Abstract
We have produced transgenic mice which synthesize chimeric mouse-rabbit immunoglobulin (Ig) kappa light chains following in vivo recombination of an injected unrearranged kappa gene. The exogenous gene construct contained a mouse germ-line kappa variable (V kappa) gene segment, the mouse germ-line joining (J kappa) locus including the enhancer, and the rabbit b9 constant (C kappa) region. A high level of V-J recombination of the kappa transgene was observed in spleen of the transgenic mice. Surprisingly, a particularly high degree of variability in the exact site of recombination and the presence of non germ-line encoded nucleotides (N-regions) were found at the V-J junction of the rearranged kappa transgene. Furthermore, unlike endogenous kappa genes, rearrangement of the exogenous gene occurred in T-cells of the transgenic mice. These results show that additional sequences, other than the heptamer-nonamer signal sequences and the promoter and enhancer elements, are required to obtain stage- and lineage- specific regulation of Ig kappa light chain gene rearrangement in vivo.
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