| First Author | Kraig E | Year | 1983 |
| Journal | J Exp Med | Volume | 158 |
| Issue | 1 | Pages | 192-209 |
| PubMed ID | 6190977 | Mgi Jnum | J:7109 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:55580 | Doi | 10.1084/jem.158.1.192 |
| Citation | Kraig E, et al. (1983) T and B cells that recognize the same antigen do not transcribe similar heavy chain variable region gene segments. J Exp Med 158(1):192-209 |
| abstractText | We have attempted to determine whether T cells and B cells that have the same antigenic specificity and whose receptors share idiotypic determinants in fact express similar VH gene segments. To do this, we have obtained and characterized a cDNA clone containing the entire coding sequence for the VH gene from a glutamic acid60/alanine30/tyrosine10 (GAT)-binding immunoglobulin that carries the CGAT idiotype. The GAT-VH clone was hybridized to Northern blots of GAT-specific T cell RNAs; there was no evidence of a T cell transcript that hybridized to the GAT-VH probe. The T cells analyzed included: (a) 10 GAT-binding suppressor T cell hybridomas, 6 of which secreted factors with CGAT idiotypic determinants, (b) one GAT-specific helper T cell hybridoma, and (c) two GAT-specific helper T cell lines grown in the absence of feeder cells. The detection limit of the Northern blot analysis was 1-2 copies of a particular mRNA species per cell for the hybridomas and 5-10 copies per cell for the T cell lines. Therefore, we conclude that T and B lymphocytes responding to GAT do not utilize similar VH gene segments. Furthermore, the presence of idiotypic determinants on T lymphocytes does not necessarily imply close structural similarity between T and B cell antigen receptors. |
