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  • Title: Evidence for a direct physical interaction of membrane IgM, IgD, and IgG with the B29 gene product.
    Author: Lankester AC, van Schijndel GM, Frommé J, Cordell JL, van Lier RA, van Noesel CJ.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1994 Mar 01; 152(5):2157-62. PubMed ID: 8133032.
    Abstract:
    The B cell Ag-receptor complex is composed of membrane immunoglobulin (mIg) and the mb-1/B29 heterodimer. In order to obtain insight into the architecture of the B cell receptor complex, we have looked for conditions that disrupt all disulfide bridges in the complex without affecting the noncovalent interaction between the mIg heavy chain and one or both members of the associated heterodimer. We show that in the presence of the reducing agent beta-mercaptoethanol the m mu, m delta, and m gamma heavy chains remain selectively associated with the B29 members. Our findings implied that if isotype-related differences exist between the mIg-associated dimers, they may reside in B29 and not, as initially suggested, in mb-1. However, sequence analyses of B29 gene transcripts from B cells expressing mIgM, mIgD, or mIgG only revealed no differences in their nucleotide composition. Thus, in spite of their close physical interaction with mIg heavy chain classes, which are significantly distinct in the C-terminal regions, no isotype-specific forms of B29 seem to exist.
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