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The simultaneous production of two classes of cytoplasmic immunoglobulins by single cells in Xenopus laevis

Published inCellular immunology, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 316-324
Publication date1978-09
Abstract

The classes of cytoplasmic immunoglobulins of individual lymphoid cells from the spleen and peripheral blood of normal and immunized Xenopus laevis were investigated. Immunofluorescence microscopy and simultaneous double staining of the cytoplasm, using a mixture of class-specific TRITC-anti-19S Ig and FITC-anti-7S Ig conjugated antisera, showed that 70% of the immunoglobulin producing cells are “double producers” and contain the two classes of 19S and 7S immunoglobulins. The remaining 30% are composed of “single producers.” The proportion of splenic cells containing either 19S Ig or 7S Ig, respectively, was unequal, and reversed between two groups of animals, one examined at the primary immune response (29% 19S Ig and 4% 7S Ig) and the second group examined at the secondary immune response (8% 19S Ig and 30% 7S Ig). A spontaneous lymphoid tumor with an increased serum level of 19S Ig was examined in the same way. The tumor cells appear to produce 19S Ig exclusively.

Keywords
  • Animals
  • Antibody-Producing Cells / immunology
  • Female
  • Immunoglobulins / analysis
  • Immunoglobulins / biosynthesis
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Lymphatic Diseases / immunology
  • Neoplasms / immunology
  • Xenopus / immunology
NoteTravaux du Département de biologie animale ; vol. 23, no 736
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FISCHBERG, Irandokht, PARRINELLO, Nicolo. The simultaneous production of two classes of cytoplasmic immunoglobulins by single cells in Xenopus laevis. In: Cellular immunology, 1978, vol. 39, n° 2, p. 316–324. doi: 10.1016/0008-8749(78)90107-7
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