TY - JOUR
T1 - Cellular basis of B cell clonal populations in old mice
AU - LeMaoult, Joël
AU - Manavalan, John Sanil
AU - Dyall, Ruben
AU - Szabo, Paul
AU - Nikolic-Zugic, Janko
AU - Weksler, Marc E.
PY - 1999/6/1
Y1 - 1999/6/1
N2 - Previous studies from this laboratory have shown that >85% of old mice have stable B cell clonal populations detectable by Ig heavy chain complementary-determining region 3 mRNA size analysis and confirmed by sequence analysis. B cells from the same clone are frequently detected in several lymphoid compartments of the same mouse. We now report the phenotype of all ten stable B cell clonal populations detected in five 20-month-old C57BL/6 mice. These clonal B cells appear to develop in the periphery, and nine of the ten B cell clonal populations expressed the CD5 cell surface marker. Stable B cell expansions may be dominated by cells at two stages of differentiation. Some B cell populations were detected with DNA as well as RNA and represent large clonal populations of B cells, detectable in several lymphoid compartments. These populations are found predominantly in B cell populations expressing CD45R/B220 and the mRNA coding for the membrane-bound form of the μ Ig heavy chain, which suggests a predominance of B lymphocytes in these populations. In other cases, smaller clonal populations were detected only in splenic RNA samples. These clonal populations were found predominantly among CD45R/B220- B cells and did not express the membrane- bound form of the μ Ig heavy chain. We offer the hypothesis that the B cell clonal populations present in old mice may be precursors of the two types of B cell neoplasms which are dominated by CD5+ B cells (B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia) or plasma cells (multiple myeloma).
AB - Previous studies from this laboratory have shown that >85% of old mice have stable B cell clonal populations detectable by Ig heavy chain complementary-determining region 3 mRNA size analysis and confirmed by sequence analysis. B cells from the same clone are frequently detected in several lymphoid compartments of the same mouse. We now report the phenotype of all ten stable B cell clonal populations detected in five 20-month-old C57BL/6 mice. These clonal B cells appear to develop in the periphery, and nine of the ten B cell clonal populations expressed the CD5 cell surface marker. Stable B cell expansions may be dominated by cells at two stages of differentiation. Some B cell populations were detected with DNA as well as RNA and represent large clonal populations of B cells, detectable in several lymphoid compartments. These populations are found predominantly in B cell populations expressing CD45R/B220 and the mRNA coding for the membrane-bound form of the μ Ig heavy chain, which suggests a predominance of B lymphocytes in these populations. In other cases, smaller clonal populations were detected only in splenic RNA samples. These clonal populations were found predominantly among CD45R/B220- B cells and did not express the membrane- bound form of the μ Ig heavy chain. We offer the hypothesis that the B cell clonal populations present in old mice may be precursors of the two types of B cell neoplasms which are dominated by CD5+ B cells (B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia) or plasma cells (multiple myeloma).
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10352251
AN - SCOPUS:0033151973
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 162
SP - 6384
EP - 6391
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 11
ER -