Affiliation:
1. From the Département d'Hématologie, the URA CNRS 625 and the Unité Claude Bernard C20, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Abstract
Abstract
To characterize early B-cell precursors in humans, we correlated immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene rearrangement status with the CD34, CD19, and CD10 cell surface markers. Highly purified adult bone marrow (BM) cell fractions were obtained by two successive rounds of flow cytometric cell sorting, and IgH rearrangements were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. Complete VDJH rearrangements were observed in the CD34+ CD19+ fraction, but not in the more immature CD34+ CD19− fraction. About one quarter of these rearrangements had an open reading frame, thus potentially permitting the synthesis of a μ chain. Partial DJH rearrangements were detected in both CD34+ CD19+ and CD34+ CD19− subsets, although they were less abundant in the latter. When triple labeling was used to better characterize the CD34+ CD19− population, DJH rearrangements were found to be present in the CD34+ CD10+ CD19− fraction, but not in the more primitive CD34+ CD10− CD19−. These results indicate that IgH gene rearrangements occur in CD34+ BM cells and that they initiate in immature progenitors expressing the CD10, but not yet the CD19 surface antigen. Finally, the presence of IgH gene rearrangements in CD34+ BM cells provides a useful marker of clonality to evaluate the possible involvement of these cells in various B-cell lymphoid malignancies.
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Subject
Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry
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