title: Immunoglobulin VH and VK genes of the BALB/c anti-foot-and-mouth disease virus (O1) VP1 response: cloning, characterization and transgenic mice.
abstract: Hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies of different isotypes were isolated from BALB/c antibody responses to the capsid protein VP1 of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) strain O1. According to antigen binding measured by ELISA a weak-binding (81D10, IgM) and a strong-binding antibody (113C12, IgG2a) were selected. As RNA sequencing of productive immunoglobulin VH and VK genes turned out, both chains of the weak-binding antibody (81D10) are encoded by germline (i.e. not mutated) genes whereas the gene encoding the strong-binding antibody (113C12) k chain is mutated at several sites. Therefore, rearranged VH and VK genes of 81D10 were cloned, expressed in immunoglobulin non-producing plasmacytoma cells, and mice transgenic for the 81D10 k gene were produced. These mice provide a first step in the development of a transgenic mouse model for genetical investigations in the affinity maturation of anti-viral immunoglobulin variable genes.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genetics and Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Conrad
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ziegner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005537:Aphthovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015870:Gene Expression; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000276:immunology; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D012313:RNA