Bone marrow stromal cells promote B cell development involving recombinase gene-directed rearrangement of the immunoglobulin genes. We observed that the stromal cell-derived cytokine interleukin 7 (IL-7) enhances the expression of CD19 molecules on progenitor B-lineage cells in human bone marrow samples and downregulates the expression of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) and the recombinase-activating genes RAG-1 and RAG-2. Initiation of the TdT downregulation on the first day of treatment, CD19 upregulation during the second day, and RAG-1 and RAG-2 downmodulation during the third day implied a cascade of IL-7 effects. While CD19 ligation by divalent antibodies had no direct effect on TdT or RAG gene expression, CD19 cross-linkage complete blocked the IL-7 downregulation of RAG expression without affecting the earlier TdT response. These results suggest that signals generated through CD19 and the IL-7 receptor could modulate immunoglobulin gene rearrangement and repertoire diversification during the early stages of B cell differentiation.
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October 01 1995
Immunoglobulin recombinase gene activity is modulated reciprocally by interleukin 7 and CD19 in B cell progenitors.
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L G Billips,
L G Billips
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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C A Nuñez,
C A Nuñez
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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F E Bertrand, 3rd,
F E Bertrand, 3rd
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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A K Stankovic,
A K Stankovic
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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G L Gartland,
G L Gartland
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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P D Burrows,
P D Burrows
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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M D Cooper
M D Cooper
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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L G Billips
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
C A Nuñez
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
F E Bertrand, 3rd
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
A K Stankovic
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
G L Gartland
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
P D Burrows
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
M D Cooper
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
Online Issn: 1540-9538
Print Issn: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1995) 182 (4): 973–982.
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L G Billips, C A Nuñez, F E Bertrand, A K Stankovic, G L Gartland, P D Burrows, M D Cooper; Immunoglobulin recombinase gene activity is modulated reciprocally by interleukin 7 and CD19 in B cell progenitors.. J Exp Med 1 October 1995; 182 (4): 973–982. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.182.4.973
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