PMID: 2497178May 15, 1989Paper

A single VH gene is utilized predominantly in anti-BrMRBC hybridomas derived from purified Ly-1 B cells. Definition of the VH11 family

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
R R HardyK Hayakawa

Abstract

By establishing hybridomas from two distinct surface IgM+ splenic B cell populations, Ly-1 B cells and "conventional" (Ly-1-) B cells, we found that the Ly-1 B population includes a 30 to 70 times higher frequency (1 to 2%) of cells with specificity for bromelain treated autologous red blood cells (anti-BrMRBC) when compared with conventional B cells (0.03%). We cloned and sequenced the V genes encoding anti-BrMRBC antibody from two hybridomas made with Ly-1 B cells sorted from the spleen of SM/J mice. The VH sequence (for both) is identical with the previously reported sequence associated with this specificity and belongs to a new VH gene family. This gene family, defined here as VH11, has only two members and is the predominant VH rearranged in a collection of Ly-1 B derived anti-BrMRBC hybridomas, always in association with a single VL gene (a member of the V kappa 9 family). Furthermore, analysis of hybridomas made with Ly-1 B cells sorted from the peritoneum reveals a yet higher increased frequency of VH11-encoded anti-BrMRBC specificity (30%). This variation in frequency of anti-BrMRBC in the Ly-1 population depending on location, together with the repeated association of VH11 with a particular V kappa gene suggest that a...Continue Reading

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