title: Genetic polymorphism at the mouse immunoglobulin J kappa locus (Igk-J) as demonstrated by Southern hybridization and nucleotide sequence analysis.
abstract: Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of the C.C58 M75 myeloma kappa chain gene and the BALB/c germ-line J kappa segments suggested that the J kappa regions of C.C58 and BALB/c might be distinguished by restriction enzyme polymorphisms. This was shown to be the case in Southern hybridizations of Hinf I and Acc I digests of liver DNA from these and other strains with a J kappa-specific probe. Tests of a wide variety of inbred, congenic, recombinant, and recombinant-inbred strains provided evidence for three alleles, Igk-Ja, Igk-Jb, and Igk-Jc, the type strains for which are C58/J, BALB/c, and SJL/J, respectively. Analysis of the B6.PL(85NS) congenic strain suggests that the Igk-J locus lies in the neighborhood of the Lyt-2/Lyt-3 loci, approximately 0.30 cM from the V gene segment determining the Igk-VSer and Igk-Efl polymorphisms. Finally, nucleotide substitutions lead to amino acid sequence differences between the C.C58 M 75 kappa gene and the BALB/c germ line in J kappa 2 and J kappa 4. Two of these substitutions reflect true germ-line differences, raising the possibility that idiotype differences observed among strains could reflect J kappa as well as V kappa differences.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D005796:Genes; D007144:Immunoglobulin J-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D000950:Antigens, Ly; D007144:Immunoglobulin J-Chains; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains