Flashcards in 60-B Cell Development Deck (43)
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B cell development
from hematopoietic stem cell
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commitment to B cell lineage
turning on or off transcription factors driven by cytokines and receptor-ligand interactions
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b cell maturation
bone marrow
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Fetal development of b cell
liver to spleen to bone marrow
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clonal representation
each b cell clone expresses many copies of a unique, single BCR
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central tolerance
mature b cells are purged of self reactivity
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VDJ recombination
heavy chain at pro b cell stage
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VJ recombination
light chain at pre b cell stage
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allelic exclusion
only 1 successful VDJ and VJ chain recombination is allowed
ensures only 1 unique BCR per B cell clone
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goal of recombination
create diverse set of Vh and Vl regions for antigen binding pocket
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heavy chain
VDJ and constant
chromosome 14
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kappa light chain
VJ and constant
chromosome 2
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lambda light chain
V and JC pairs, up to 7, only 4 functional
chromosome 22
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productive rearrangement
in frame contiguous
successful recombination
out of frame shifts reading frame
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Heavy chain recombination
D to J recombination, successful recombination occurs on both chromosomes
V to DJ recombination, successful recombination allowed on only 1 chromosome
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steps in recombination
elements randomly selected
brought into close proximity with recombinase complex
intervening DNA is cleaved and eliminated
cut DNA ends are ligated
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end product of VDJ recombination
mu heavy chain protien
defines cell as now being pre B cell
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proteins made by pre b cell
surrogate light chain complex, made of VpreB and lambda 5
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pre b cell complex
surrogate light chain binds with mu heavy chain protein to make pre b cell complex expression
block further VDJ recombination and initiate VJ recombination
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allelic exclusion for VDJ
out of frame DJ for one or both loci
non productive VDJ at one or both loci
pre b cell complex to close other heavy chain
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non productive VDJ at both b cell
cannot develop and dies
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allelic exclusion at light chain
transcription and translation of light chains, paired with mu heavy chain and expressed as complete BCR
stops rearrangement at kappa and lambda
stops surrogate light chain production
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non productive at both kappa
lambda loci now open
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non productive at both lambda
cell dies
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complete BCR
pairing of mu heavy chain with light chain to stop all further recombination
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recombinatorial diversity
random association of VDJ or VJ
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junctional diversity
open ends of DNA during recombination can be tampered with
add nucleic acids using TdT or remove nuclei acids using nucleases
makes new coding sequence for Ag binding pocket
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recombination is unbiased
BCR recognize self Ags as much as foreign Ags
must purge self reactive immature B cells "central tolerance"
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3 outcomes of central tolerance
apoptosis
anergy/cell paralysis
positive selection
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