PMID: 2106560Mar 1, 1990Paper

The temporal order of appearance of transcripts from unrearranged and rearranged Ig genes in murine fetal liver

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
G G Lennon, R P Perry

Abstract

The developmental time course of RNA transcribed from unrearranged (germ-line) and rearranged Ig genes in murine fetal liver was determined by a quantitative Northern blot analysis. Sterile Cmu transcripts and germ-line VH transcripts are detectable as early as day 14, whereas significant amounts of rearranged VDJCmu H chain transcripts do not appear until days 16 to 17. The sterile Cmu transcripts continuously increase in abundance throughout fetal development, in contrast to the germ-line VH transcripts, which decrease abruptly after day 16. Transcripts of germ-line and rearranged CK genes are detectable on day 17, and continue to increase in abundance on day 18. Transcripts from a pre-B cell specific gene, lambda 5, first appear on day 15, and reach maximum abundance on day 17. The order of these events is consistent with the known order of gene rearrangements and with the idea that transcriptional activation of germ-line loci is a prerequisite for Ig gene rearrangement. The lag between the onsets of germ-line Cmu and VH transcription and the appearance of VDJCmu transcripts suggests that additional developmentally regulated events may be necessary to achieve efficient expression of completely rearranged H chain genes.

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