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  • Title: The D segment defines the T15 idiotype: the immunoresponse of A/J mice to Pneumococcus pneumoniae.
    Author: Berek C.
    Journal: Eur J Immunol; 1984 Nov; 14(11):1043-8. PubMed ID: 6499907.
    Abstract:
    In the immune response of BALB/c mice (Igha) to Pneumococcus the majority of antibodies express the idiotype of the myeloma protein TEPC 15 (T15). In contrast mice of the A/J strain (Ighe) do not express this idiotype. Using (BALB/c X A/J)F1, F2 or backcross mice it could be shown that in allotype heterozygous animals (Igha/e) Pneumococcus pneumoniae preferentially stimulates B cells expressing a heavy chain (H) encoded by genes in the BALB/c H chain gene complex. Phosphorylcholine (PC)-specific hybridoma lines were established from BALB/c and A/J spleen cells and idiotypically analyzed using monoclonal antibodies (mAb) specific for the T15 idiotopes 32/65, 10/13, 16/13 or 21A5. Whereas the majority of the BALB/c PC-binding mAb express these idiotopes, only some of the A/J mAb are positive for one or the other of the idiotopes formed by the variable (V) regions of the H and the light chain of the myeloma protein T15. However, 80% of the A/J PC-binding hybridoma proteins were bound by the anti-idiotopic mAb 21A5. This mAb is specific for a determinant partially formed by the C alpha and partially by the V regions of the myeloma protein T15. The mRNA of one of these T15- A/J PC-binding hybridoma lines was sequenced. VH and V kappa were identical with sequences found for BALB/c T15-like antibodies. The sequence of the D segment was structurally very different. The importance of the D segment in the dominant expression of the T15 idiotype is discussed.
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