The Journal of Immunology, Vol 142, Issue 12 4269-4274, Copyright © 1989 by American Association of Immunologists

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IgG anti-DNA autoantibodies within an individual autoimmune mouse are the products of clonal selection

TN Marion, AL Bothwell, DE Briles and CA Janeway Jr
Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.

Although mice from almost all inbred strains produce IgM anti-DNA antibody in response to B cell mitogens, only (NZB x NZW)F1 mice and mice from other strains that are genetically predisposed to autoimmunity spontaneously produce anti-DNA antibody of the IgG isotype. Because (NZB x NZW)F1 mice display marked B cell hyperactivity, anti-DNA antibody production in these mice has been thought to result from spontaneous, polyclonal B cell activation. Although this may be true for IgM anti-DNA antibodies, our results demonstrate that IgG anti-DNA antibodies are not polyclonal. Rather, IgG anti-DNA autoantibodies within an individual autoimmune mouse are oligoclonal and somatically mutated. These results demonstrate that IgG anti-DNA autoantibodies are the products of clonally selective B cell stimulation and exhibit the same characteristics as secondary immune antibodies to conventional immunogens: they are IgG, they are clonally restricted, and they are somatically mutated.

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