title: The anti-DNA-associated idiotype 8.12 is encoded by the V lambda II gene family and maps to the vicinity of L chain CDR1.
abstract: The 8.12 idiotype is an anti-DNA-associated Id present on lambda L chains that are expressed at high titers in 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Since this Id can be present on as much as a third of a patient's anti-DNA antibodies and is found in renal glomeruli, 8.12 is thought to be a marker for a subset of pathogenic anti-DNA auto-antibodies. A molecular analysis of the 8.12 positive antibodies was designed to explore the genetic basis of this Id. Monoclonal human B cell lines were generated by transformation with EBV and lambda L chain-secreting lines were analyzed for Id expression and V region gene usage. In this panel of Ig lambda cell lines, the 8.12 idiotype is encoded exclusively by members of the V lambda II gene family. The sequences of several 8.12+ and 8.12- V lambda II genes are reported here and are used to map the 8.12 Id to the vicinity of CDR1, as well as to further characterize the large and polymorphic V lambda II gene family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Iliev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Livneh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Diamond
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015870:Gene Expression; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger