TRANSCRIPTS OF THE IMMUNOGLOBULIN-C-MU GENE VARY IN STRUCTURE AND SPLICING DURING LYMPHOID DEVELOPMENT
TRANSCRIPTS OF THE IMMUNOGLOBULIN-C-MU GENE VARY IN STRUCTURE AND SPLICING DURING LYMPHOID DEVELOPMENT
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.77.12.7400
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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ADAMS, JM
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KEMP, DJ;HARRIS, AW;ADAMS, JM
Two classes of transcripts of the mouse Ig constant region (C.mu.) gene can be distinguished. Whereas B cells contain .mu. mRNA of 2.4 and 2.7 kilobases (kb), many T lymphoma, Abelson pre-B lymphoma and myeloid tumor cell lines contain polyadenylylated RNA species bearing C.mu. sequences (C.mu. RNA) of 1.9, 2.1, 2.3 and 3.0 kb. Production of C.mu. RNA, unlike .mu. mRNA, does not require recombination within the joining region (JH) locus. To define the structure of C.mu. RNA, RNA from representative cell lines was fractionated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to diazobenzyloxymethyl paper, and tested for hybridization with 23 DNA fragments that collectively span a chromosomal .mu. gene, cloned from a plasmacytoma. All the C.mu. RNA bear sequences derived from each of the 4 C.mu. domains, but none contain the intervening sequences separating domains; thus each represents a spliced RNA species. The 1.9 kb C.mu. RNA contains the 3'' sequence characteristic of secreted .mu. chain; the longer species bear that of membrane-bound .mu. chain. Hence C.mu. RNA and .mu. mRNA are equivalent throughout the C.mu. and 3'' terminal regions. They differ markedly in their 5'' regions, because the 3.0 and 2.3 kb C.mu. RNA bear sequences from within the conventional JH-C.mu. intervening sequence. Because these sequences are several kb from C.mu., this region must contain at least 1 hitherto unsuspected splice. C.mu. RNA may not express immunological diversity, because no evidence was found that they bear variable regions. T and pre-B lymphoid and myeloid cells contain equivalent C.mu. RNA species, which coexist with .mu. mRNA in some pre-B and B lymphoid lines. C.mu. RNA expression appears to reflect an activated state of the C.mu. gene common to cells at early stages of T, B and myeloid development.