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Abstract

Lymphoid cells transformed by Abelson murine leukemia virus have provided one of the classic models for study of early B-cell development and immunoglobulin rearrangement. Most of these cells have rearranged their heavy-chain locus but not their light chain genes, suggesting that an active v-abl protein interferes with this differentiation step. To test this hypothesis, light-chain gene structure was examined in pre-B cells transformed by temperature-sensitive mutants of the Abelson virus and in derivatives that survive at the nonpermissive temperature because they express a human BCL-2 gene. Our studies reveal that inactivation of the v-abl protein tyrosine kinase triggers high-frequency rearrangement of kappa and lambda light-chain genes. These events are accompanied by marked increases in the expression of RAG-1 and RAG-2 RNAs. These increases occur in the absence of protein synthesis but are dependent on inactivation of the v-abl protein tyrosine kinase. As documented in the accompanying paper (Klug et al., this issue), an active v-abl protein also suppresses the activity of NF-kappa B/rel and expression controlled by the kappa intron enhancer. Together these data demonstrate that the v-abl protein specifically interferes with light-chain gene rearrangement by suppressing at least two pathways essential for this stage of B-cell differentiation and suggest that tyrosine phosphorylation is important in regulating RAG gene expression.

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Chen, Y. Y., Wang, L. C., Huang, M. S., & Rosenberg, N. (1994). An active v-abl protein tyrosine kinase blocks immunoglobulin light-chain gene rearrangement. Genes & Development, 8(6), 688–697.

Authors 4
  1. Y Y Chen (first)
  2. L C Wang (additional)
  3. M S Huang (additional)
  4. N Rosenberg (additional)
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@article{Chen_1994, title={An active v-abl protein tyrosine kinase blocks immunoglobulin light-chain gene rearrangement.}, volume={8}, ISSN={1549-5477}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.8.6.688}, DOI={10.1101/gad.8.6.688}, number={6}, journal={Genes & Development}, publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory}, author={Chen, Y Y and Wang, L C and Huang, M S and Rosenberg, N}, year={1994}, month=mar, pages={688–697} }