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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 155, Issue 4 1930-1941, Copyright © 1995 by American Association of Immunologists

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Differential regulation of alternative 3' splicing of epsilon messenger RNA variants

D Diaz-Sanchez, K Zhang, TB Nutman and A Saxon
Hart and Louise Lyon Laboratory, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90024, USA.

Alternative 3' splicing of the one active human epsilon heavy chain gene results in variants of epsilon mRNA encoding distinct IgE proteins. The same relative amounts of these epsilon mRNA variants were produced by non-atopic donor B cells when driven in a variety of T- dependent or T-independent systems. The most abundant variants were those for classic secreted epsilon a novel secreted form (CH4-M2"). In contrast, cells from subjects with high levels of serum IgE secondary to parasitic infection or atopy spontaneously produced higher relative levels of the CH4-M2' epsilon mRNA variant, lower relative amounts of both the membrane and CH4-M2" secreted variants, and very low levels of the CH4'-CH5 variant. The existence of and corresponding changes in levels of the CH4-M2'-encoded secreted protein were demonstrated. IL-10 induced this same differential expression of epsilon splice variants in vitro when used to costimulate IL-4 plus CD40-driven B cells and could differentially enhance the production of CH4-M2' protein by established IgE-secreting cell lines. Inhibition of IgE by cross-linking the low affinity IgE receptor (CD23) decreased the levels of epsilon mRNA and resulted in a distinct pattern of epsilon mRNA characterized by a dramatic decrease in CH4-M2' splice variant. IL-6, IL-2, or IFN-gamma did not change the epsilon mRNA pattern. Overall, the absolute and relative amounts of the different epsilon mRNA splice variants produced appear to be controlled in a differentiation-related fashion.


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