title: Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets. VI. B cell lymphogenesis occurs at multiple sites with differences in the frequency of in-frame rearrangements.
abstract: B cell lymphogenesis in mammals occurs in various tissues during development but it is generally accepted that it operates by the same mechanism in all tissues. We show that in swine, the frequency of in-frame (IF) VDJ rearrangements differs among yolk sac, fetal liver, spleen, early thymus, bone marrow, and late thymus. All VDJ rearrangements recovered and analyzed on the 20th day of gestation (DG20) from the yolk sac were 100% IF. Those recovered at DG30 in the fetal liver were >90% IF, and this predominance of cells with apparently a single IF rearrangement continued in all organs until approximately DG45, which corresponds to the time when lymphopoiesis begins in the bone marrow. Thereafter, the proportion of IF rearrangements drops to approximately 71%, i.e., the value predicted whether VDJ rearrangement is random and both chromosomes were involved. Unlike other tissues, VDJs recovered from thymus after DG50 display a pattern suggesting no selection for IF rearrangements. Regardless of differences in the proportion of IF rearrangements, we observed no significant age- or tissue-dependent changes in CDR3 diversity, N region additions, or other characteristics of fetal VDJs during ontogeny. These findings indicate there are multiple sites of B cell lymphogenesis in fetal piglets and differences in the frequency of productive VDJ rearrangements at various sites. We propose the latter to result from differential selection or a developmentally dependent change in the intrinsic mechanism of VDJ rearrangement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Doly 183, 549 22 Nový Hrádek, Czech Republic. Marek.Sinkora@worldonline.cz
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sinkora
authors.forename: Jishan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sinkorová
authors.forename: Ronald K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Christenson
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Butler
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D000916:Antibody Diversity / Q000235:genetics; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D022801:Complementarity Determining Regions / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D004253:DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015322:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D038041:Lymphopoiesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D016364:Reading Frames / Q000276:immunology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D015017:Yolk Sac / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D022801:Complementarity Determining Regions; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; C064658:RAG-1 protein; D004253:DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase