Somatic diversification of the chicken immunoglobulin light chain gene is limited to the rearranged variable gene segment |
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| Authors: | C B Thompson P E Neiman |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Animal Production and Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University, 16680 Bogor, Indonesia;2. School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia;3. Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh;1. S.C. Neuroscienze con annesso CEA- S.S. Genetica ed Immunobiochimica - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d''Aosta, Torino, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Scienze ed Innovazione Tecnologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria, Italy;3. ISALIT, Spin-off dell''Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy;4. Esselunga Centro distribuzione, Biandrate, Italy;5. Azienda Sanitaria Locale "Città di Torino", Torino, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Previous studies have shown that the chicken lambda immunoglobulin light chain gene undergoes a single rearrangement that results in functional VJ joining of the unique variable (V lambda 1) and joining (J lambda) coding regions. The immunologic repertoire of lambda genes is created through extensive sequence diversification within the rearranged locus during B cell development in the bursa of Fabricius. This sequence diversification was detected only at the rearranged V lambda 1 segment and not within the 5' leader sequence, the J lambda segment, or the unrearranged V lambda 1 segment. The selective diversification of the rearranged V lambda 1 segment was associated with unique DNAase I-hypersensitive sites on the rearranged allele. While probes for V lambda 1 sequences detect multiple homologous V lambda segments, probes for both the 5' leader and J lambda segments fail to detect homologous sequences. Taken together, these results suggest that a highly selective process, possibly gene conversion, operates during B cell ontogeny to generate diversity within the lambda gene. |
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