Immunoglobulin G locus events in soft tissue sarcoma cell lines.
Immunoglobulin G locus events in soft tissue sarcoma cell lines.
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软组织肉瘤细胞系中的免疫球蛋白 G 位点事件
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0021276
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发表时间:
2011
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Gu J
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作者:
Chen Z;Li J;Xiao Y;Zhang J;Zhao Y;Liu Y;Ma C;Qiu Y;Luo J;Huang G;Korteweg C;Gu J
Recently immunoglobulins (Igs) have been found to be expressed by cells other than B lymphocytes, including various human carcinoma cells. Sarcomas are derived from mesenchyme, and the knowledge about the occurrence of Ig production in sarcoma cells is very limited. Here we investigated the phenomenon of immunoglobulin G (IgG) expression and its molecular basis in 3 sarcoma cell lines. The mRNA transcripts of IgG heavy chain and kappa light chain were detected by RT-PCR. In addition, the expression of IgG proteins was confirmed by Western blot and immunofluorescence. Immuno-electron microscopy localized IgG to the cell membrane and rough endoplasmic reticulum. The essential enzymes required for gene rearrangement and class switch recombination, and IgG germ-line transcripts were also identified in these sarcoma cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation results demonstrated histone H3 acetylation of both the recombination activating gene and Ig heavy chain regulatory elements. Collectively, these results confirmed IgG expression in sarcoma cells, the mechanism of which is very similar to that regulating IgG expression in B lymphocytes.