title: Evidence for antigen driven selection in two monoclonal auto-antibodies derived from nonobese diabetic mice.
abstract: The nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse is a model of human type I diabetes. This diabetes is due to massive infiltration of the pancreatic beta cell of islets by autoreactive T cells (insulitis) followed by the destruction of insulin-producing cells. Circulating autoantibodies are also detected, notably against glutamic acid decarboxylase, peripherin and insulin. Two monoclonal autoantibodies directed against insulin and peripherin were obtained by fusing NOD spleen and myeloma cells. We report here the nucleotide sequence of the genes encoding for the V regions of these two antibodies. Somatic mutations were identified by comparing the light chain nucleotide sequence of one of these autoantibodies with its germline counterpart precursor established from NOD mice after PCR gene amplification. The other one displays N additions on both sides of the D region. These results strongly suggest that both autoantibodies have undergone diversification, either N additions or somatic mutations, and therefore present structural features of antibodies derived from animals immunized against exogenous antigens.
authors.affiliation: CNRS URA 1461, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pléau
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Marche
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boitard
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bach
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000276:immunology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006825:Hybridomas; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D007328:Insulin / Q000276:immunology; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000276:immunology; D064531:Peripherins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001323:Autoantibodies; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D007328:Insulin; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; C578994:PRPH protein, human; D064531:Peripherins