Clonal Analysis of the Anti-DNA Repertoire of Murine B Lymphocytes

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Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 1987 May 1

PMID 3495004

Citations 15

Authors

J D Conger

B L Pike

G J Nossal

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Abstract

The present studies characterize at the clonal level the repertoire of lipopolysaccharide-responsive murine B lymphocytes committed to the production of antibodies reactive with denatured DNA. This repertoire is vast in normal mice as 1-5% of total mitogen-induced antibody-forming cell clones secreted denatured DNA-reactive antibodies when the splenocyte donors were CBA (Ighj), BALB/c (Igha), C57BL/6 (Ighb), CBA nu/nu, and C57BL/6 nu/nu athymic mice. The autoimmune NZB (Ighe) strain did not display elevated proportions of anti-denatured DNA antibody-forming cell precursors. Cross-reactions shown by CBA anti-denatured DNA antibodies suggest that many antibodies might derive significant binding energy from interaction with the bases or similar hydrophobic moieties. Cross-reactions with other tested polynucleotides were frequent, but cross-reactions with phospholipids and phosphocholine were undetectable. Most anti-DNA antibodies bound preferentially or exclusively to single-stranded denatured DNA as compared to double-stranded native DNA. The frequency of anti-denatured DNA antibody-forming cell precursors among CBA peritoneal cells was not elevated. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter-selected Ly-1-positive NZB splenic B cells were not enriched, and Ly-1 negative B cells were not depleted of anti-DNA antibody-forming cell precursors. These results show that antibody-forming cell precursors specific for denatured DNA are not restricted to the Ly-1 positive B-cell subset.

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