PMID: 2125365Dec 1, 1990Paper

The antibody repertoire of early human B cells. III. Expression of cross-reactive idiotopes characteristic of certain rheumatoid factors and identifying V kappa III, VHI, and VHIII gene family products

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
P M LydyardR A Mageed

Abstract

Our previous studies have shown that a high frequency of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-immortalized cord blood (CB) and fetal liver (FL) clones produce IgM antibodies which display extensive autoreactivity for IgG Fc (rheumatoid factor, RF). To investigate further the repertoire of these early B cells, we have examined the expression of CRI associated with RF paraproteins in relation to antibody specificity and polyreactivity. CRI were detected by ELISA and/or flow cytometry using a panel of well-characterized monoclonal antibodies defining idiotopes associated with particular V kappa and VH gene family products and raised against Fc-specific paraproteins. Many of the CRI were expressed by these clones, suggesting that they may be markers of early B cells. The presence of the CRI was not always associated with Fc specificity. Three of eight CB/FL clones expressed the V kappa III subgroup of light chains, and two of these expressed the V kappa III sub-subgroup associated CRI, 17-109. These two clones reacted with IgG Fc, and one also bound to single-stranded DNA. The VHIII-associated idiotope D12 was expressed on IgM from 4 out of 9 FL and 5 out of 12 CB clones. D12 and B6 (also a VHIII-associated CRI) were coexpressed in 4 out of 5 ...Continue Reading

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