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In addition to responding to specific antigen, CD8+ T-cells with a memory (CD44hi) phenotype undergo bystander proliferation when exposed to certain cytokines, notably type I interferons (IFN I), in vivo; such proliferation does not require T-cell receptor ligation. Since IFN I is unable to induce proliferation of purified CD44hi CD8+ cells in vitro, stimulation of these cells in vivo may reflect IFN I-dependent release of other cytokines. Evidence is presented that IFN I induces macrophages to synthesize IL-15 mRNA and that, at the protein level, IL-15 causes selective stimulation of CD44hi CD8+ (but not CD4+) cells, both in vitro and in vivo. This finding raises the possibility that synthesis of IL-15 during infection may induce bystander proliferation of memory-phenotype CD8+ cells.
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- J Sprent
- Department of Immunology, IMM4, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA 92037, USA.
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A system to innocuously visualize T cell lineage commitment is described. Using a "knock-in" approach, we have generated mice expressing a beta-galactosidase reporter in place of CD4; expression of beta-galactosidase in these animals appears to be an accurate and early indicator of CD4 gene transcription. We have exploited this knock-in line to trace CD4/CD8 lineage commitment in the thymus, avoiding important pitfalls of past experimental approaches. Our results argue in favor of a selective model of thymocyte commitment, demonstrating a fundamentally symmetrical process: engagement of either class of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule by a differentiating CD4(+)CD8(+) cell can give rise to T cell antigen receptor (TCR)hi thymocytes of either lineage. Key findings include (a) direct demonstration of a substantial number of CD4-committed, receptor/coreceptor-mismatched cells in MHC class II- deficient mice, a critical prediction of the selective model; (b) highly efficient rescue of such "mismatched" intermediates by forced expression of CD8 in a TCR transgenic line, and an explanation of why previous experiments of this nature were less successful-a major past criticism of the selective model; (c) direct demonstration of an analogous, though smaller, population of CD8-committed mismatched intermediates in class I-deficient animals. Finally, we found no evidence of a CD4 default pathway.
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- S Chan
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (CNRS/INSERM/ULP), Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, France
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Thrasher AJ, Jones GE, Kinnon C, Brickell PM, Katz DR. Is Wiskott--Aldrich syndrome a cell trafficking disorder? IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1998; 19:537-9. [PMID: 9864941 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(98)01350-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- A J Thrasher
- Molecular Immunology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK.
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- C Tanchot
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NIAID, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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DosReis GA, Shevach EM. Peripheral T-cell self-reactivity and immunological memory. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1998; 19:587-8. [PMID: 9864952 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(98)01369-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Haughn L, Leung B, Boise L, Veillette A, Thompson C, Julius M. Interleukin 2-mediated uncoupling of T cell receptor alpha/beta from CD3 signaling. J Exp Med 1998; 188:1575-86. [PMID: 9802969 PMCID: PMC2212513 DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.9.1575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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T cell activation and clonal expansion is the result of the coordinated functions of the receptors for antigen and interleukin (IL)-2. The protein tyrosine kinase p56(lck) is critical for the generation of signals emanating from the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) and has also been demonstrated to play a role in IL-2 receptor signaling. We demonstrate that an IL-2-dependent, antigen-specific CD4(+) T cell clone is not responsive to anti-TCR induced growth when propagated in IL-2, but remains responsive to both antigen and CD3epsilon-specific monoclonal antibody. Survival of this IL-2-dependent clone in the absence of IL-2 was supported by overexpression of exogenous Bcl-xL. Culture of this clonal variant in the absence of IL-2 rendered it susceptible to anti-TCR-induced signaling, and correlated with the presence of kinase-active Lck associated with the plasma membrane. The same phenotype is observed in primary, resting CD4(+) T cells. Furthermore, the presence of kinase active Lck associated with the plasma membrane correlates with the presence of ZAP 70-pp21zeta complexes in both primary T cells and T cell clones in circumstances of responsive anti-TCR signaling. The results presented demonstrate that IL-2 signal transduction results in the functional uncoupling of the TCR complex through altering the subcellular distribution of kinase-active Lck.
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- L Haughn
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
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Schwarz DA, Katayama CD, Hedrick SM. Schlafen, a new family of growth regulatory genes that affect thymocyte development. Immunity 1998; 9:657-68. [PMID: 9846487 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80663-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The Schlafen (Slfn) family of genes are differentially regulated during thymocyte maturation and are preferentially expressed in the lymphoid tissues. Ectopic expression of the prototype member Slfn1 early in the T lineage profoundly alters cell growth and development. In these mice, the DP thymocytes fail to complete maturation, and, depending on the transgene dosage, the number of thymocytes is reduced to 1%-30% of normal. Furthermore, expression of the Schlafen family members in fibroblasts and thymoma cells either retards or ablates cell growth. The conceptual protein sequences deduced for each of the family members have no similarity to characterized proteins and must therefore participate in a heretofore unknown regulatory mechanism guiding both cell growth and T cell development.
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- D A Schwarz
- Cancer Center and the Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0687, USA
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Kumar V. TCR peptide-reactive T cells and peripheral tolerance to myelin basic protein. RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY 1998; 149:827-34; discussion 852-4, 855-60. [PMID: 9923639 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2494(99)80011-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- V Kumar
- Division of Immune Regulation, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Leon RP, Hedlund T, Meech SJ, Li S, Schaack J, Hunger SP, Duke RC, DeGregori J. Adenoviral-mediated gene transfer in lymphocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:13159-64. [PMID: 9789058 PMCID: PMC23744 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.22.13159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/1998] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Although adenovirus can infect a wide range of cell types, lymphocytes are not generally susceptible to adenovirus infection, in part because of the absence of the expression of the cellular receptor for the adenoviral fiber protein. The cellular receptor for adenovirus and coxsackievirus (CAR) recently was cloned and shown to mediate adenoviral entry by interaction with the viral fiber protein. We show that the ectopic expression of CAR in various lymphocyte cell lines, which are almost completely resistant to adenovirus infection, is sufficient to facilitate the efficient transduction of these cells by recombinant adenoviruses. Furthermore, this property of CAR does not require its cytoplasmic domain, consistent with the idea that CAR primarily serves as a high affinity binding site for the adenoviral fiber protein, and that viral entry is mediated by interaction of the viral penton base proteins with cellular integrins. As a demonstration of their functional utility, we used CAR-expressing lymphocytes transduced with an adenovirus expressing Fas ligand to efficiently kill Fas receptor-expressing tumor cells. The ability to efficiently manipulate gene expression in lymphocyte cells by using adenovirus vectors should facilitate the functional characterization of pathways affecting lymphocyte physiology.
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- R P Leon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Barthlott T, Wright RJ, Stockinger B. Normal Thymic Selection of TCR Transgenic CD4 T Cells, but Impaired Survival in the Periphery Despite the Presence of Selecting MHC Molecules. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.8.3992] [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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In this paper, we investigate selection in the thymus and survival in the periphery of CD4 T cells, which carry a major histocompatibility class II-restricted transgenic TCR (A18 TCRtg) specific for a natural self Ag, the fifth component of complement (C5). A18 TCRtg thymocytes develop normal numbers of CD4 single-positive (SP) thymocytes, but do not show pronounced overselection as do some other TCR transgenic strains. CD4 SP cells are mature as judged by termination of CD8 synthesis, resistance to cortisone, and functional competence. The kinetics of positive selection, determined by BrdU labeling, are very fast. CD4 SP thymocytes are demonstrable within 2 days of labeling, and within 8 days after labeling a large proportion (20%) of lymph node T cells are recent thymic emigrants. The high number of recent thymic emigrants suggests rapid turnover of CD4 T cells in the periphery, which was confirmed by thymectomy and determination of CD4 T cell life spans. A18 TCRtg T cells have a t1/2 of ∼6 wk, despite the presence of selecting MHC molecules. This explains the failure to accumulate high numbers of peripheral T cells and suggests that the MHC-bound ligand(s) responsible for initiating survival signals is limiting for the selection and maintenance of A18 transgenic CD4 T cells.
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- Thomas Barthlott
- Division of Molecular Immunology, The National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Immunology, The National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Immunology, The National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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The outcome of positive selection of T lymphocytes is that there is a close match between the lineage adopted by a particular cell (CD4+ or CD8+) and the specificity of the T-cell receptor for the class of Major Histocompatibility Complex molecule recognized. How this match is obtained has been a matter of debate. We review the evidence, from recent and older experiments, that indicates that the process follows a selective logic, rather than an instructive one.
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- S Chan
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (CNRS/INSERM/ULP) Strasbourg, France.
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked disorder characterized by immune deficiency, eczema, and microthrombocytopenia. Biochemical evidence indicates that the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) is involved in regulating the actin cytoskeleton. Here we report that WAS dendritic cells (DC) have an immunophenotype very similar to normal DC. However, as a consequence of an intrinsically abnormal cytoarchitecture, they are unable to polarize normally and have severely reduced translocational motility in vitro. These findings indicate that WASp is an essential effector for Cdc-42-mediated polarization of primary hematopoietic cells, and suggest that a significant component of the clinical phenotype of WAS could arise from peripheral DC dysmotility and aberrant immune cell trafficking in vivo. Intrinsic dysfunction of the DC population may also have an important role in the pathogenesis of other primary immunodeficiency syndromes, while induced changes in DC cytoskeletal signaling pathways may contribute to the initiation of acquired immunological and inflammatory disorders.
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- M Binks
- Department of Immunology, University College London Medical School, GB
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We investigate the role of the antigen-specific B cell receptor (BCR) in the establishment and maintenance of the peripheral B cell pools. We studied the fate of a population of transgenic B cells expressing a BCR without V region (Tg(deltaVmu)). We found that the Tg(deltaVmu) B cells can populate the peripheral B cell pools in the absence of other B cells, but when in the presence of a second population of non-transgenic B cells, they are virtually absent from the mature B cell compartments. By studying the rate of accumulation of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine we show that the peripheral Tg(deltaVmu) B cells have a shorter life-span compared to non-transgenic B cells. By directly comparing the fate of two populations of transgenic B cells, either lacking or expressing a V region, we were able to assign the poorest competitive ability and the short peripheral survival of the Tg(delatVmu) B cells to the lack of an antigen-binding site. The results obtained support the involvement of the V region in the persistence of peripheral B cell populations.
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- M M Rosado
- Laboratoire des Dynamiques Lymphocytaires, CNRS URA1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Sant'Angelo DB, Lucas B, Waterbury PG, Cohen B, Brabb T, Goverman J, Germain RN, Janeway CA. A molecular map of T cell development. Immunity 1998; 9:179-86. [PMID: 9729038 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80600-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Using a sensitive molecular marker for positive selection, the appearance of a particular functional TCR alpha chain sequence in cells from mice bearing a transgenic beta chain, we address several aspects of intrathymic T cell development. First, by examining specific TCR prior to and after maturation, we demonstrate how a restricted TCR repertoire is positively selected from a highly diverse immature TCR repertoire. Second, since this molecular marker is enriched in cells progressing toward the CD4 lineage and depleted in cells progressing toward the CD8 lineage, a map of the developmental pathway of alphabeta thymocytes can be inferred. Third, the first cells that show clear signs of positive intrathymic selection are identified.
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- D B Sant'Angelo
- Section of Immunology, Yale University School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
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Baumgart M, Moos V, Schuhbauer D, Müller B. Differential expression of major histocompatibility complex class II genes on murine macrophages associated with T cell cytokine profile and protective/suppressive effects. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:6936-40. [PMID: 9618517 PMCID: PMC22692 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.12.6936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Protective/suppressive major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II alleles have been identified in humans and mice where they exert a disease-protective and immunosuppressive effect. Various modes of action have been proposed, among them differential expression of MHC class II genes in different types of antigen-presenting cells impacting on the T helper type 1 (Th1)-Th2 balance. To test this possibility, the expression of H-2 molecules from the four haplotypes H-2(b), H-2(d), H-2(k), and H-2(q) was determined on bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and splenic B cells. The I-Ab and I-Ek molecules, both well characterized as protective/suppressive, are expressed at a high level on almost all CD11b+ BMDMs for 5-8 days, after which expression slowly declines. In contrast, I-Ad, I-Ak, and I-Aq expression is lower, peaks over a shorter period, and declines more rapidly. No differential expression could be detected on B cells. In addition, the differential MHC class II expression found on macrophages skews the cytokine response of T cells as shown by an in vitro restimulation assay with BMDMs as antigen-presenting cells. The results indicate that macrophages of the protective/suppressive haplotypes express MHC class II molecules at a high level and exert Th1 bias, whereas low-level expression favors a Th2 response. We suggest that the extent of expression of the class II gene gates the back signal from T cells and in this way controls the activity of macrophages. This effect mediated by polymorphic nonexon segments of MHC class II genes may play a role in determining disease susceptibility in humans and mice.
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- M Baumgart
- Deutsches Rheuma ForschungsZentrum, Monbijoustrasse 2, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Gütgemann I, Fahrer AM, Altman JD, Davis MM, Chien YH. Induction of rapid T cell activation and tolerance by systemic presentation of an orally administered antigen. Immunity 1998; 8:667-73. [PMID: 9655480 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80571-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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To understand how orally introduced antigen regulates peripheral immune responses, we fed cytochrome c protein to mice transgenic for the beta chain of a cytochrome c-specific TCR and followed the antigen-specific T cell responses with a cyt c/I-Ek tetramer staining reagent. We find that within 6 hr of cytochrome c administration, antigen-specific systemic T cell activation is induced, and spleen cells gain the ability to stimulate cytochrome c-specific T cell responses. Feeding multiple low doses of cytochrome c down-regulates the systemic immune response, which can be correlated with a reduction of antigen-specific T cells and not with immune deviation. These results suggest that systemic distribution of antigen contributes significantly to oral tolerance induction.
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- I Gütgemann
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, California 94305, USA
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Zhang X, Sun S, Hwang I, Tough DF, Sprent J. Potent and selective stimulation of memory-phenotype CD8+ T cells in vivo by IL-15. Immunity 1998; 8:591-9. [PMID: 9620680 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80564-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1009] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Proliferation of memory-phenotype (CD44hi) CD8+ cells induced by infectious agents can be mimicked by injection of type I interferon (IFN I) and by IFN I-inducing agents such as lipopolysaccharide and Poly I:C; such proliferation does not affect naive T cells and appears to be TCR independent. Since IFN I inhibits proliferation in vitro, IFN I-induced proliferation of CD8+ cells in vivo presumably occurs indirectly through production of secondary cytokines, e.g., interleukin-2 (IL-2) or IL-15. We show here that, unlike IL-2, IL-15 closely mimics the effects of IFN I in causing strong and selective stimulation of memory-phenotype CD44hi CD8+ (but not CD4+) cells in vivo; similar specificity applies to purified T cells in vitro and correlates with much higher expression of IL-2Rbeta on CD8+ cells than on CD4+ cells.
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- X Zhang
- Department of Immunology, IMM4, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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van Meerwijk JPM, Bianchi T, Marguerat S, MacDonald HR. Thymic Lineage Commitment Rather Than Selection Causes Genetic Variations in Size of CD4 and CD8 Compartments. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.8.3649] [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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During their development, immature CD4+CD8+ thymocytes become committed to either the CD4 or CD8 lineage. Subsequent complete maturation of CD4+ and CD8+ cells requires a molecular match of the expressed coreceptor and the MHC specificity of the TCR. The final size of the mature CD4+ and CD8+ thymic compartments is therefore determined by a combination of lineage commitment and TCR-mediated selection. In humans and mice, the relative size of CD4+ and CD8+ peripheral T cell compartments shows marked genetic variability. We show here that genetic variations in thymic lineage commitment, rather than TCR-mediated selection processes, are responsible for the distinct CD4/CD8 ratios observed in common inbred mouse strains. Genetic variations in the regulation of lineage commitment open new ways to analyze this process and to identify the molecules involved.
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- Joost P. M. van Meerwijk
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in the thymus select from the repertoire of germline receptors those that will be most useful in mounting responses to antigen in the periphery. Recent data has shed light on the involvement of self peptides presented by the MHC in this process, and has indicated that a requirement for the constant recognition of 'self' may be essential for T-cell longevity in the periphery.
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- S C Jameson
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Chen W, Sayegh MH, Khoury SJ. Mechanisms of Acquired Thymic Tolerance In Vivo: Intrathymic Injection of Antigen Induces Apoptosis of Thymocytes and Peripheral T Cell Anergy. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.3.1504] [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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Intrathymic injection of Ag induces Ag-specific tolerance in several clinically relevant experimental autoimmune and transplantation models. However, the exact mechanisms of acquired thymic tolerance in vivo remain unclear. We investigated the mechanisms of acquired thymic tolerance in mice that are transgenic for the TCR specific for peptide 323-339 of OVA. Intrathymic injection of OVA leads to apoptosis of thymocytes starting as early as 3 h after injection and persisting up to 7 days. Double positive thymocytes undergo apoptosis earlier than single positive thymocytes, and significantly higher percentages of double positive thymocytes ultimately die as compared with single positive cells. Apoptotic cells show decreased surface expression of CD4. In the periphery, T cells from intrathymically injected animals had suppressed proliferation and IL-2 production to OVA compared with T cells from control Ag-injected mice. We conclude that intrathymic injection of Ag induces apoptosis of immature thymocytes and a subpopulation of mature thymocytes and induces prolonged anergy in peripheral T cells in vivo. Understanding the mechanisms of acquired thymic tolerance may lead to development of novel clinical strategies to prevent autoimmune disease and transplant rejection.
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- †Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplantation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- M K Hellerstein
- Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, 94110, USA
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- M S Neuberger
- Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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