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  • Title: Membrane region of surface IgM is not sufficient for transducing growth inhibitory signals in an immature B cell line WEHI-231.
    Author: Iwabuchi N, Williams DB, Nguyen HP, Wu Y, Tisch R, Azuma T, Phillips MJ, Hozumi N.
    Journal: Eur J Immunol; 1992 Oct; 22(10):2507-11. PubMed ID: 1396958.
    Abstract:
    The murine B lymphoma line WEHI-231 is representative of immature B cells. Like normal immature B cells, WEHI-231 is susceptible to growth arrest following cross-linking of surface IgM (sIgM). Previously, we have shown using a WEHI-231 immunoglobulin (Ig) delta-transfectant that sIgD cross-linking failed to initiate growth arrest, in contrast to sIgM. In this report, we extend our research to investigate the structural requirement of Ig mu chain for regulating growth inhibition. Recombinant, chimeric Ig molecules delta/mu m and mu/delta m consisting of exons encoding extracellular delta and mu domains and membrane regions of different isotypes were constructed and introduced into WEHI-231 cells. A similar approach was used for sIgG2b-expressing transfectants. Our findings indicate that the mu m region is not sufficient for regulation of growth inhibition in WEHI-231 cells and suggest that additional extracellular region(s) of mu chain may be required for this response.
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