小鼠(BALB/c）未分化型免疫球蛋白重链可变区(VH）基因的克隆

我们曾报道了由小鼠胎儿基因文库中克隆 未分化型免疫球蛋白重链恒定区CE基因的 研究结果〔3,。与此同时我们还从小鼠基因文库 中克隆出未分化型免疫球蛋白重链可变区VH 基因。并对其进行了初步的研究。免疫球蛋白 的重链和轻链可变区的空间叠折形成了抗原－ 抗体结合位点,这对于结合特异抗原具有重要 作用[1,27。因此克隆与研究免疫球蛋白可变区基 因对于认识抗体的特异性、多样性都有一定的 意义汇‘,‘,。     

小鼠(BALB/c)未分化型免疫球蛋白重链可变区(V_H)基因的克隆

我们曾报道了由小鼠胎儿基因文库中克隆未分化型免疫球蛋白重链恒定区C_s基因的研究结果。与此同时我们还从小鼠基因文库中克隆出未分化型免疫球蛋白重链可变区V_H基因。并对其进行了初步的研究。免疫球蛋白的重链和轻链可变区的空间叠折形成了抗原-抗体结合位点,这对于结合特异抗原具有重要作用。因此克隆与研究免疫球蛋白可变区基因对于认识抗体的特异性、多样性都有一定的意义。 我们从相当于一个小鼠基因组的1.2×10~6个重组子中,克隆到8个V_H基因,并从其中之一分离到5.0kb的含免疫球蛋白重链可变区V_H基因的DNA片段。     

抗破伤风类毒素单抗可变区基因的克隆及在大肠杆菌中表达的三种工程抗体

我们采用RT-PCR,从小鼠杂交瘤细胞中扩增并克隆了抗破伤风类毒素(TT)抗体轻、重链可变区,重链Fd区基因,测定了其VH、Vk序列。并在大肠杆菌中表达了Fd片段,ELISA分析的结果表明Fd片段具有抗原结合的能力,但特异性很差。进一步采用SOE,和PCR技术,将VH、VK基因与ScFv连接片段组装成单链抗体(ScFv)基因片段,以及将人重链CH1和Fab基因连接片段组装成Fab基因片段。将它们分别插入含噬菌体fd外壳蛋白3基因的phagem-id pHEN 1中,在辅助噬菌体M 13-VCS作用下,噬菌体表面表达了抗TT的噬菌体单链抗体(phage-ScFv)与噬菌体Fab(phage-Fab),经ELISA检测,表明它们都能与TT特异结合。     

抗HFRSV人单抗可变区基因克隆及其序列测定

从杂交瘤细胞株87—2提取细胞总RNA．反转录合成cDNA链,进行PCR反应。其中扩增重链可变区一对引物分别与人免疫球蛋白重链v区基因5＇端和J区基因3＇端互补;扩增人λ轻链可变区引物与人免疫球蛋白λ轻链v区基因5＇端和J区基因3＇端互补。将重、轻链可变区基因的PCR扩增产物分别插入M13噬菌体．经转化筛选分别获得重组克隆。双脱氧法测定其序列,所得核苷酸序列经计算机分析,轻、重链可变区基因长度分别为309bp和405pb,编码103个氨基酸和135个氨基酸,有明显抗体可变区特征,具有骨架区和抗原互补区。     

抗人CD3单抗重,轻链可变区基因的体外扩增,克隆和序列分析

根据免疫球蛋白重链和轻链可变区基因５＇端序列和Ｊ区序列,化学合成适合于体外扩增抗体重、轻链可变区基因的二对引物。从体外培养的ＯＫＴ３杂交瘤细胞中提取总ＲＮＡ,反转录生成ｃＤＮＡ,以ｃＤＮＡ为模板,分别加入合成的重、轻链可变区引物进行ＰＣＲ,扩增出抗体重、轻链可变区基因片段。将扩增产物分别插入ｐＵＣ１９质粒,筛选出阳性克隆,用链终止法进行ＤＮＡ序列测定。所测重链可变区基因全长３５７ｂｐ,编码１１９个     

人免疫球蛋白重链可变区基因引物设计方法的改良

针对抗体胚系基因数据库的数据不断更新和完善,为获得人全部免疫球蛋白(Ig)重链可变区基因,改进引物设计方法,自主设计针对可变区基因高度保守的框架区1(FR1)和框架区4(FR4)的引物,提取未经免疫的健康人外周血单个核细胞,通过RT-PCR扩增重链可变区基因.其DNA序列与GenBank数据库和IMGT/V-QUEST软件比对,序列分析符合人免疫球蛋白重链基本框架结构,为胚系基因重排产生的序列.多个克隆的测序结果对比分析显示了良好的多样性.获得的重链序列为研制基因工程抗体及构建噬菌体抗体库奠定了物质基础,也为扩增其他物种Ig可变区基因的引物提供新的设计思路.     

甲型H1N1流感病毒血凝素单克隆抗体轻链和重链可变区基因的巢式PCR扩增及序列分析

目的：采用巢式PCR对甲型H1N1流感病毒血凝素单克隆抗体的轻链和重链基因进行扩增,对获得的基因进行序列分析,并找出克隆鼠Igκ轻链和重链可变区基因的通用方法。方法：设计22对扩增鼠Igκ轻链可变区和重链可变区基因的引物,对6株鼠抗人甲型H1N1流感病毒血凝素单克隆抗体的轻链和重链可变区基因进行克隆并测序,与NCBI公布的鼠免疫球蛋白序列比对分析。结果：巢式PCR方法可以有效避免单克隆抗体克隆过程的假基因,并且得到的单克隆抗体的氨基酸序列均符合鼠免疫球蛋白可变区特征。结论：建立了克隆鼠免疫球蛋白轻链和重链可变区基因的通用方法,为后期克隆鼠源性单克隆抗体的可变区基因提供了基础,并为研究甲型H1N1流感病毒血凝素与抗体的结合位点提供了实验数据。     

抗人CD3单抗重、轻链可变区基因的体外扩增、克隆和序列分析

根据免疫球蛋白重链和轻链可变区基因５’端序列和Ｊ区序列,化学合成适合于体外扩增抗体重、轻链可变区基因的二对引物。从体外培养的ＯＫＴ３杂交瘤细胞中提取总ＲＮＡ,反转录生成ｃＤＮＡ,以ｃＤＮＡ为模板,分别加入合成的重、轻链可变区引物进行ＰＣＲ,扩增出抗体重、轻链可变区基因片段。将扩增产物分别插入ｐＵＣ１９质粒,筛选出阳性克隆,用链终止法进行ＤＮＡ序列测定。所测重链可变区基因全长３５７ｂｐ,编码１１９个氨基酸,轻链可变区基因全长３２１ｂｐ,编码１０７个氨基酸。     

抗乙型脑炎病毒单抗重链可变区基因的筛选和鉴别

为了制备抗乙型脑炎病毒的人-鼠嵌合抗体,以分泌抗乙型脑炎病毒单抗的51-8杂交瘤细胞株为材料,分离这一单抗的重链可变区基因。杂交瘤细胞的大分子量DNA经Bam HI部分酶切后,以λEMBL-3为载体,构建了总数为2×10~7pfu的基因文库。以抗乙脑病毒单抗重链可变区cDNA为探针,从360000个噬菌斑中筛选出9个阳性斑,经点杂交及Southern杂交证明它们都含有重链可变区基因的片段。进一步以J_(11)探针(含J_3、J_4和重链增强子)对其中4个重组体进行鉴别。经EcoRI酶切后,有3个重组体含有与肝细胞和Sp2/0细胞相同的3.8kb片段,而第4个重组体(λ8a4)没有这一片段,却有一个4.5kb片段,这是在肝细胞和Sp2/0细胞中不存在的。从而证明前3个重组体的插入片段是未经重排的重链可变区基因片段,而λ8a4中的插入片段含有经过重排的功能性可变区基因。这一4.5kb片段不能与含有J_1—J_2的探针杂交,却同时含有V_H、J,或/和J_4和增强子。进一步证明,这是一个功能性的可变区基因。因此,将这一4.5kb片段分离出来之后,在pUC19中亚克隆并作酶切图。为构建抗乙脑病毒的人-鼠嵌合重链基因奠定了基础。     

鼻咽癌恶性转化基因Tx中3.0kb片段序列分析

从中国人鼻咽癌细胞株 CNE2中克隆分离出的恶性转化基因 Tx,其基因长度为 1 6kb.在对其中 2 .8kb片段测序的基础上 ,对其中 Xho /Eco R 长度约 3.0 kb的片段 ( Tx3.0 )进一步进行了测序 ,并利用生物信息学技术分析认为 ,Tx3.0与人类免疫球蛋白 kappa( Igκ)轻链基因高度同源 ,并直接映射于 J区 .Tx3.0中除有编码免疫球蛋白 kappa链的 J2、J3、J4及 J5基因片段外 ,在各个片段间不仅有 TATA box、CAAT box和 Poly A等经典的调控序列 ,还有 NF- IL6的反应元件、某些转录因子的识别序列、以及核基质结合序列等 .据此以及 2 .8kb序列的分析结果 ,对 Tx3.0下游 1 .0 kb片段序列进行了预测 .对 Tx3.0基因片段的研究为进一步研究 Tx基因在鼻咽癌发病中的作用 ,提供了重要信息 .     

Limited diversity of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable domain of the emerald rockcod Trematomus bernacchii

To investigate the diversity of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable domain of the cold adapted teleost Trematomus bernacchii, 45 cDNA clones, containing complete or partial sequences of rearranged VH/D/JH segments, were analysed. Clones were isolated from a spleen library constructed by 5' RACE or from an expression library previously constructed and immunoscreened with rabbit anti- T. bernacchii Ig heavy chain antibodies. VH sequences shared, on average, 79.9% nucleotide identity and defined only two gene families referred to as Trbe VH I and Trbe VH II, the latter comprising 89% of the VH sequences analysed in this study. A Southern blot analysis, performed with family specific probes, revealed that there are at least 25 genomic VH genes. A phylogenetic tree showed that Trbe VH I clustered with VH genes belonging to group D and Trbe VH II with those of group C. Four putative distinct D segments were found to contribute to the diversity of CDR3, which showed a high glycine content. The Shannon analysis revealed that FRs are very highly conserved. Of CDRs, CDR2 exhibits a mean entropy value higher than CDR1, contributing to variability in a significant manner. Moreover, eight distinct JH segments were identified. These findings provide several clues suggesting a limited diversity of the VH genes in the Antarctic teleost T. bernacchii.     

Organization and rearrangement of immunoglobulin M genes in the amphibian Xenopus.

Sequences of immunoglobulin (Ig) cDNA clones of Xenopus laevis show that at least three different VH families are expressed in association with different JH elements and different isotypes of Ig constant regions. In genomic Southern blot analysis, the VH probes for each family hybridize to a distinct set of multiple DNA fragments. In contrast, the genomic JH elements and the IgM constant region gene are localized in a single DNA fragment of approximately 15 kb. Genomic VH elements contain regulatory sequences similar to those in VH genes of shark, fish and mammals and have a leader peptide sequence that contains an intron; they encode the VH region until residue 95 and have heptamer--23-bp--nonamer motifs similar to the rearrangement signal sequences (RSS) in all other vertebrate VH elements. The six genomic JH elements so far sequenced have a nonamer--23-bp--heptamer motif at their 5' end. These RSS motifs imply the existence of DH elements. The comparison of cDNA clones that contain similar constant regions but different VH regions or JH elements suggest rearrangement events. This is shown by Southern blot analysis of erythrocyte and B cell DNA with a JH probe. Thus, the overall organization of the Xenopus Ig gene locus is similar to that of mammals but strikingly different from shark.     

Heavy chain variable region gene families evolved early in phylogeny. Ig complexity in fish

The V regions of channel catfish H chain cDNA clones have been analyzed. Based upon sequence relationships and hybridization analyses, five different groups of VH genes are identified whose definition is consistent with that of five different VH families. Genomic Southern blots indicate that as many as 100 different germ-line VH genes are likely represented by these families. The sequence diversity between identified members of these different families is similar in magnitude to the divergence represented between members of different human or mouse VH families. The FR regions are the most conserved regions when members of different catfish VH families are compared; specific amino acid positions appear to be highly conserved in phylogeny. Equally important is that diversity is represented in complementarity-determining regions CDR1 and CDR2 in members of the different families as well as in members of the same VH family. These results suggest that an extensive repertoire of VH genes can contribute to antibody diversity in this lower vertebrate. Sequence comparisons indicate that one of the catfish VH families shares considerable structural similarity to several higher vertebrate VH gene families--a relationship which suggests that this VH family may be ancestral to some VH gene families of higher vertebrates. Characteristic of the genomic organization of higher vertebrate H chains, catfish appear to have different VH families wherein a VH gene likely undergoes functional recombination with putative DH gene segments and one of apparently several different JH segments. The recombined V region is expressed with the same C region gene. These combined results suggest that bony fishes are the earliest known phylogenetic representatives to have evolved extensive V region gene families.     

Diverse organization of immunoglobulin VH gene loci in a primitive vertebrate.

The immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain variable (VH) gene family of Heterodontus francisci (horned shark), a phylogenetically distant vertebrate, is unique in that VH, diversity (DH), joining (JH) and constant region (CH) gene segments are linked closely, in multiple individual clusters. The V regions of 12 genomic (liver and gonad) DNA clones have been sequenced completely and three organization patterns are evident: (i) VH-D1-D2-JH-CH with unique 12/22 and 12/12 spacers in the respective D recombination signal sequences (RSSs); VH and JH segments have 23 nucleotide (nt) spacers, (ii) VHDH-JH-CH, an unusual germline configuration with joined VH and DH segments and (iii) VHDHJH-CH, with all segmental elements being joined. The latter two configurations do not appear to be pseudogenes. Another VH-D1-D2-JH-CH gene possesses a D1 segment that is flanked by RSSs with 12 nt spacers and a D2 segment with 22/12 spacers. Based on the comparison of spleen, VH+ cDNA sequences to a germline consensus, it is evident that both DH segments as well as junctional and N-type diversity account for Ig variability. In this early vertebrate, the Ig genes share unique properties with higher vertebrate T-cell receptor as well as with Ig and may reflect the structure of a common ancestral antigen binding receptor gene.     

Genetic basis of the antibody repertoire in Xenopus: analysis of the Vh diversity.

The Xenopus IgH locus includes various variable (VH) families, several putative diversity (DH) and at least seven joining (JH) elements, but--although structurally very similar to the mammalian locus--it contributes to a restricted antibody repertoire. The largest three VH families contain 15-30 VH elements which are interspersed at the VHI-VHII and VHII-VHIII boundaries. Twenty-nine genomic and eight expressed VH regions have been sequenced. Each VH family has distinct promoter elements with up to three octamers (ATGCCTAAAT) in either orientation. The incidence of pseudogenes ranges from less than 15% in VHI and VHII to approximately 50% in VHIII, consistent with their relative expression. CDR1 and CDR2 show low overall diversity with nucleotide divergence limited to parts of the CDRs. Randomly selectedly VH elements share CDR1 and CDR2, in some cases also with expressed VH regions. Thus, the complexity of VH elements is not maximal. Patterns of sequence similarities or identities indicate recombination or gene conversion events; sets of direct and inverted repeats flank the sites of, or lie within FR or CDR sequences where these genetic events may occur. Restricted antibody diversity in Xenopus seems therefore to be at least partially related to low complexity of VH elements, frequence of pseudogenes and expression regulated by specific promoter elements; diversity may potentially be increased by (non)homologous recombination events.     

Deletion mapping of Ig VH gene segments expressed in human CD5 B cell lines. JH proximity is not the sole determinant of the restricted fetal VH gene repertoire.

VH gene segments expressed in a panel of monoclonal human CD5 B cell lines have been positioned on the IgH locus by deletion mapping. The analysis yielded a relative order of VH fragments of the VH2, VH4, VH5, and VH6 gene families that was consistent with, and provided a further refinement of existing maps of the human IgH locus. We demonstrate that four of six VH gene segments expressed in the CD5 B cell lines map > 500 kb from the cluster of JH segments. Two of the gene segments, positioned at approximately 850 kb (58p2) and approximately 500 kb (1-9III) from the JH segments, respectively, belong to the previously identified small cohort of second trimester fetal VH gene segments. The data show that JH proximity is not the sole determinant of restricted VH gene utilization in early human ontogeny.     

Ig VH, DH, and JH germ-line gene segments linked by overlapping cosmid clones of rabbit DNA

Overlapping cosmid clones of rabbit germ-line DNA containing VH, DH and JH gene segments were isolated. The map of this cluster of cosmid clones indicated that the rabbit VH and JH regions were separated by 63 kb. Hybridization of Southern blots of these cosmid clones with two different DH segment probes identified a total of six DH segments within the region between the VH and JH regions. The nucleotide sequences of the JH region and one of the DH segments have been determined. The DH segment has conserved heptamer and nonamer sequences separated by 12 and 11 bp at the 3' and 5' sides, respectively, of the coding region and hence, appears to be a functional gene. The nucleotide sequence of the JH region revealed four functional JH gene segments and one JH pseudogene. Inasmuch as the JH region had previously been linked by contiguous overlapping clones with C mu, C gamma, C epsilon, and one C alpha gene, this VH-DH-JH cluster and the clones containing the Ig H chain C region genes represent 190 kb of contiguous germ-line DNA of the Ig H chain locus.     

Molecular analysis of immunoglobulin heavy chain genes coding for idiotypic and anti-idiotypic antibodies involved in B-B cellular interaction.

We recently reported that a unique B cell clone (B19-1d), specific for a cross-reactive idiotype (CRI) on MOPC104E myeloma protein (M104E), enhances Igh-restricted CRI+ antibody production. In this paper, we report the nucleotide sequences of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable regions (VH) of both M104E and B19-1d-derived hybridoma (HB19) antibodies. The sequence data revealed that both belong to the J558 germ line VH gene subfamily. Strikingly, not only the VH region, but also the leader sequences of M104E and HB19 are very similar to each other at 88% (VH) and 91% (leader) homology, but they use different D and J segments. The VH region sequence similarity is highest among the germ line VH gene sequences of the BALB/c J558 subfamily so far screened. Southern hybridization data, using 5'-noncoding regions of either M104E or HB19 genomic VH gene clones as probes, revealed that both VH genes are conserved in the M104E CRI producer strains of mice. Moreover, these probes show the restriction length polymorphism pattern of mouse VH genes in various strains. That the HB19 VH gene locates to the 5' upper arm of the M104E VH gene on the chromosome was suggested by Southern blot hybridization. Immunoglobulin VH gene restriction of idiotypic and antiidiotypic B-B cellular interaction is discussed from a molecular point of view.     

Dispersed localization of D segments in the human immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus.

We have studied the organization of the human immunoglobulin heavy-chain genes by pulse field gel electrophoresis as well as by isolation of cosmid clones. The total length of the heavy-chain variable region locus was estimated to be approximately 3000 kb. We found that D segments including a recently isolated D5 segment were dispersed among VH segments. We identified a pseudo V segment 18 kb 3' to the D5 segment in isolated cosmid clones. A 300 kb fragment produced by MluI digestion contained VH, D, JH segments and the distance between VH and D was estimated to be approximately 240 kb. Overlapping cosmid clones containing the human D1, D2, D3, D4, JH, Cmu and C delta genes were isolated. Restriction maps of these regions indicated that the distance between D and JH is about 22 kb. A partial restriction map of the VH locus was constructed using the pulse field gel electrophoresis technique and deletion of VH segments in B cells.