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Discovery of a unique Ig heavy-chain isotype (IgT) in rainbow trout: Implications for a distinctive B cell developmental pathway in teleost fish

Overview of attention for article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, April 2005
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Title
Discovery of a unique Ig heavy-chain isotype (IgT) in rainbow trout: Implications for a distinctive B cell developmental pathway in teleost fish
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, April 2005
DOI 10.1073/pnas.0500027102
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John D. Hansen, Eric D. Landis, Ruth B. Phillips

Abstract

During the analysis of Ig superfamily members within the available rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) EST gene index, we identified a unique Ig heavy-chain (IgH) isotype. cDNAs encoding this isotype are composed of a typical IgH leader sequence and a VDJ rearranged segment followed by four Ig superfamily C-1 domains represented as either membrane-bound or secretory versions. Because teleost fish were previously thought to encode and express only two IgH isotypes (IgM and IgD) for their humoral immune repertoire, we isolated all three cDNA isotypes from a single homozygous trout (OSU-142) to confirm that all three are indeed independent isotypes. Bioinformatic and phylogenetic analysis indicates that this previously undescribed divergent isotype is restricted to bony fish, thus we have named this isotype "IgT" (tau) for teleost fish. Genomic sequence analysis of an OSU-142 bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone positive for all three IgH isotypes revealed that IgT utilizes the standard rainbow trout V(H) families, but surprisingly, the IgT isotype possesses its own exclusive set of D(H) and J(H) elements for the generation of diversity. The IgT D and J segments and tau constant (C) region genes are located upstream of the D and J elements for IgM, representing a genomic IgH architecture that has not been observed in any other vertebrate class. All three isotypes are primarily expressed in the spleen and pronephros (bone marrow equivalent), and ontogenically, expression of IgT is present 4 d before hatching in developing embryos.

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Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Austria 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 197 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 47 23%
Researcher 46 22%
Student > Master 27 13%
Student > Bachelor 16 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 5%
Other 31 15%
Unknown 30 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 102 49%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 23 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 21 10%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 7 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 3%
Other 6 3%
Unknown 42 20%
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