of the H2bb and H2dd parental strains, indicating codominance of the b and d alleles. This suggests that a background gene influences regulation of IgG2a levels by Igis1. Non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice (KdIAg7IEnu11Db), which can develop type 1 diabetes, had higher levels of IgG2a than NOD-H2d congen...Continue Reading

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