Intrinsic transcriptional heterogeneity in B cells controls early class switching to IgE

ABSTRACT: 'Non-coding transcripts originating upstream of the immunoglobulin constant region (I-transcripts) are required to direct activation-induced deaminase to initiate class switching in B cells. Differential regulation of I and I1 transcription in response to interleukin-4 (IL-4), hence class switching to IgE and IgG1, is not fully understood. Here we combine novel mouse reporters and single-cell RNA-seq to reveal the heterogeneity in IL-4 induced I-transcription. Transgenic mice were generated with one allele labelled with an eGFP fluorescent reporter gene in the first exon of the gamma-1 non-coding RNA and one allele with a tdTom fluorescent reporter gene in the first exon of the epsilon non-coding RNA. Ex vivo splenic B cells from these mice were stimulated with IL-4, lipopolysaccharide

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2500

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Michael Stubbington 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4825 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress