PMID: 2507637Oct 15, 1989Paper

VH gene family repertoire of resting B cells. Preferential use of D-proximal families early in development may be due to distinct B cell subsets

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
H D Jeong, J M Teale

Abstract

The fetal VH gene repertoire was shown previously to be characterized by overrepresentation of D-proximal families, VH 7183 and VH Q52, compared with adult bone marrow B cells in which VH genes were expressed in a more stochastic fashion. To determine the underlying mechanisms of these findings, adult vs fetal progenitors were placed in the same supportive microenvironment and the resulting B lineage cells analyzed for VH gene family expression. The supportive microenvironment was provided by established adult bone marrow stromal cell layers. In this way the relative importance of environmental vs genetic influences could be determined. The fetal B cells and pre-B cells that developed on adult stromal cells maintained a fetal-like VH gene family repertoire with preference for D-proximal families VH 7183 and Q52. In contrast, adult cultured B cells maintained the adult-like repertoire with predominance of the largest family VH J558. Only after long-term incubation was there a change in the expression of particular VH gene families. These findings suggest that the D-proximal VH gene family preference observed early in ontogeny is associated more with the inherent genetic potential of B cell progenitors that predominate during fet...Continue Reading

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