The pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) expressed during the early stages of B lymphocyte development is a heterodimer of immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) with surrogate light chain, which is an Ig-light-chain-like molecule composed of the non-covalently linked CD179b (λ5) and CD179a (VpreB) proteins. The pre-BCR is believed to control IgH repertoire selection and proliferation of differentiating B lymphocytes. The LM34 antibody reacts with λ5 and surrogate light chain, but not VpreB alone, in transfected X63-Ag8.653 cells. It detects surrogate light chain on pro-B and pre-B cell lines, in the presence or absence of IgH, but not on IgM-positive B lymphocytes. It also detects surrogate light chain or λ5 on the surface and in the cytoplasm of pro-B or pre-B cells from the bone marrow of normal or RAG2-deficient mice. It has been noted that the (CD45R/B220) cell-surface expression of surrogate light chain is upregulated after a one-hour incubation of bone-marrow leukocytes in tissue culture medium at 37 °C. At the earliest stages of B lymphopoiesis, before IgH is available, the surrogate light chain associates with a complex of glycoproteins, including a nonclassical cadherin, which could be involved in selective adhesion events during B-lymphocyte development. After immunization, cell-surface λ5 is detected on a subset of splenic Ig light chain-positive germinal-center B lymphocytes. Two-color analysis of CD179b (?5) expression on bone-marrow pre-B lymphocytes. After immunomagnetic depletion of IgM+ cells using biotinylated anti-mouse IgMb mAb AF6-78 (Cat. no. 553519), C57BL/6 bone-marrow leukocytes were incubated for 1 hour in DMEM at 37 °C to enhance surrogate light chain expression. Then the leukocytes were stained with either biotinylated rat IgG2a, κ isotype control mAb R35-95 (Cat. no. 553928, left panel) or biotinylated mAb LM34 (right panel) in the presence of Mouse BD Fc Block™ purified anti-mouse CD16/CD32 mAb 2.4G2 (Cat. no. 553141/553142), followed by Streptavidin-APC (Cat. no. 554067) and FITC-conjugated anti-mouse CD45R/B220 mAb 9 RA3-6B2 (Cat. no. 553087/553088). Flow cytometry was performed on a BD FACSCalibur™ flow cytometry system.
BD Pharmingen™ Biotin Rat Anti-Mouse CD179b - Biotin - Clone LM34 - Isotype Rat IgG2a, κ - Reactivity Ms - 0.1 mg
Purification
The monoclonal antibody was purified from tissue culture supernatant or ascites by affinity chromatography.
Immunogène
Purified soluble complex of recombinant mu IgH, lambda5, and V[preB]
This product contains Sodium azide: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE which should be handled by trained staff only.
Conseil sur la manipulation
The antibody was conjugated with biotin under optimum conditions, and unreacted biotin was removed.
Stock
4 °C
Stockage commentaire
Store undiluted at 4°C.
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