title: The expression of Vpre-B/lambda 5 surrogate light chain in early bone marrow precursor B cells of normal and B cell-deficient mutant mice.
abstract: Precursor B (pre-B) cells in bone marrow of normal and B cell-deficient mutant mice were analyzed for the expression of Vpre-B/lambda 5 surrogate light chain (SL). The surface expression of SL is confined to the early stages (pro-B and pre-B-I) of pre-B cell development and becomes undetectable once mu heavy chain (microH) is produced. The cell-cycle analysis revealed that cytoplasmic microH+ large cells (large pre-B-II), approximately 30% of which coexpressed SL in the cytoplasm, were most actively cycling, whereas cytoplasmic microH+ small cells (small pre-B-II) were SL- and not in cycle. The analysis of pre-B cells in B cell-deficient mice suggests that the large pre-B-II stage is a critical step for the selection and amplification of cells carrying functionally rearranged microH genes.
authors.affiliation: Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karasuyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rolink
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shinkai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Alt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Melchers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D016175:B-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000502:physiology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D054444:Immunoglobulin Light Chains, Surrogate; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007148:Immunoglobulin mu-Chains / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D054444:Immunoglobulin Light Chains, Surrogate; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D007148:Immunoglobulin mu-Chains; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins