Influence of pre-B cell receptor deficiency on the immunoglobulin repertoires in peripheral blood B cells before and after immunization

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During B cell development, pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR), comprising the immunoglobulin heavy chain (HC) and surrogate light chain (SLC), plays a crucial role. The expression of pre-BCR serves as a certification of HC quality, confirming its ability to associate with the SLC and light chain (LC). In mice lacking SLC, the absence of this quality control mechanism leads to a distorted repertoire of HCs in the spleen and bone marrow. In this study, we conducted a comparative analysis of the immunoglobulin gene repertoire in peripheral blood cells of both wild-type mice and pre-BCR-deficient mice. Our findings reveal differences not only in the μ HC repertoire but also in the α HC and κ LC repertoires of the pre-BCR-deficient mice. These results suggest that the pre-BCR-mediated quality check of HC influences the selection of class-switched HC and LC repertoires. To further explore the impact of pre-BCR deficiency, we immunized these mice with thymus-dependent antigens and compared the antigen-responding repertoires. Our observations indicate that the affinity maturation pathways remain consistent between wild-type mice and pre-BCR-deficient mice, albeit with variations in the degree of maturation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:166

Enthalten in:

Molecular immunology - 166(2024) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 87-100

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shimizu, Takeyuki [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Ohnishi, Kazuo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Affinity maturation
Immunoglobulin Light Chains, Surrogate
Immunoglobulin mu-Chains
Immunoglobulin repertoire
Journal Article
Pre-B Cell Receptors
Pre-B cell receptor
Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.molimm.2024.01.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367622947