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Le Campion A, Lucas B, Dautigny N, Léaument S, Vasseur F, Pénit C. Quantitative and qualitative adjustment of thymic T cell production by clonal expansion of premigrant thymocytes. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:1664-71. [PMID: 11823495 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.4.1664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In normal mice, single-positive thymocytes proliferate before being exported into the peripheral T cell pool. We measured the in vivo proliferation rates of mature thymocytes in several TCR transgenic mice. Different monoclonal TCR transgenic single-positive thymocytes proliferated at different rates in a given MHC context. Conversely, mature thymocytes expressing a given TCR, generated in mice of different MHC haplotypes, also showed different rates of proliferation. In p59(fyn)-deficient mice, the proliferation rate of mature thymocytes was diminished. Thus, premigrant thymocyte expansion is TCR mediated and depends on TCR affinity for self peptide/MHC ligands. In addition, we show that mature thymocyte expansion is clonotypic, increases the daily thymic T cell output, and modifies the TCR repertoire of newly produced T cells.
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- Armelle Le Campion
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 345 and Laboratoire d'Expérimentation Animale et de Transgénèse, Institut Necker, Paris, France.
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Johnson LL, Sayles PC. Deficient humoral responses underlie susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii in CD4-deficient mice. Infect Immun 2002; 70:185-91. [PMID: 11748181 PMCID: PMC127596 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.1.185-191.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Resistance to infection with Toxoplasma gondii was studied in mice lacking CD4 expression. Such mice developed more brain cysts and survived for a shorter time than did wild-type controls after peroral infection with ME49 cysts. After immunization with the ts-4 strain of T. gondii, CD4-deficient mice exhibited impaired resistance to a challenge infection with virulent RH tachyzoites. Thus, deficient CD4 expression increases the susceptibility of mice to a primary peroral T. gondii infection with cysts and impairs their ability to be successfully vaccinated. CD8(+) T cells from blood or spleens of Toxoplasma-infected, CD4-deficient mice expressed markers of activation at frequencies similar to those of infected wild-type mice. Production of IFN-gamma in vitro was moderately depressed, and levels of Toxoplasma-specific immunoglobulin G2a in serum were substantially lower than in wild-type mice. Administration of Toxoplasma-immune serum to ts-4-vaccinated CD4-deficient mice significantly improved their resistance to RH challenge. Also, the survival of CD4-deficient mice chronically infected with ME49 was significantly prolonged by administration of immune serum. These results demonstrate that in addition to CD8(+) T cells and IFN-gamma, which are known to be critical for resistance, CD4(+) cells also contribute significantly to protection against chronic T. gondii infections and against challenge infections with highly virulent tachyzoites in immunized mice via their role as helper cells for production of isotype-switched antibodies.
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Adachi S, Iwata M. Duration of calcineurin and Erk signals regulates CD4/CD8 lineage commitment of thymocytes. Cell Immunol 2002; 215:45-53. [PMID: 12142035 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-8749(02)00012-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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CD4/CD8 lineage commitment of thymocytes is controlled by the T cell receptor-mediated signals and is mimicked in vitro by a long-pulse stimulation of isolated CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocytes with proper combinations of phorbol myristate acetate and the calcium ionophore ionomycin. CD4 lineage commitment required higher intracellular Ca(2+) levels than CD8 lineage commitment in this culture system. The calcineurin inhibitor FK506 at 1nM inhibited the development of thymocytes to either lineage, but 0.3nM FK506 significantly switched the development from the CD4 cell fate to the CD8 cell fate. The switch in lineage commitment was also observed when 1nM FK506 was added 8h after the start of the culture. Delayed addition of 20microM U0126, an Mek (Erk kinase) inhibitor, also induced the switch. These results suggest that the intensity of calcineurin activity and the duration of both calcineurin and Erk pathway activation are crucial for thymocyte lineage commitment.
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- Satoko Adachi
- Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, 11 Minamiooya, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8511, Japan
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Barthlott T, Stockinger B. Lineage fate alteration of thymocytes developing in an MHC environment containing MHC/peptide ligands with antagonist properties. Eur J Immunol 2001; 31:3595-601. [PMID: 11745379 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200112)31:12<3595::aid-immu3595>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A18 TCR transgenic thymocytes which are H-2E(k) restricted and normally selected into the CD4 lineage, are exclusively selected into the CD8 lineage in an H-2(q) MHC background. CD8 T cell selection in the H-2(q) background is far more efficient than default selection of A18 CD8 cells on a CD4(-/-) H-2E(k +) background. This suggests the involvement of special selecting ligands. Analogues of the cognate peptide for A18 with antagonist properties for the A18 TCR have previously been shown to effect a lineage diversion from CD4 to CD8 in fetal thymic organ cultures and intriguingly the MHC(q) background contains unidentified natural MHC class II ligands which similarly show antagonist properties for the A18 TCR. Despite the presence of these unidentified MHC class II ligands in the H-2(q) background and their potential influence on developing A18 thymocytes, however, MHC class I molecules were essential for thymic selection of A18 CD8 T cells.
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- T Barthlott
- National Institute for Medical Research, Division of Molecular Immunology, London, UK
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Daniels MA, Devine L, Miller JD, Moser JM, Lukacher AE, Altman JD, Kavathas P, Hogquist KA, Jameson SC. CD8 binding to MHC class I molecules is influenced by T cell maturation and glycosylation. Immunity 2001; 15:1051-61. [PMID: 11754824 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00252-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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CD8 serves both as an adhesion molecule for class I MHC molecules and as a coreceptor with the TCR for T cell activation. Here we study the developmental regulation of CD8-mediated binding to noncognate peptide/MHC ligands (i.e., those not bound by the TCR). We show that CD8's ability to bind soluble class I MHC tetramers and to mediate T cell adhesion under shear flow conditions diminishes as double-positive thymocytes mature into CD8(+) T cells. Furthermore, we provide evidence that this decreased CD8 binding results from increased T cell sialylation upon T cell maturation. These data suggest that CD8's ability to interact with class I MHC is not fixed and is developmentally regulated through the T cell's glycosylation state.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- Animals
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8 Antigens/immunology
- CD8 Antigens/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Differentiation
- Cellular Senescence
- Glycosylation
- H-2 Antigens/immunology
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D
- Ligands
- Macromolecular Substances
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- N-Acetylneuraminic Acid/metabolism
- Neuraminidase/pharmacology
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Protein Binding
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Rheology
- Solubility
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/growth & development
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- M A Daniels
- Center for Immunology, Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Hayashi K, Abe N, Watanabe T, Obinata M, Ito M, Sato T, Habu S, Satake M. Overexpression of AML1 transcription factor drives thymocytes into the CD8 single-positive lineage. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:4957-65. [PMID: 11673502 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.9.4957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To understand the gene regulation involved in the development of single-positive (SP) thymocytes, we generated transgenic mice in which the AML1 transcription factor is overexpressed. In these mice the number of CD8 SP thymocytes was greatly increased, and this continued to be true even when MHC class I was absent. This promotion to the CD8 SP lineage was not, however, observed when both class I and class II were absent. Furthermore, even thymocytes carrying MHC class II-restricted TCR differentiated into the CD8 SP lineage when AML1 was overexpressed. The selected CD8 SP cells were, however, unable to mature, as judged by the expression level of heat-stable Ag. Thus, overexpression of AML1 is able to skew class II-restricted thymocytes into the CD8 SP lineage, but not to drive the maturation of resulting selected CD8 SP cells.
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- K Hayashi
- Department of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Signaling through Notch has been implicated in many cell-fate decisions during lymphocyte development. Recent studies have provided new clues--and raised new controversies--regarding the exact role that Notch signaling plays in the commitment of cells to the T-cell lineage. Progress has also been made in deducing the transcriptional program induced by Notch and the mechanism of oncogenic transformation by Notch in lymphocytes.
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- A C Anderson
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 471 Life Science Addition, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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As a new slant on T lymphocyte repertoire selection, we have examined batteries of TCR sequences in thymi from transgenic mice engineered to exhibit limited, focussed TCR diversity. We have tracked the fate of differentiating thymocytes expressing a set of particular TCR through the positive selection process. Subtly different TCR sequences can promote different maturation pathways and commitment choices. Two distinct routes are followed by CD8-lineage cells interacting with MHC class I molecules, via TCR(hi) CD4(+)CD8(+) or CD4(+)CD8(int) intermediates, while CD4-lineage cells mature exclusively via a CD4(+)CD8(int) stage. The CD8-lineage routes are partially exclusive, indicating that the latter cell type is not always preceded by the former. The distribution of sequences also indicates that CD4 / CD8-lineage commitment is not strictly correlated with the class of MHC molecule engaged, and that some mechanism prevents mismatched intermediates from achieving full maturity.
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- M Correia-Neves
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (CNRS / INSERM / ULP), Illkirch, C.U. de Strasbourg, France
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Tanchot C, Le Campion A, Léaument S, Dautigny N, Lucas B. Naive CD4(+) lymphocytes convert to anergic or memory-like cells in T cell-deprived recipients. Eur J Immunol 2001; 31:2256-65. [PMID: 11477537 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200108)31:8<2256::aid-immu2256>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Recent demonstrations that naive T cells proliferate after transfer to lymphopenic hosts have led to the theory that active homeostatic mechanisms fill the peripheral pool of naive T cells. To extend these data, we injected naive CD4(+) T cells from AND TCR transgenic mice (H-2(b/b) or H-2(k/k)) into CD3 epsilon-deficient mice, and studied the absolute number, phenotype and functional capacities of the transferred lymphocytes, from the first days to a few months after transfer. Proliferation of naive CD4(+) T cells did not fill the peripheral naive T cell pool. Injected naive T cells acquired a memory-like phenotype that was stable with time, despite the absence of foreign antigenic stimulation. Their functional capacities were modified, enhanced or abolished depending on the MHC haplotype. Thus, "homeostatic" proliferation of naive CD4(+) T cells in T cell-deprived recipients does not regenerate the naive CD4(+) T cell pool.
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- C Tanchot
- INSERM U345, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
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Wilkinson B, Kaye J. Requirement for sustained MAPK signaling in both CD4 and CD8 lineage commitment: a threshold model. Cell Immunol 2001; 211:86-95. [PMID: 11591112 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.2001.1827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although there is general agreement that the RAS/MAPK signaling pathway is required for positive selection of CD4 T cells in the thymus, the role of this pathway in CD8 lineage commitment remains controversial. We show here that the differentiation of isolated cultured thymocytes to the CD8 as well as CD4 T cell lineage is sensitive to MEK inhibition and that both CD4 and CD8 thymocyte differentiation requires sustained MEK signaling. However, CD4 lineage commitment is promoted by a stronger stimulus for longer duration than required for CD8 lineage commitment. Interestingly, CD4 lineage commitment is not irreversibly set even after 10 h of signaling, well past early changes in gene expression. These findings are presented in the context of a model of lineage commitment in which a default pathway of CD8 lineage commitment is altered to CD4 commitment if the thymocyte achieves a threshold level of active MAPK within a certain time frame.
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- B Wilkinson
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Azzam HS, DeJarnette JB, Huang K, Emmons R, Park CS, Sommers CL, El-Khoury D, Shores EW, Love PE. Fine tuning of TCR signaling by CD5. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:5464-72. [PMID: 11313384 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.9.5464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Current data indicate that CD5 functions as an inhibitor of TCR signal transduction. Consistent with this role, thymocyte selection in TCR transgenic/CD5(-/-) mice is altered in a manner suggestive of enhanced TCR signaling. However, the impact of CD5 deletion on thymocyte selection varies depending on the transgenic TCR analyzed, ranging from a slight to a marked shift from positive toward negative selection. An explanation for the variable effect of CD5 on selection is suggested by the observation that CD5 surface expression is regulated by TCR signal intensity during development and CD5 surface levels on mature thymocytes and T cells parallel the avidity of the positively selecting TCR/MHC/ligand interaction. In this study, we generated mice that overexpress CD5 during thymocyte development (CD5-tg), and then examined the effect of CD5 overexpression or CD5 deletion (CD5(-/-)) on selection of thymocytes that express the same TCR transgenes. The results demonstrate that the effect on thymocyte selection of altering CD5 expression depends on the avidity of the selecting interaction and, consequently, the level of basal (endogenous) CD5 surface expression. Substitution of endogenous CD5 with a transgene encoding a truncated form of the protein failed to rescue the CD5(-/-) phenotype, demonstrating that the cytoplasmic domain of CD5 is required for its inhibitory function. Together, these results indicate that inducible regulation of CD5 surface expression during thymocyte selection functions to fine tune the TCR signaling response.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD5 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD5 Antigens/genetics
- CD5 Antigens/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Membrane/genetics
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cytoplasm/immunology
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Female
- Humans
- Ligands
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Protein Binding/genetics
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
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- H S Azzam
- Laboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Schmedt C, Tarakhovsky A. Autonomous maturation of alpha/beta T lineage cells in the absence of COOH-terminal Src kinase (Csk). J Exp Med 2001; 193:815-26. [PMID: 11283154 PMCID: PMC2193374 DOI: 10.1084/jem.193.7.815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The deletion of COOH-terminal Src kinase (Csk), a negative regulator of Src family protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), in immature thymocytes results in the development of alpha/beta T lineage cells in T cell receptor (TCR) beta-deficient or recombination activating gene (rag)-1-deficient mice. The function of Csk as a repressor of Lck and Fyn activity suggests activation of these PTKs is solely responsible for the phenotype observed in csk-deficient T lineage cells. We provide genetic evidence for this notion as alpha/beta T cell development is blocked in lck(-/)-fyn(-/)- csk-deficient mice. It remains unclear whether activation of Lck and Fyn in the absence of Csk uncouples alpha/beta T cell development entirely from engagement of surface-expressed receptors. We show that in mice expressing the alpha/beta TCR on csk-deficient thymocytes, positive selection is biased towards the CD4 lineage and does not require the presence of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II. Furthermore, the introduction of an MHC class I-restricted transgenic TCR into a csk-deficient background results in the development of mainly CD4 T cells carrying the transgenic TCR both in selecting and nonselecting MHC background. Thus, TCR-MHC interactions have no impact on positive selection and commitment to the CD4 lineage in the absence of Csk. However, TCR-mediated negative selection of csk-deficient, TCR transgenic cells is normal. These data suggest a differential involvement of the Csk-mediated regulation of Src family PTKs in positive and negative selection of developing thymocytes.
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- C Schmedt
- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Signaling, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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The process of T cell development in the thymus is tightly regulated, being dependent on the integration of signals required for thymocyte maturation and survival. Rearrangements, expression and signaling of TCR genes play an indispensable role in this developmental program. Recent advances have provided insights into the molecular mechanisms that regulate TCR repertoire formation at the level of alphabeta versus gammadelta T cell fate and CD4(+) versus CD8(+) lineage determination.
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- L J Berg
- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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During development, alphabeta T cells undergo positive or negative selection and CD4(+)/CD8(+) lineage commitment-events that have a major impact on the functionality of the T cell repertoire. The precise mechanisms of these differentiative steps remain elusive. Research this year has focused on quantitative models of signaling. For positive selection, the timing and extent of ERK activation may be important. For lineage commitment, the extent of Lck recruitment and activation may be the decisive factor. Next, the search is on for the genes that commit the cell to the fate determined by these quantitative differences in signals.
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- K A Hogquist
- Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, MMC 334, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- H Cantor
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Kraj P, Pacholczyk R, Ignatowicz L. Alpha beta TCRs differ in the degree of their specificity for the positively selecting MHC/peptide ligand. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:2251-9. [PMID: 11160279 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have tested the peptide specificity of positive selection using three transgenic alphabetaTCRs, originally selected on class II MHC (A(b)) covalently bound with one peptide Ealpha (52-68) (Ep). The transgenic TCR specific for the cytochrome c-derived (43-58) peptide was selected on A(b) bound with different arrays of endogenous peptides or the analogue of Ep covalently bound to A(b), but not on the original A(b)Ep complex. In contrast, transgenic TCRs specific for two different analogues of the Ep peptide and A(b) did not mature as CD4(+) T cells in various thymic environments, including the A(b)EpIi(-) mice. These results show that TCRs can be promiscuous or specific for the selecting MHC/peptide complex, and suggest that in mice described in this study transgenic expression of the TCR changes the original requirements for the positively selecting MHC/peptide complex. Future studies will determine whether the latter phenomenon is general or specific for this system.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Autoantigens/metabolism
- Bone Marrow/immunology
- CD4 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Columbidae
- Cytochrome c Group/immunology
- Cytochrome c Group/metabolism
- Epithelial Cells/immunology
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/biosynthesis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism
- Hybridomas
- Ligands
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Radiation Chimera/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
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- P Kraj
- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Watanabe N, Arase H, Onodera M, Ohashi PS, Saito T. The quantity of TCR signal determines positive selection and lineage commitment of T cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:6252-61. [PMID: 11086060 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.11.6252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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It is generally accepted that the avidity of TCR for self Ag/MHC determines the fate of immature thymocytes. However, the contribution of the quantity of TCR signal to T cell selection has not been well established, particularly in vivo. To address this issue, we analyzed DO-TCR transgenic CD3zeta-deficient (DO-Tg/zetaKO) mice in which T cells have a reduced TCR on the cell surface. In DO-Tg/zetaKO mice, very few CD4 single positive (SP) thymocytes developed, indicating that the decrease in TCR signaling resulted in a failure of positive selection of DO-Tg thymocytes. Administration of the peptide Ag to DO-Tg/zetaKO mice resulted in the generation of functional CD4 SP mature thymocytes in a dose-dependent manner, and, unexpectedly, DO-Tg CD8 SP cells emerged at lower doses of Ag. TCR signal-dependent, sequential commitment from CD8(+) SP to CD4(+) SP was also shown in a class I-restricted TCR-Tg system. These in vivo analyses demonstrate that the quantity of TCR signal directly determines positive and negative selection, and further suggest that weak signal directs positively selected T cells to CD8 lineage and stronger signal to CD4 lineage.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- CD3 Complex/biosynthesis
- CD3 Complex/genetics
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- CD3 Complex/physiology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Lineage/genetics
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/physiology
- Immunophenotyping
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Ovalbumin/administration & dosage
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/administration & dosage
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/biosynthesis
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/deficiency
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/physiology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
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- N Watanabe
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Aude-Garcia C, Attinger A, Housset D, MacDonald HR, Acha-Orbea H, Marche PN, Jouvin-Marche E. Pairing of Vbeta6 with certain Valpha2 family members prevents T cell deletion by Mtv-7 superantigen. Mol Immunol 2000; 37:1005-12. [PMID: 11395139 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(00)00106-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Superantigens (SAg) are proteins of bacterial or viral origin able to activate T cells by forming a trimolecular complex with both MHC class II molecules and the T cell receptor (TCR), leading to clonal deletion of reactive T cells in the thymus. SAg interact with the TCR through the beta chain variable region (Vbeta), but the TCR alpha chain has been shown to have an influence on the T cell reactivity. We have investigated here the role of the TCR alpha chain in the modulation of T cell reactivity to Mtv-7 SAg by comparing the peripheral usage of Valpha2 in Vbeta6(+) (SAg-reactive) and Vbeta8.2(+) (SAg non-reactive) T cells, in either BALB/D2 (Mtv-7(+)) or BALB/c (Mtv-7(-)) mice. The results show, first, that pairing of Vbeta6 with certain Valpha2 family members prevents T cell deletion by Mtv-7 SAg. Second, there is a strikingly different distribution of the Valpha2 family members in CD4 and CD8 populations of Vbeta6 but not of Vbeta8.2 T cells, irrespective of the presence of Mtv-7 SAg. Third, the alpha chain may play a role in the overall stability of the TCR/SAg/MHC complex. Taken together, these results suggest that the Valpha domain contributes to the selective process by its role in the TCR reactivity to SAg/MHC class II complexes, most likely by influencing the orientation of the Vbeta domain in the TCR alphabeta heterodimer.
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- C Aude-Garcia
- CEA-Grenoble, DBMS/Laboratoire d'Immunochimie, INSERM U238, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Cedex 9, Grenoble, France.
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Schaeffer EM, Broussard C, Debnath J, Anderson S, McVicar DW, Schwartzberg PL. Tec family kinases modulate thresholds for thymocyte development and selection. J Exp Med 2000; 192:987-1000. [PMID: 11015440 PMCID: PMC2193319 DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.7.987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Tec family kinases are implicated in T cell receptor (TCR) signaling, and combined mutation of inducible T cell kinase (Itk) and resting lymphocyte kinase (Rlk)/Txk in mice dramatically impairs mature T cell function. Nonetheless, mutation of these kinases still permits T cell development. While itk(-)(/)- mice exhibit mild reductions in T cells with decreased CD4/CD8 cell ratios, rlk(-)(/)-itk(-)(/)- mice have improved total T cell numbers yet maintain decreased CD4/CD8 ratios. Using TCR transgenics and an in vitro thymocyte deletion model, we demonstrate that mutation of Tec kinases causes graded defects in thymocyte selection, leading to a switch from negative to positive selection in rlk(-)(/)-itk(-)(/)- animals. The reduction in both positive and negative selection and decreased CD4/CD8 ratios correlates with decreased biochemical parameters of TCR signaling, specifically defects in capacitive Ca(2+) influx and activation of the mitogen-activated kinases extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2. Thus, Tec kinases influence cell fate determination by modulating TCR signaling, leading to altered thresholds for thymocyte selection. These results provide support for a quantitative model for thymic development and provide evidence that defects in negative selection can substantially alter thymic cellularity.
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- E M Schaeffer
- National Human Genome Research Institute, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Ferreira C, Barthlott T, Garcia S, Zamoyska R, Stockinger B. Differential survival of naive CD4 and CD8 T cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:3689-94. [PMID: 11034373 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.7.3689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In this paper we compare survival characteristics of transgenic and polyclonal CD4 and CD8 T cells. Transgenic CD4 T cells have an intrinsically lower capacity for survival, reflected in their gradual disappearance in thymectomized hosts, their increased sensitivity to apoptosis in vitro, and fewer divisions during homeostatic proliferation upon transfer into syngeneic lymphopenic hosts compared with CD8 T cells. Homeostatic proliferation, however, does not generally result in phenotypic conversion of activation markers unless cognate or cross-reactive Ag is present. T cells from the A18 TCR transgenic strain normally selected into the CD4 lineage are fragile as CD4 T cells, yet display the typical robust survival pattern of CD8 T cells when diverted into the CD8 lineage in a CD4-deficient host. Polyclonal CD4 and CD8 T cells also show distinctive patterns of survival, emphasizing that survival signals are relayed differently in the two lymphocyte subpopulations. However, expression levels of Bcl-2 in either transgenic or polyclonal naive CD4 and CD8 T cells are similar, excluding a role for this molecule as a key factor in differential survival of CD4 vs CD8 T cells.
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- C Ferreira
- Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
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Basson MA, Zamoyska R. The CD4/CD8 lineage decision: integration of signalling pathways. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 2000; 21:509-14. [PMID: 11071530 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(00)01711-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- M A Basson
- Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
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Yasutomo K, Lucas B, Germain RN. TCR signaling for initiation and completion of thymocyte positive selection has distinct requirements for ligand quality and presenting cell type. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:3015-22. [PMID: 10975810 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.6.3015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Thymocyte selection involves signaling by TCR engaging diverse self-peptide:MHC molecule ligands on various cell types in the cortex and medulla. Here we separately analyze early and late stages of selection to better understand how presenting cell type, ligand quality, and the timing of TCR signaling contribute to intrathymic differentiation. TCR transgenic CD4+CD8+ thymocytes (double positive (DP)) from MHC-deficient mice were stimulated using various presenting cells and ligands. The resulting CD69high cells were isolated and evaluated for maturation in reaggregate cultures with wild-type or MHC molecule-deficient thymic stroma with or without added hemopoietic dendritic cells (DC). Production of CD4+ T cells required TCR signaling in the reaggregates, indicating that transient recognition of self-ligands by DP is inadequate for full differentiation. DC bearing a potent agonist ligand could initiate positive selection, producing activated thymocytes that matured into agonist-responsive T cells in reaggregates lacking the same ligand. DC could also support the TCR signaling necessary for late maturation. These results argue that despite the negative role assigned to DC in past studies, neither the peptide:MHC molecule complexes present on DC nor any other signals provided by these cells stimulate only thymocyte death. These findings also indicate that unique epithelial ligands are not necessary for positive selection. They provide additional insight into the role of ligand quality in selection events and support the concept that following initiation of maturation from the DP state, persistent TCR signaling is characteristic of and perhaps required by T cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/classification
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/enzymology
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- CD4 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8 Antigens/biosynthesis
- Cell Aggregation/immunology
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Survival/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytochrome c Group/immunology
- Cytochrome c Group/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/enzymology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism
- Immunophenotyping
- Lectins, C-Type
- Ligands
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Major Histocompatibility Complex/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Peptides/agonists
- Peptides/immunology
- Peptides/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/agonists
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Stromal Cells/immunology
- Stromal Cells/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- K Yasutomo
- Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Basson MA, Wilson TJ, Legname GA, Sarner N, Tomlinson PD, Tybulewicz VL, Zamoyska R. Early growth response (Egr)-1 gene induction in the thymus in response to TCR ligation during early steps in positive selection is not required for CD8 lineage commitment. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:2444-50. [PMID: 10946269 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.5.2444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The early growth response gene 1 (Egr-1) is induced during positive selection in the thymus and has been implicated in the differentiation of CD4+ thymocytes. Here, we show that signals that specifically direct CD8 lineage commitment also induce Egr-1 DNA-binding activity in the nucleus. However, we find that pharmacological inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-related kinase kinase activity potently inhibits Egr-1 DNA-binding function at concentrations that promote differentiation of CD8+ thymocytes, suggesting Egr-1 activity is not essential for CD8 commitment. To further determine the role of Egr-1 in thymocyte development, we compare steady-state Egr-1 DNA-binding activity in thymocytes from mice with defined defects in positive selection. The data indicate that the appearance of functional Egr-1 is downstream of signals induced by TCR/MHC engagement, whereas it is less sensitive to alterations in Lck-mediated signals, and does not correlate directly with proficient positive selection. Egr-1 is one of the earliest transcription factors induced upon TCR ligation on immature thymocytes, and plays a potential role in the transcription of genes involved in thymocyte selection.
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- M A Basson
- Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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Terrence K, Pavlovich CP, Matechak EO, Fowlkes B. Premature expression of T cell receptor (TCR)alphabeta suppresses TCRgammadelta gene rearrangement but permits development of gammadelta lineage T cells. J Exp Med 2000; 192:537-48. [PMID: 10952723 PMCID: PMC2193230 DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.4.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The T cell receptor (TCR)gammadelta and the pre-TCR promote survival and maturation of early thymocyte precursors. Whether these receptors also influence gammadelta versus alphabeta lineage determination is less clear. We show here that TCRgammadelta gene rearrangements are suppressed in TCRalphabeta transgenic mice when the TCRalphabeta is expressed early in T cell development. This situation offers the opportunity to examine the outcome of gammadelta versus alphabeta T lineage commitment when only the TCRalphabeta is expressed. We find that precursor thymocytes expressing TCRalphabeta not only mature in the alphabeta pathway as expected, but also as CD4(-)CD8(-) T cells with properties of gammadelta lineage cells. In TCRalphabeta transgenic mice, in which the transgenic receptor is expressed relatively late, TCRgammadelta rearrangements occur normally such that TCRalphabeta(+)CD4(-)CD8(-) cells co-express TCRgammadelta. The results support the notion that TCRalphabeta can substitute for TCRgammadelta to permit a gammadelta lineage choice and maturation in the gammadelta lineage. The findings could fit a model in which lineage commitment is determined before or independent of TCR gene rearrangement. However, these results could be compatible with a model in which distinct signals bias lineage choice and these signaling differences are not absolute or intrinsic to the specific TCR structure.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
- Immunomagnetic Separation
- Immunophenotyping
- Interleukin-4/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Immunological
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
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- Kathleen Terrence
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0420
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0420
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0420
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0420
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Lucas B, Germain RN. Opening a window on thymic positive selection: developmental changes in the influence of cosignaling by integrins and CD28 on selection events induced by TCR engagement. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:1889-95. [PMID: 10925269 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.4.1889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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How TCR and non-TCR signals are integrated by thymocytes to generate a decision to undergo either positive or negative selection remains incompletely understood. Recent evidence suggests that TCR signal transduction changes its quality during thymocyte maturation, but whether the contributions of various cosignaling or costimulatory pathways to thymocyte selection also are modified during development is unclear. Questions also remain about the possible selective roles of specific costimulatory pathways in induction of differentiation vs death among thymocytes at any given stage of maturity. To address these issues, a quantitative in vitro analysis of initiation of CD4+CD8+ thymocyte differentiation as measured by CD69 up-regulation/coreceptor down-modulation was conducted in parallel with an analysis of induction of death. Using transfected cells varying in their surface display of ICAM-1 or B7.1 along with antibody blocking experiments, we demonstrate here that ICAM-1 provides a selective boost to signaling for differentiation without substantially affecting induction of death among CD4+CD8+ cells, a property that is lost as thymocytes mature further. In contrast, B7 engagement enhances both cell activation and death in parallel. Based on these data, we propose that the high level of ICAM-1 on cortical epithelial cells plays a special role in opening a window between TCR signaling for differentiation vs death, permitting efficient initiation of positive selection on epithelial ligands. In contrast, late CD28-dependent cosignaling on hemopoietic cells in the medulla would help enforce negative selection by augmenting the effects of TCR engagement by low levels of high affinity ligands.
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- B Lucas
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 345, Institut Necker, Paris, France
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Bhandoola A, Kithiganahalli B, Granger L, Singer A. Programming for cytotoxic effector function occurs concomitantly with CD4 extinction during CD8(+) T cell differentiation in the thymus. Int Immunol 2000; 12:1035-40. [PMID: 10882415 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/12.7.1035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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CD4(+) T cells are generally specialized to function as helper cells and CD8(+) T cells are generally specialized to function as cytotoxic effector cells. To explain how such concordance is achieved between co-receptor expression and immune function, we considered two possibilities. In one case, immature CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocyte precursors might first down-regulate expression of one co-receptor molecule, with the remaining co-receptor molecule subsequently activating the appropriate helper or cytotoxic functional program. Alternatively, we considered that the same intrathymic signals that selectively extinguished expression of one or the other co-receptor molecule might simultaneously initiate the appropriate helper or cytotoxic functional program. In the present study, we attempted to distinguish between these alternatives by examining thymocyte precursors of CD8(+) T cells for expression of Cathepsin C and Cathepsin W, molecules important for cytotoxic effector function. We report in developing thymocytes that Cathepsin C and Cathepsin W are expressed coordinately with extinction of CD4 co-receptor expression. We conclude that CD4 extinction and initiation of the cytotoxic functional program occurs simultaneously during differentiation of CD8(+) T cells in the thymus.
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- A Bhandoola
- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Deftos ML, Huang E, Ojala EW, Forbush KA, Bevan MJ. Notch1 signaling promotes the maturation of CD4 and CD8 SP thymocytes. Immunity 2000; 13:73-84. [PMID: 10933396 PMCID: PMC2780426 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)00009-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Notch proteins regulate many developmental processes. Notch1 is highly expressed on thymocytes, but its role in regulating their development is not known. We show that activation of Notch1 signaling in CD4+CD8+ double positive thymocytes promotes the maturation of both CD4+ and CD8+ single positive thymocytes and that this occurs in the absence of interactions between the T cell receptor and MHC molecules expressed on thymic epithelial cells. We have also identified several genes that are transcriptionally regulated by Notch1 in T cells and show that they are upregulated during maturation into both single positive lineages. These observations suggest that Notch1 signaling plays a role in promoting maturation into both the CD4 and CD8 T cell lineages.
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Kersh GJ, Engle DL, Williams CB, Allen PM. Ligand-specific selection of MHC class II-restricted thymocytes in fetal thymic organ culture. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:5675-82. [PMID: 10820243 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.11.5675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Positive and negative selection of thymocytes is determined by the specificity of the TCR and signaling through its associated molecules. We have studied selection of thymocytes bearing a MHC class II-restricted TCR using fetal thymic organ culture. This system allows the addition of peptides to the already diverse panoply of endogenous peptide ligands and is useful for analyzing ligand-specific negative selection of CD4 single positive (CD4SP) thymocytes. The data reveal that the ability of a given ligand to mediate negative selection is related to its dissociation rate from the TCR. We find that negative selection is very sensitive, and only the weakest ligand that we can identify fails to induce negative selection. None of the numerous peptides tested were able to induce an increase in CD4SP thymocytes. In addition, the ligands that induce negative selection of CD4SP thymocytes also cause an increase in numbers of CD8SP thymocytes bearing high levels of the class II-restricted TCR. Although these cells have a cell surface phenotype consistent with positive selection, they most likely represent cells in the process of negative selection. Further analysis reveals that these cells are not induced by these ligands in intact adult animals and that their induction is probably only revealed in the organ culture system.
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- G J Kersh
- Department of Pathology and Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Lee PU, Churchill HR, Daniels M, Jameson SC, Kranz DM. Role of 2CT cell receptor residues in the binding of self- and allo-major histocompatibility complexes. J Exp Med 2000; 191:1355-64. [PMID: 10770802 PMCID: PMC2193126 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.8.1355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/1999] [Accepted: 02/10/2000] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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T cell clone 2C recognizes the alloantigen L(d) and the positive selecting major histocompatibility complex (MHC), K(b). To explore the molecular basis of T cell antigen receptor (TCR) binding to different peptide/MHC (pMHC) complexes, we performed alanine scanning mutagenesis of the 2C TCR. The TCR energy maps for QL9/L(d) and SIYR/K(b) were remarkably similar, in that 16 of 41 Valpha and Vbeta alanine mutants showed reduced binding to both ligands. Several TCR residues varied in the magnitude of energy contributed to binding the two ligands, indicating that there are also unique interactions. Residues in complementarity determining region 3alpha showed the most notable differences in binding energetics among the ligands QL9/L(d), SIYR/K(b), and the clonotypic antibody 1B2. Various lines of evidence suggest that these differences relate to the mobility of this loop and point to the key role of conformational dynamics in pMHC recognition.
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- Peter U.Y. Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and the Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and the Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Ghiasi H, Cai S, Perng GC, Nesburn AB, Wechsler SL. Both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are involved in protection against HSV-1 induced corneal scarring. Br J Ophthalmol 2000; 84:408-12. [PMID: 10729300 PMCID: PMC1723442 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.4.408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIM To determine the relative impact of CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells in protecting mice against ocular HSV-1 challenge. METHODS CD4+ T cell knockout mice (CD4-/- mice), CD8+ T cell knockout mice (CD8-/- mice), and mice depleted for CD4+ or CD8+ T cells by antibody (CD4+ depleted and CD8+ depleted mice), were examined for their ability to withstand HSV-1 ocular challenge. The parental mice for both knockout mice were C57BL/6J. RESULTS These results suggest that: (1) both CD4+ deficient mice (CD4-/- and CD4+ depleted mice) and CD8+ deficient mice (CD8-/-, and CD8+ depleted mice) developed significantly more corneal scarring than their C57BL/6J parental strain; (2) the duration of virus clearance from the eyes of the CD4+ deficient mice was 4 days longer than that of the CD8+ deficient mice; and (3) the severity of corneal scarring in the CD4+ deficient mice was approximately twice that of the CD8+ deficient mice. CONCLUSIONS It was reported here that: (1) CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were both involved in protection against lethal ocular HSV-1 infection; and (2) CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were both involved in protection against HSV-1 induced corneal scarring.
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- H Ghiasi
- Ophthalmology Research, Cedars-Sinai Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Yu X, Fournier S, Allison JP, Sharpe AH, Hodes RJ. The role of B7 costimulation in CD4/CD8 T cell homeostasis. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:3543-53. [PMID: 10725709 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.7.3543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The effect of B7-mediated costimulation on T cell homeostasis was examined in studies of B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86) transgenic as well as B7-deficient mice. B7 overexpression in transgenic mice resulted in marked polyclonal peripheral T cell hyperplasia accompanied by skewing toward an increased proportion of CD8 single-positive cells and a decreased proportion of CD4 single-positive cells in thymus and more markedly in peripheral T cells. B7-induced T cell expansion was dependent on both CD28 and TCR expression. Transgenic overexpression of B7-1 or B7-2 resulted in down-regulation of cell surface CD28 on thymocytes and peripheral T cells through a mechanism mediated by intercellular interaction. Mice deficient in B7-1 and B7-2 exhibited changes that were the reciprocal of those observed in B7-overexpressing transgenics: a marked increase in the CD4/CD8 ratio in peripheral T cells and an increase in cell surface CD28 in thymus and peripheral T cells. These reciprocal effects of genetically engineered increase or decrease in B7 expression indicate that B7 costimulation plays a physiological role in the regulation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell homeostasis.
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MESH Headings
- Abatacept
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Antigens, Differentiation/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation/genetics
- B7-1 Antigen/biosynthesis
- B7-1 Antigen/genetics
- B7-1 Antigen/physiology
- B7-2 Antigen
- CD28 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD28 Antigens/genetics
- CD28 Antigens/physiology
- CD4-CD8 Ratio
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CTLA-4 Antigen
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Homeostasis/genetics
- Homeostasis/immunology
- Hyperplasia
- Immunoconjugates
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphoid Tissue/immunology
- Lymphoid Tissue/metabolism
- Lymphoid Tissue/pathology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Congenic
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
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- X Yu
- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, and National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Notch signaling regulates cell fate decisions during development. Recent experiments suggest that Notch signaling is essential for initial commitment to the T cell lineage and may function together with signals from the pre-TCR and the TCR to regulate subsequent steps of T cell development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage
- Feedback
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Hematopoiesis/genetics
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/physiology
- Receptor, Notch1
- Receptor, Notch2
- Receptor, Notch4
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Notch
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Transcription Factors/classification
- Transcription Factors/physiology
- Transcription, Genetic
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- M L Deftos
- Department of Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Yasutomo K, Doyle C, Miele L, Fuchs C, Germain RN. The duration of antigen receptor signalling determines CD4+ versus CD8+ T-cell lineage fate. Nature 2000; 404:506-10. [PMID: 10761920 DOI: 10.1038/35006664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Signals elicited by binding of the T-cell antigen receptor and the CD4/CD8 co-receptor to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules control the generation of CD4+ (helper) or CD8+ (cytotoxic) T cells from thymic precursors that initially express both co-receptor proteins. These precursors have unique, clonally distributed T-cell receptors with unpredictable specificity for the self-MHC molecules involved in this differentiation process. However, the mature T cells that emerge express only the CD4 (MHC class II-binding) or CD8 (MHC class I-binding) co-receptor that complements the MHC class-specificity of the T-cell receptor. How this matching of co-receptor-defined lineage and T-cell-receptor specificity is achieved remains unknown, as does whether signalling by the T-cell receptors, co-receptors and/or general cell-fate regulators such as Notch-1 contributes to initial lineage choice, to subsequent differentiation processes or to both. Here we show that the CD4 versus CD8 lineage fate of immature thymocytes is controlled by the co-receptor-influenced duration of initial T-cell receptor-dependent signalling. Notch-1 does not appear to be essential for this fate determination, but it is selectively required for CD8+ T-cell maturation after commitment directed by T-cell receptors. This indicates that the signals constraining CD4 versus CD8 lineage decisions are distinct from those that support subsequent differentiation events such as silencing of co-receptor loci.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- CD4 Antigens
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8 Antigens
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Lineage
- Cells, Cultured
- Female
- Lectins, C-Type
- Leukopoiesis/physiology
- Ligands
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Immunological
- Receptor, Notch1
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Signal Transduction
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Time Factors
- Transcription Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- K Yasutomo
- Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Lau LL, Spain LM. Altered aging-related thymic involution in T cell receptor transgenic, MHC-deficient, and CD4-deficient mice. Mech Ageing Dev 2000; 114:101-21. [PMID: 10799708 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(00)00091-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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During aging in mice and humans, a gradual decline in thymus integrity and function occurs (thymic involution). To determine whether T cell reactivity or development affects thymic involution, we compared the thymic phenotype in old (12 months) and young (2 months) mice transgenic for rearranged alphabeta or beta 2B4 T cell receptor (TCR) genes, mice made deficient for CD4 by gene targetting (CD4(-/-)), mice made deficient for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I (beta2M-/-) or class II genes (A(beta)(b-/-) on C57Bl/6 background) or both. The expected aging-related reductions in thymic weights were observed for all strains except those bearing disruption of both class I and class II MHC genes. Therefore, disruption of MHC class I and class II appeared to reverse or delay aging-related thymic atrophy at 12 months. Immunohistochemical analysis of aging-associated alterations in thymic morphology revealed that TCR alphabeta transgenes, CD4 disruption, and MHC class II disruption all reduced or eliminated these changes. All strains examined at 12 months showed alterations in the distribution of immature thymocyte populations relative to young controls. These results show that aging-associated thymic structural alterations, size reductions, and thymocyte developmental delays can be separated and are therefore causally unrelated. Furthermore, these results suggest that the T cell repertoire and/or its development play a role in aging-related thymic involution.
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MESH Headings
- Aging/immunology
- Alleles
- Animals
- CD4 Antigens/genetics
- CD4 Antigens/immunology
- Down-Regulation
- Female
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Organ Size
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/pathology
- Thymus Gland/physiology
- Transgenes
- beta 2-Microglobulin/genetics
- beta 2-Microglobulin/immunology
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- L L Lau
- Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Hernández-Hoyos G, Sohn SJ, Rothenberg EV, Alberola-Ila J. Lck activity controls CD4/CD8 T cell lineage commitment. Immunity 2000; 12:313-22. [PMID: 10755618 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80184-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Thymocytes carrying MHC class I-restricted TCRs differentiate into CD8 T cells, while those recognizing MHC class II become CD4 T cells. The mechanisms underlying how MHC class recognition, coreceptor expression, and effector function are coordinated are not well understood. Since the tyrosine kinase Lck binds with more affinity to CD4 than CD8, it has been proposed as a candidate to mediate this process. By using transgenic mice with altered Lck activity, we show that thymocytes carrying a class II-restricted TCR develop into functional CD8 T cells when Lck activity is reduced. Conversely, thymocytes carrying a class I-restricted TCR develop into functional CD4 T cells when Lck activity is increased. These results directly show that quantitative differences in the Lck signal control the CD4/CD8 lineage decision.
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- G Hernández-Hoyos
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA
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To differentiate into T cells, immature thymocytes must engage, through their antigen-specific T-cell receptor, peptides derived from self proteins presented by cortical epithelial cells in the thymus, a process called positive selection. Despite this requirement for self-recognition during development, mature T cells do not normally show autoreactivity. Mice injected in the thymus with procainamide-hydroxylamine, a metabolite of procainamide, develop autoimmune features resembling drug-induced lupus. Here, we show that when thymocytes undergo positive selection in the presence of procainamide-hydroxylamine, they fail to establish unresponsiveness to low affinity selecting self antigens, resulting in systemic autoimmunity.
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- A Kretz-Rommel
- W.M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, MEM 131, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Mitchison NA, Schuhbauer D, Müller B. Natural and induced regulation of Th1/Th2 balance. SPRINGER SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 2000; 21:199-210. [PMID: 10666769 DOI: 10.1007/bf00812253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Because Th1/Th2 balance is perturbed during immunological disease, the design of strategies aiming at its rectification has become a priority. The alteration of the balance in pregnancy so as to promote survival of the fetal allograft lends credibility to this aim. Attenuation of the activation signal delivered through the T cell receptor (TCR) represents a promising approach. It is supported by the high level of polymorphism in the MHC class II promoter, which regulates the natural TCR signal and thus modulates Th1/Th2 differentiation. Further support comes from the Th2 shift that occurs in JNK knockout mice, and with kinase inhibitors and anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies applied in vitro. The approach has implications for nasal tolerance and inhibition of IL-12 production. The further range of options for Th1/Th2 modulation, which are presented throughout this issue of the journal, are here summarised and evaluated.
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- N A Mitchison
- Department of Immunology, University College London, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, UK
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Sharp LL, Hedrick SM. Commitment to the CD4 Lineage Mediated by Extracellular Signal-Related Kinase Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and Lck Signaling. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.12.6598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The development of T cells results in a concordance between the specificity of the TCR for MHC class I and class II molecules and the expression of CD8 and CD4 coreceptors. Based on analogy to simple metazoan models of organ development and lineage commitment, we sought to determine whether extracellular signal-related kinase (Erk) mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway signaling acts as an inductive signal for the CD4 lineage. Here, we show that, by altering the intracellular signaling involving the Erk/MAP kinase pathway, T cells with specificity for MHC class I can be diverted to express CD4, and, conversely, T cells with specificity for MHC class II can be diverted to express CD8. Furthermore, we find that activation of the src-family tyrosine kinase, p56lck is an upstream mediator of lineage commitment. These results suggest a simple mechanism for lineage commitment in T cell development.
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- Leslie L. Sharp
- Department of Biology and Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. E-mail address:
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- Department of Biology and Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. E-mail address:
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Bain G, Quong MW, Soloff RS, Hedrick SM, Murre C. Thymocyte maturation is regulated by the activity of the helix-loop-helix protein, E47. J Exp Med 1999; 190:1605-16. [PMID: 10587351 PMCID: PMC2195738 DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.11.1605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The E2A proteins, E12 and E47, are required for progression through multiple developmental pathways, including early B and T lymphopoiesis. Here, we provide in vitro and in vivo evidence demonstrating that E47 activity regulates double-positive thymocyte maturation. In the absence of E47 activity, positive selection of both major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I- and class II-restricted T cell receptors (TCRs) is perturbed. Additionally, development of CD8 lineage T cells in an MHC class I-restricted TCR transgenic background is sensitive to the dosage of E47. Mice deficient for E47 display an increase in production of mature CD4 and CD8 lineage T cells. Furthermore, ectopic expression of an E2A inhibitor helix-loop-helix protein, Id3, promotes the in vitro differentiation of an immature T cell line. These results demonstrate that E2A functions as a regulator of thymocyte positive selection.
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- Gretchen Bain
- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Salmon P, Mong M, Kang XJ, Cado D, Robey E. The Role of CD8α′ in the CD4 Versus CD8 Lineage Choice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.10.5312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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During thymic development the recognition of MHC proteins by developing thymocytes influences their lineage commitment, such that recognition of class I MHC leads to CD8 T cell development, whereas recognition of class II MHC leads to CD4 T cell development. The coreceptors CD8 and CD4 may contribute to these different outcomes through interactions with class I and class II MHC, respectively, and through interactions with the tyrosine kinase p56lck (Lck) via their cytoplasmic domains. In this paper we provide evidence that an alternatively spliced form of CD8 that cannot interact with Lck (CD8α′) can influence the CD4 vs CD8 lineage decision. Constitutive expression of a CD8 minigene transgene that encodes both CD8α and CD8α′ restores CD8 T cell development in CD8α mutant mice, but fails to permit the development of mismatched CD4 T cells bearing class I-specific TCRs. These results indicate that CD8α′ favors the development of CD8-lineage T cells, perhaps by reducing Lck activity upon class I MHC recognition in the thymus.
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- Patrick Salmon
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Keefe R, Dave V, Allman D, Wiest D, Kappes DJ. Regulation of lineage commitment distinct from positive selection. Science 1999; 286:1149-53. [PMID: 10550051 DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5442.1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Developing alphabeta T cells diverge into the CD4 and CD8 lineages as they mature in the thymus. It is unclear whether lineage commitment is mechanistically distinct from the process that selects for the survival of T cells with useful T cell receptor (TCR) specificities (positive selection). In HD mice, which lack mature CD4+ T cells, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-restricted T cells are redirected to the CD8 lineage independent of MHC class I expression. However, neither TCR-mediated signaling nor positive selection is impaired. Thus, the HD mutation provides genetic evidence that lineage commitment may be mechanistically distinct from positive selection.
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- R Keefe
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Rooke R, Waltzinger C, Benoist C, Mathis D. Positive selection of thymocytes induced by gene transfer: MHC class II-mediated selection of CD8 lineage cells. Int Immunol 1999; 11:1595-600. [PMID: 10508177 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.10.1595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recombinant adenovirus vectors are powerful tools for inducing de novo gene expression in vivo. Here we have exploited them to study the specificity of CD4/CD8 lineage commitment during thymocyte positive selection, transferring MHC class II genes directly into thymi of mice deficient in both class I and II molecules. Expression of class II molecules was induced on cortical stroma, provoking the selection of a large population of mature CD4(+)CD8(-) cells, as expected, but also of a significant number of CD4(-)CD8(+) cells. The latter constituted a diverse population, containing both immature precursors and, though less frequent, cells that were mature according to several criteria. CD4(-)CD8(+) cells appeared with the same kinetics as their CD4(+)CD8(-) counterparts, but tended to be more prevalent at early times or when thymocyte reconstitution was only modest. These observations, derived from a dynamic selection system, indicate that CD4/CD8 lineage commitment is not irredeemably linked to the class of MHC molecule driving positive selection, a conclusion most compatible with selective models of commitment.
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- R Rooke
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (CNRS/INSERM/ULP), 67404 Illkirch, CU de Strasbourg, France
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Barndt R, Dai MF, Zhuang Y. A Novel Role for HEB Downstream or Parallel to the Pre-TCR Signaling Pathway During αβ Thymopoiesis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.6.3331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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TCR gene rearrangement and expression are central to the development of clonal T lymphocytes. The pre-TCR complex provides the first signal instructing differentiation and proliferation events during the transition from CD4−CD8−TCR− double negative (DN) stage to CD4+CD8+ double positive (DP) stage. How the pre-TCR signal leads to downstream gene expression is not known. HeLa E-box binding protein (HEB), a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, is abundantly detected in thymocytes and is thought to regulate E-box sites present in many T cell-specific gene enhancers, including TCR-α, TCR-β, and CD4. Targeted disruption of HEB results in a 5- to 10-fold reduction in thymic cellularity that can be accounted for by a developmental block at the DN to DP stage transition. Specifically, a dramatic increase in the CD4low/−CD8+CD5lowHSA+TCRlow/− immature single positive population and a concomitant decrease in the subsequent DP population are observed. Adoptive transfer test shows that this defect is cell-autonomous and restricted to the αβ T cell lineage. Introduction of an αβ TCR transgene into the HEBko/ko background is not sufficient to rescue the developmental delay. In vivo CD3 cross-linking analysis of thymocytes indicates that TCR signaling pathway in the HEBko/ko mice appears intact. These findings suggest an essential function of HEB in early T cell development, downstream or parallel to the pre-TCR signaling pathway.
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- Robert Barndt
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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Combining CD5-null, MHC-deficient and lineage-specific reporter animals, we have investigated the influence of CD5 on positive selection and the choice of CD4- versus CD8-lineage commitment on broad populations of thymocytes. CD5 has no obvious quantitative effect in wild-type mice. In mice lacking MHC class II molecules, however, increased numbers of transitional, class I-selected CD4+ CD8(int) CD3(hi) cells were positively selected in the absence of CD5. Importantly, they were committed to the CD4 lineage. Our results indicate that CD5 negatively regulates the differentiation of CD4-committed cells in suboptimal conditions, thus perhaps serving to tighten the correlation between restriction of the TCR and lineage choice.
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- S Chan
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (CNRS/INSERM/ULP) Illkirch, C.U. de Strasbourg, France
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Manning TC, Kranz DM. Binding energetics of T-cell receptors: correlation with immunological consequences. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1999; 20:417-22. [PMID: 10462742 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(99)01508-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- T C Manning
- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, 600 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Leitenberg D, Bottomly K. Regulation of naive T cell differentiation by varying the potency of TCR signal transduction. Semin Immunol 1999; 11:283-92. [PMID: 10441214 DOI: 10.1006/smim.1999.0184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The regulation of naive T cell development into different effector cell subsets is mediated by a complex interplay between the cytokine microenvironment, receptor ligand interactions on the T cell and the antigen presenting cell, and the potency of T cell receptor (TCR) signaling. In this review we will focus on how alterations in the strength of TCR ligation initiate different signal transduction patterns which regulate the developmental fate of naive T cells. We propose a model in which specific signals are required to initiate Th2 differentiation, but that this pathway can be inhibited following a strong TCR stimulus.
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- D Leitenberg
- Section of Immunobiology and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8011, USA
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Bommhardt U, Basson MA, Krummrei U, Zamoyska R. Activation of the Extracellular Signal-Related Kinase/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Discriminates CD4 Versus CD8 Lineage Commitment in the Thymus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.2.715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have investigated the role of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in the differentiation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells by looking specifically at the effects of inhibitors of MAPK-activating enzyme, MAPK/extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) kinase (MEK), during the positive selection step from double-positive to single-positive (SP) thymocytes. Using a variety of transgenic/knockout mouse strain combinations that fail to differentiate individual lineages of SP thymocytes together with genetically engineered F(ab′)2 reagents that induce maturation preferentially to either the CD4 or CD8 subpopulations, we show that induction of CD4 differentiation cells is highly sensitive to levels of MEK inhibition that have no effect on CD8 maturation. In addition, the presence of MEK inhibitor is able to modify signals that normally induce CD4 differentiation to instead promote CD8 differentiation. Finally, we show that continuous culture in the presence of inhibitor interferes with TCR up-regulation in SP thymocytes, suggesting that MAPK signaling may be involved in final maturation steps for both lineages. These data indicate that there is discrimination in the biochemical pathways that are necessary to specify CD4 and CD8 lineage commitment and can reconcile previously conflicting reports on the influence of MAPK activation in commitment and maturation of thymocytes.
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- Ursula Bommhardt
- Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, United Kingdom
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Ellmeier W, Sawada S, Littman DR. The regulation of CD4 and CD8 coreceptor gene expression during T cell development. Annu Rev Immunol 1999; 17:523-54. [PMID: 10358767 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.17.1.523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The two major subsets of T lymphocytes in the peripheral immune system, the helper and cytotoxic T cells, are defined by their expression of either the CD4 or the CD8 glycoproteins, respectively. Expression of these molecules, which serve as coreceptors by interacting specifically with either MHC class II or class I molecules, also defines discrete stages of T cell development within the thymus. Thus, CD4+ and CD8+ single-positive (SP) thymocytes arise from common progenitor double positive (DP) cells that express both CD4 and CD8, during a process known as positive selection. The molecular mechanisms underlying the developmental choice toward the helper or cytotoxic lineage remain poorly understood. Because regulation of coreceptor gene expression appears to be coupled to the phenotypic choice of the differentiating T cell, it is likely that shared signaling pathways direct CD4 and CD8 transcription and the development of an uncommited DP thymocyte toward either the helper or cytotoxic lineage. Therefore, an understanding of how CD4 and CD8 expression is regulated will not only provide insights into transcriptional control mechanisms in T cells, but may also result in the identification of molecular factors that are involved in lineage choices during T cell development. In this review, we summarize recent progress that has been made toward an understanding of how CD4 and CD8 gene expression is regulated.
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- W Ellmeier
- Molecular Pathogenesis Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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The transmembrane receptor Notch participates in diverse cell fate decisions throughout embryonic development. Notch receptors and their ligands are expressed in the mammalian thymus, raising the possibility that Notch could regulate T cell fate decisions. Expression of a constitutively activated form of Notch in developing thymocytes causes thymocytes normally destined for the CD4 lineage to adopt the CD8 lineage instead. This suggests that Notch activity normally acts to direct CD4+CD8+ precursors to the CD8 lineage. The choice between CD4 and CD8 T cell fates is also controlled by MHC recognition during positive selection, implying that recognition of class I or II MHC might regulate Notch signaling. Possible models for the regulation of Notch by MHC recognition during CD4 versus CD8 lineage determination are discussed.
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- E Robey
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.
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Dave VP, Allman D, Wiest DL, Kappes DJ. Limiting TCR Expression Leads to Quantitative But Not Qualitative Changes in Thymic Selection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.10.5764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Abstract
Thymic selection is controlled in part by the avidity of the interaction between thymocytes and APCs. In agreement, the selective outcome can be modulated by altering the expression levels of selecting ligands on APCs. Here we test the converse proposition, i.e., whether changing TCR levels on thymocytes can alter the selective outcome. To this end, we have generated mice in which all thymocytes express two transgenic TCRs simultaneously (dual TCR-expressing (DTE) mice), the class I-restricted HY TCR and the class II-restricted AND TCR. Due to mutual dilution, surface expression levels of the two individual transgenic TCRs are diminished in DTE relative to single TCR-expressing mice. We find that thymic selection is highly sensitive to these reductions in TCR surface expression. Positive selection mediated by the AND and HY TCRs is severely impaired or abolished, respectively. Negative selection of the HY TCR in male DTE mice is also partly blocked, leading to the appearance of significant numbers of double positive thymocytes. Also, in the periphery of male, but not female, DTE mice, substantial numbers of single positive CD8bright cells accumulate, which are positively selected in the thymus but by a highly inefficient hemopoietic cell-dependent process. Overall our results favor the interpretation that the outcome of thymic selection is not determined solely by avidity and the resulting signal intensity, but is also constrained by other factors such as the nature of the ligand and/or its presentation by different subsets of APCs.
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