title: Analysis of VpreB expression during B lineage differentiation in lambda5-deficient mice.
abstract: The VpreB/lambda5 surrogate L chain complex is an essential component of the pre-B cell receptor, the expression of which serves as an important checkpoint in B cell development. Surrogate L chains also may serve as components of murine pro-B cell receptors whose function is unknown. We have produced two new mAbs, R3 and R5, that recognize a different VpreB epitope than the one recognized by the previously described VP245 anti-mouse VpreB Ab. These Abs were used to confirm the expression of surrogate L chains on wild-type pro-B and pre-B cell lines. Although undetectable on the cell surface, VpreB was found to be normally expressed within B lineage cells of lambda5-deficient mice. Nevertheless, VpreB expression was extinguished at the B cell stage of differentiation in these mice. The normal pattern of VpreB expression in lambda5-deficient mice excludes an essential role for pro-B and pre-B cell receptors in VpreB regulation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Developmental and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, 18214 Sixth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elgavish
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karasuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubagawa
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D054444:Immunoglobulin Light Chains, Surrogate; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D054444:Immunoglobulin Light Chains, Surrogate; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins