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MacNabb BW, Rothenberg EV. Speed and navigation control of thymocyte development by the fetal T-cell gene regulatory network. Immunol Rev 2023; 315:171-196. [PMID: 36722494 PMCID: PMC10771342 DOI: 10.1111/imr.13190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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T-cell differentiation is a tightly regulated developmental program governed by interactions between transcription factors (TFs) and chromatin landscapes and affected by signals received from the thymic stroma. This process is marked by a series of checkpoints: T-lineage commitment, T-cell receptor (TCR)β selection, and positive and negative selection. Dynamically changing combinations of TFs drive differentiation along the T-lineage trajectory, through mechanisms that have been most extensively dissected in adult mouse T-lineage cells. However, fetal T-cell development differs from adult in ways that suggest that these TF mechanisms are not fully deterministic. The first wave of fetal T-cell differentiation occurs during a unique developmental window during thymic morphogenesis, shows more rapid kinetics of differentiation with fewer rounds of cell division, and gives rise to unique populations of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) and invariant γδT cells that are not generated in the adult thymus. As the characteristic kinetics and progeny biases are cell-intrinsic properties of thymic progenitors, the differences could be based on distinct TF network circuitry within the progenitors themselves. Here, we review recent single-cell transcriptome data that illuminate the TF networks involved in T-cell differentiation in the fetal and adult mouse thymus.
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- Brendan W MacNabb
- Division of Biology & Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Division of Biology & Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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Multipotent RAG1+ progenitors emerge directly from haemogenic endothelium in human pluripotent stem cell-derived haematopoietic organoids. Nat Cell Biol 2020; 22:60-73. [DOI: 10.1038/s41556-019-0445-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Elsaid R, Yang J, Cumano A. The influence of space and time on the establishment of B cell identity. Biomed J 2019; 42:209-217. [PMID: 31627863 PMCID: PMC6818146 DOI: 10.1016/j.bj.2019.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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During embryonic development multiple waves of hematopoietic progenitors with distinct lineage potential are differentially regulated in time and space. Consistent with this view, some specialized lymphocytes emerge during a limited time-window in embryogenesis and migrate to the tissues where they contribute to organogenesis and to tissue homeostasis. These cells are not constantly produced by bone marrow derived hematopoietic stem cells but are maintained in tissues and self-renew throughout life. These particular cell subsets are produced from lymphoid restricted progenitors only found in the first days of fetal liver hematopoietic activity. Growing evidence of the heterogeneity and layered organization of the hematopoietic system is leading to a common view that some lymphocyte subsets are functionally different because they follow distinct developmental programs and emerge from distinct waves of lymphoid progenitors. However, understanding the influence of developmental origin and the relative contribution of local microenvironment on the development of these specialized lymphocyte subsets needs further analysis. In this review, we discuss how different pathways followed by developing B cells during ontogeny may contribute to the diverse functions.
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- Ramy Elsaid
- Unit of Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, Institut Pasteur, U1223, INSERM, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Unit of Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, Institut Pasteur, U1223, INSERM, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; CNBG Company, China
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- Unit of Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, Institut Pasteur, U1223, INSERM, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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Mevel R, Draper JE, Lie-A-Ling M, Kouskoff V, Lacaud G. RUNX transcription factors: orchestrators of development. Development 2019; 146:dev148296. [PMID: 31488508 DOI: 10.1242/dev.148296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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RUNX transcription factors orchestrate many different aspects of biology, including basic cellular and developmental processes, stem cell biology and tumorigenesis. In this Primer, we introduce the molecular hallmarks of the three mammalian RUNX genes, RUNX1, RUNX2 and RUNX3, and discuss the regulation of their activities and their mechanisms of action. We then review their crucial roles in the specification and maintenance of a wide array of tissues during embryonic development and adult homeostasis.
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- Renaud Mevel
- Cancer Research UK Stem Cell Biology Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Macclesfield SK10 4TG, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Stem Cell Biology Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Macclesfield SK10 4TG, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Stem Cell Biology Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Macclesfield SK10 4TG, UK
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- Division of Developmental Biology & Medicine, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Stem Cell Biology Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Alderley Park, Alderley Edge, Macclesfield SK10 4TG, UK
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Chaves P, Zriwil A, Wittmann L, Boukarabila H, Peitzsch C, Jacobsen SEW, Sitnicka E. Loss of Canonical Notch Signaling Affects Multiple Steps in NK Cell Development in Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 201:3307-3319. [PMID: 30366956 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Within the hematopoietic system, the Notch pathway is critical for promoting thymic T cell development and suppressing the B and myeloid lineage fates; however, its impact on NK lymphopoiesis is less understood. To study the role of Notch during NK cell development in vivo, we investigated different NK cell compartments and function in Rbp-Jkfl/flVav-Cretg/+ mice, in which Rbp-Jk, the major transcriptional effector of canonical Notch signaling, was specifically deleted in all hematopoietic cells. Peripheral conventional cytotoxic NK cells in Rbp-Jk-deleted mice were significantly reduced and had an activated phenotype. Furthermore, the pool of early NK cell progenitors in the bone marrow was decreased, whereas immature NK cells were increased, leading to a block in NK cell maturation. These changes were cell intrinsic as the hematopoietic chimeras generated after transplantation of Rbp-Jk-deficient bone marrow cells had the same NK cell phenotype as the Rbp-Jk-deleted donor mice, whereas the wild-type competitors did not. The expression of several crucial NK cell regulatory pathways was significantly altered after Rbp-Jk deletion. Together, these results demonstrate the involvement of canonical Notch signaling in regulation of multiple stages of NK cell development.
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- Patricia Chaves
- Lund Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden.,Division of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Lund Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden.,Division of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Lund Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden.,Division of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Lund Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.,MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.,Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and.,Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Lund Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden; .,Division of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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Modeling the development of the post-natal mouse thymus in the absence of bone marrow progenitors. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36159. [PMID: 27824070 PMCID: PMC5099910 DOI: 10.1038/srep36159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Many mathematical models have been published with the purpose of explaining aspects of T-cell development in the thymus. In this manuscript we adapted a four-compartment model of the thymus and used a range of mathematical approaches with the aim of explaining the dynamics of the four main thymocyte populations in the mouse thymus, from the emergence of the first fetal thymocyte until the death of the animal. At various pre-natal and post-natal stages we investigated experimentally the number and composition of thymocytes populations, their apoptosis and proliferation, along with data from literature, to create and validate the model. In our model the proliferation processes are characterized by decreasing proliferation rates, which allows us to model the natural involution of the thymus. The best results were obtained when different sets of parameters were used for the fetal and post-natal periods, suggesting that birth may induce a discontinuity in the modeled processes. Our model is able to model the development of both pre-natal and post-natal thymocyte populations. Also, our findings showed that the post-natal thymus is able to develop in the absence of the daily input of bone marrow progenitors, providing more evidence to support the autonomous development of the post-natal thymus.
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Luis TC, Luc S, Mizukami T, Boukarabila H, Thongjuea S, Woll PS, Azzoni E, Giustacchini A, Lutteropp M, Bouriez-Jones T, Vaidya H, Mead AJ, Atkinson D, Böiers C, Carrelha J, Macaulay IC, Patient R, Geissmann F, Nerlov C, Sandberg R, de Bruijn MFTR, Blackburn CC, Godin I, Jacobsen SEW. Initial seeding of the embryonic thymus by immune-restricted lympho-myeloid progenitors. Nat Immunol 2016; 17:1424-1435. [PMID: 27695000 DOI: 10.1038/ni.3576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The final stages of restriction to the T cell lineage occur in the thymus after the entry of thymus-seeding progenitors (TSPs). The identity and lineage potential of TSPs remains unclear. Because the first embryonic TSPs enter a non-vascularized thymic rudiment, we were able to directly image and establish the functional and molecular properties of embryonic thymopoiesis-initiating progenitors (T-IPs) before their entry into the thymus and activation of Notch signaling. T-IPs did not include multipotent stem cells or molecular evidence of T cell-restricted progenitors. Instead, single-cell molecular and functional analysis demonstrated that most fetal T-IPs expressed genes of and had the potential to develop into lymphoid as well as myeloid components of the immune system. Moreover, studies of embryos deficient in the transcriptional regulator RBPJ demonstrated that canonical Notch signaling was not involved in pre-thymic restriction to the T cell lineage or the migration of T-IPs.
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- Tiago C Luis
- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.,Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Klinikgatan 26, 221 84, Lund, Sweden.,MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.,MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.,MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Stem Cell Research, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4UU Edinburgh, UK
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Great Maze Pond, SE1 1UL London, UK.,Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 417 East 68(th) Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Stem Cell Research, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4UU Edinburgh, UK
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1170; Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; Gustave Roussy, 114, rue Edouard Vaillant; Villejuif, F-94805, France
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- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.,MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.,Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Department of Medicine Huddinge, Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Induced Developmental Arrest of Early Hematopoietic Progenitors Leads to the Generation of Leukocyte Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports 2016; 5:716-727. [PMID: 26607950 PMCID: PMC4649263 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Self-renewal potential and multipotency are hallmarks of a stem cell. It is generally accepted that acquisition of such stemness requires rejuvenation of somatic cells through reprogramming of their genetic and epigenetic status. We show here that a simple block of cell differentiation is sufficient to induce and maintain stem cells. By overexpression of the transcriptional inhibitor ID3 in murine hematopoietic progenitor cells and cultivation under B cell induction conditions, the cells undergo developmental arrest and enter a self-renewal cycle. These cells can be maintained in vitro almost indefinitely, and the long-term cultured cells exhibit robust multi-lineage reconstitution when transferred into irradiated mice. These cells can be cloned and re-expanded with 50% plating efficiency, indicating that virtually all cells are self-renewing. Equivalent progenitors were produced from human cord blood stem cells, and these will ultimately be useful as a source of cells for immune cell therapy. Overexpression of ID3 endows hematopoietic progenitors with self-renewal activity A simple block of cell differentiation is sufficient to induce stem cells Induced leukocyte stem (iLS) cells exhibit robust multi-lineage reconstitution Equivalent progenitors were produced from human cord blood hematopoietic stem cells
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Khanam S, Sharma S, Pathak S. Lethal and nonlethal murine malarial infections differentially affect apoptosis, proliferation, and CD8 expression on thymic T cells. Parasite Immunol 2016; 37:349-61. [PMID: 25886201 DOI: 10.1111/pim.12197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Although thymic atrophy and apoptosis of the double-positive (DP) T cells have been reported in murine malaria, comparative studies investigating the effect of lethal and nonlethal Plasmodium infections on the thymus are lacking. We assessed the effects of P. yoelii lethal (17XL) and nonlethal (17XNL) infections on thymic T cells. Both strains affected the thymus. 17XL infection induced DP T-cell apoptosis and a selective decrease in surface CD8 expression on developing thymocytes. By contrast, more severe but reversible effects were observed during 17XNL infection. DP T cells underwent apoptosis, and proliferation of both DN and DP cells was affected around peak parasitemia. A transient increase in surface CD8 expression on thymic T cells was also observed. Adult thymic organ culture revealed that soluble serum factors, but not IFN-γ or TNF-α, contributed to the observed effects. Thus, lethal and nonlethal malarial infections led to multiple disparate effects on thymus. These parasite-induced thymic changes are expected to impact the naïve T-cell repertoire and the subsequent control of the immune response against the parasite. Further investigations are required to elucidate the mechanism responsible for these disparate effects, especially the reversible involution of the thymus in case of nonlethal infection.
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- S Khanam
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Ramond C, Berthault C, Burlen-Defranoux O, de Sousa AP, Guy-Grand D, Vieira P, Pereira P, Cumano A. Two waves of distinct hematopoietic progenitor cells colonize the fetal thymus. Nat Immunol 2013; 15:27-35. [PMID: 24317038 DOI: 10.1038/ni.2782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The generation of T cells depends on the migration of hematopoietic progenitor cells to the thymus throughout life. The identity of the thymus-settling progenitor cells has been a matter of considerable debate. Here we found that thymopoiesis was initiated by a first wave of T cell lineage-restricted progenitor cells with limited capacity for population expansion but accelerated differentiation into mature T cells. They gave rise to αβ and γδ T cells that constituted Vγ3(+) dendritic epithelial T cells. Thymopoiesis was subsequently maintained by less-differentiated progenitor cells that retained the potential to develop into B cells and myeloid cells. In that second wave, which started before birth, progenitor cells had high proliferative capacity but delayed differentiation capacity and no longer gave rise to embryonic γδ T cells. Our work reconciles conflicting hypotheses on the nature of thymus-settling progenitor cells.
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- Cyrille Ramond
- 1] Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, INSERM U668 Paris, France. [2] Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. [3]
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- 1] Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, INSERM U668 Paris, France. [2] Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France. [3]
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- Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, INSERM U668 Paris, France
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- Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, INSERM U668 Paris, France
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- Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, INSERM U668 Paris, France
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- Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Immunology Department, INSERM U668 Paris, France
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Böiers C, Carrelha J, Lutteropp M, Luc S, Green JCA, Azzoni E, Woll PS, Mead AJ, Hultquist A, Swiers G, Perdiguero EG, Macaulay IC, Melchiori L, Luis TC, Kharazi S, Bouriez-Jones T, Deng Q, Pontén A, Atkinson D, Jensen CT, Sitnicka E, Geissmann F, Godin I, Sandberg R, de Bruijn MFTR, Jacobsen SEW. Lymphomyeloid contribution of an immune-restricted progenitor emerging prior to definitive hematopoietic stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 2013; 13:535-48. [PMID: 24054998 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2013] [Revised: 07/21/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In jawed vertebrates, development of an adaptive immune-system is essential for protection of the born organism against otherwise life-threatening pathogens. Myeloid cells of the innate immune system are formed early in development, whereas lymphopoiesis has been suggested to initiate much later, following emergence of definitive hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Herein, we demonstrate that the embryonic lymphoid commitment process initiates earlier than previously appreciated, prior to emergence of definitive HSCs, through establishment of a previously unrecognized entirely immune-restricted and lymphoid-primed progenitor. Notably, this immune-restricted progenitor appears to first emerge in the yolk sac and contributes physiologically to the establishment of lymphoid and some myeloid components of the immune-system, establishing the lymphomyeloid lineage restriction process as an early and physiologically important lineage-commitment step in mammalian hematopoiesis.
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- Charlotta Böiers
- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden; Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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Yoshimoto M, Yoder MC, Guevara P, Adkins B. The murine Th2 locus undergoes epigenetic modification in the thymus during fetal and postnatal ontogeny. PLoS One 2013; 8:e51587. [PMID: 23335954 PMCID: PMC3546009 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Epigenetic modifications play a central role in the differentiation and function of immune cells in adult animals. Developmentally regulated epigenetic patterns also appear to contribute to the ontogeny of the immune system. We show here that the epigenetic profile of the T-helper (Th) 2 locus undergoes changes in T lineage cells beginning in mid-gestation and extending throughout the first week of life. In particular, regulatory regions of the Th2 locus are largely methylated at CpG residues among fetal liver common lymphoid progenitor cells. The locus subsequently becomes highly hypomethylated among the downstream progeny of these cells within the fetal thymus. This hypomethylated state is preserved until birth when the locus becomes rapidly re-methylated, achieving adult-like status by 3–6 days post birth. Notably, the capacity for rapid, high level Th2 cytokine production is lost in parallel with this re-methylation. In vitro organ culture and in vivo transplantation experiments indicate that signals from the adult environment are required to achieve the postnatal methylated state. Together, these findings indicate that the Th2 bias of neonates may be conferred, in part, by an epigenetic profile inherited from fetal life. However, the fetal program is rapidly terminated post birth by the development of signals leading to the acquisition of adult-like epigenetic patterns.
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- Momoko Yoshimoto
- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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The continuous production of T lymphocytes requires that hematopoietic progenitors developing in the bone marrow migrate to the thymus. Rare progenitors egress from the bone marrow into the circulation, then traffic via the blood to the thymus. It is now evident that thymic settling is tightly regulated by selectin ligands, chemokine receptors, and integrins, among other factors. Identification of these signals has enabled progress in identifying specific populations of hematopoietic progenitors that can settle the thymus. Understanding the nature of progenitor cells and the molecular mechanisms involved in thymic settling may allow for therapeutic manipulation of this process, and improve regeneration of the T lineage in patients with impaired T cell numbers.
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- Shirley L Zhang
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 264 John Morgan Building 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Yoshida S, Takano H, Nishikawa M, Miao H, Ichinose T. Effects of fetal exposure to urban particulate matter on the immune system of male mouse offspring. Biol Pharm Bull 2012; 35:1238-43. [PMID: 22863919 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b110708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Urban particulate matter (UPM) has been shown to have an aggravating effect on Th2-associated immune systems in adult mice. However, the effects of fetal exposure to UPM on immune response in offspring have not been elucidated. In the present study, we administered UPM (200 µg/animal) by intratracheal injection to pregnant dams on days 7 and 14 of gestation. Subsequently, 9- and 24-week-old male offspring were intratracheally injected with ovalbumin (OVA) (four times at 2-week intervals) to create a mouse model of bronchial asthma. We then evaluated the progression of allergic manifestations in the offspring through histological findings, the number of inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and protein concentration of cytokines and chemokines in BALF 5, 10, 15, and 30 weeks after birth. Histological examination showed that fetal exposure to UPM alone caused slight eosinophil and lymphocyte infiltration in the submucosa of the airway and bronchial epithelium and significant increases in the number of macrophages. Moreover, postnatal intratracheal administration of OVA to offspring exposed to UPM in utero caused significant increases in the numbers of macrophages, eosinophils, and lymphocytes and in the concentrations of their relevant cytokines and chemokines, showing that fetal exposure to UPM aggravated the chemically sensitized immune system of male offspring.
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- Seiichi Yoshida
- Department of Health Sciences, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Japan.
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Croy BA, Chen Z, Hofmann AP, Lord EM, Sedlacek AL, Gerber SA. Imaging of vascular development in early mouse decidua and its association with leukocytes and trophoblasts. Biol Reprod 2012; 87:125. [PMID: 22954796 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.102830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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In species with endometrial decidualization and hemochorial placentation (humans, mice, and others), leukocytes localize to early implant sites and contribute to decidual angiogenesis, spiral arterial remodeling, and trophoblast invasion. Relationships between leukocytes, trophoblasts, and the decidual vasculature are not fully defined. Early C57BL/6J implant sites were analyzed by flow cytometry to define leukocyte subsets and by whole-mount immunohistochemistry to visualize relationships between leukocytes, decidual vessels, and trophoblasts. Ptprc(+) (CD45(+)) cells increased in decidua between Gestational Day (GD) 5.5 and GD 9.5. Uterine natural killer (uNK) cells that showed dynamic expression of Cd (CD) 69, an activating receptor, and Klrg1 (KLRG1), an inhibitory receptor, localized mesometrially and were the dominant CD45(+) cells between GD 5.5 and GD 7.5. At GD 8.5, immature monocytes that occurred throughout decidua exceeded uNK cells numerically and many leukocytes acquired irregular shapes, and leukocyte-leukocyte conjugates became frequent. Vessels were morphologically heterogeneous and regionally unique. Migrating trophoblasts were first observed at GD 6.5 and, at GD 9.5, breached endothelium, entered vascular lumens, and appeared to occlude some vessels, as described for human spiral arteries. No leukocyte-trophoblast conjugates were detected. Whole-mount staining gave unparalleled decidual vascular detail and cell-specific positional information. Its application across murine models of pregnancy disturbances should significantly advance our understanding of the maternal-fetal interface.
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- B Anne Croy
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Emergence of NK-cell progenitors and functionally competent NK-cell lineage subsets in the early mouse embryo. Blood 2011; 120:63-75. [PMID: 22072559 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-02-337980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The earliest stages of natural killer (NK)-cell development are not well characterized. In this study, we investigated in different fetal hematopoietic tissues how NK-cell progenitors and their mature NK-cell progeny emerge and expand during fetal development. Here we demonstrate, for the first time, that the counterpart of adult BM Lin(-)CD122(+)NK1.1(-)DX5(-) NK-cell progenitor (NKP) emerges in the fetal liver at E13.5. After NKP expansion, immature NK cells emerge at E14.5 in the liver and E15.5 in the spleen. Thymic NK cells arise at E15.5, whereas functionally competent cytotoxic NK cells were present in the liver and spleen at E16.5 and E17.5, respectively. Fetal NKPs failed to produce B and myeloid cells but sustained combined NK- and T-lineage potential at the single-cell level. NKPs were also found in the fetal blood, spleen, and thymus. These findings show the emergence and expansion of bipotent NK/T-cell progenitor during fetal and adult lymphopoiesis, further supporting that NK/T-lineage restriction is taking place prethymically. Uncovering the earliest NK-cell developmental stages will provide important clues, helping to understand the origin of diverse NK-cell subsets, their progenitors, and key regulators.
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Sitnicka E. Early cellular pathways of mouse natural killer cell development. J Innate Immun 2011; 3:329-36. [PMID: 21447931 DOI: 10.1159/000323925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are large granular lymphocytes that are components of the innate immune system. These cells are key players in the defense against viral and other microbial infections and cancer and have an important function during pregnancy, autoimmunity and allergy. Furthermore, NK cells play important roles in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation by providing the graft versus leukemia effect and preventing the development of graft versus host disease. Thus, understanding the developmental pathway(s) from multipotent HSCs to the NK cell lineage-restricted progenitors is of significant clinical value. However, despite extensive progress in the delineation of mature blood cell development, including the B- and T-cell lineages, the early stages of NK cell lineage commitment and development have been less well established and characterized. Here, I review the progress made thus far in dissecting the developmental stages, from HSCs in the bone marrow to the lineage-committed NK cells in mouse.
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- Ewa Sitnicka
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Lund Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Stem Cell Therapy, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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Kawamoto H, Katsura Y. A new paradigm for hematopoietic cell lineages: revision of the classical concept of the myeloid-lymphoid dichotomy. Trends Immunol 2009; 30:193-200. [PMID: 19356980 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2009.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2009] [Revised: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The concept that blood cells arising from hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) can be subdivided into two major lineages, a myelo-erythroid and a lymphoid lineage, has long persisted. Indeed, it has become almost axiomatic that the first branch point from the HSC produces two progenitors, one for myelo-erythroid cells and the other for lymphoid cells. However, recent studies have provided a battery of findings that cannot be explained by this classical model. We will outline how this classical model arose before describing how we came to propose an alternative 'myeloid-based model', in which myeloid potential is retained in erythroid, T, and B cell branches even after these lineages have segregated from each other.
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- Hiroshi Kawamoto
- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan.
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Besteman EG, Zimmerman KL, Holladay SD. Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) Inhibits Differentiation and Increases Apoptotic Cell Death of Precursor T-Cells in the Fetal Mouse Thymus. J Immunotoxicol 2008; 2:107-14. [DOI: 10.1080/15476910500182541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Wada H, Masuda K, Satoh R, Kakugawa K, Ikawa T, Katsura Y, Kawamoto H. Adult T-cell progenitors retain myeloid potential. Nature 2008; 452:768-72. [PMID: 18401412 DOI: 10.1038/nature06839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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During haematopoiesis, pluripotent haematopoietic stem cells are sequentially restricted to give rise to a variety of lineage-committed progenitors. The classical model of haematopoiesis postulates that, in the first step of differentiation, the stem cell generates common myelo-erythroid progenitors and common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs). However, our previous studies in fetal mice showed that myeloid potential persists even as the lineage branches segregate towards T and B cells. We therefore proposed the 'myeloid-based' model of haematopoiesis, in which the stem cell initially generates common myelo-erythroid progenitors and common myelo-lymphoid progenitors. T-cell and B-cell progenitors subsequently arise from common myelo-lymphoid progenitors through myeloid-T and myeloid-B stages, respectively. However, it has been unclear whether this myeloid-based model is also valid for adult haematopoiesis. Here we provide clonal evidence that the early cell populations in the adult thymus contain progenitors that have lost the potential to generate B cells but retain substantial macrophage potential as well as T-cell, natural killer (NK)-cell and dendritic-cell potential. We also show that such T-cell progenitors can give rise to macrophages in the thymic environment in vivo. Our findings argue against the classical dichotomy model in which T cells are derived from CLPs; instead, they support the validity of the myeloid-based model for both adult and fetal haematopoiesis.
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- Haruka Wada
- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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Miyazaki M, Miyazaki K, Itoi M, Katoh Y, Guo Y, Kanno R, Katoh-Fukui Y, Honda H, Amagai T, van Lohuizen M, Kawamoto H, Kanno M. Thymocyte proliferation induced by pre-T cell receptor signaling is maintained through polycomb gene product Bmi-1-mediated Cdkn2a repression. Immunity 2008; 28:231-45. [PMID: 18275833 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2007] [Revised: 11/15/2007] [Accepted: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Thymocytes undergo massive proliferation before T cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangement, ensuring the diversification of the TCR repertoire. Because activated cells are more susceptible to damage, cell-death restraint as well as promotion of cell-cycle progression is considered important for adequate cell growth. Although the molecular mechanism of pre-TCR-induced proliferation has been examined, the mechanisms of protection against cell death during the proliferation phase remain unknown. Here we show that the survival of activated pre-T cells induced by pre-TCR signaling required the Polycomb group (PcG) gene product Bmi-1-mediated repression of Cdkn2A, and that p19Arf expression resulted in thymocyte cell death and inhibited the transition from CD4(-)CD8(-) (DN) to CD4(+)CD8(+) (DP) stage upstream of the transcriptional factor p53 pathway. The expression of Cdkn2A (the gene encoding p19Arf) in immature thymocytes was directly regulated by PcG complex containing Bmi-1 and M33 through the maintenance of local trimethylated histone H3K27. Our results indicate that this epigenetic regulation critically contributes to the survival of the activated pre-T cells, thereby supporting their proliferation during the DN-DP transition.
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- Masaki Miyazaki
- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
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Hozumi K, Negishi N, Tsuchiya I, Abe N, Hirano KI, Suzuki D, Yamamoto M, Engel J, Habu S. Notch signaling is necessary for GATA3 function in the initiation of T cell development. Eur J Immunol 2008; 38:977-85. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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de Andrés B, Cortegano I, Serrano N, del Rio B, Martín P, Gonzalo P, Marcos MAR, Gaspar ML. A population of CD19highCD45R-/lowCD21low B lymphocytes poised for spontaneous secretion of IgG and IgA antibodies. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:5326-34. [PMID: 17911619 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.8.5326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ab responses to selected Ags are produced by discrete B cell populations whose presence and functional relevance vary along the ontogeny. The earliest B lineage-restricted precursors in gestational day 11 mouse embryos display the CD19(+)CD45R/B220(-) phenotype. Phenotypically identical cells persist throughout gestation and in postnatal life, in parallel to the later-arising, CD19(+)CD45R(+) B cells. Very early after birth, the CD19(+)CD45R(-) B cell subset included high frequencies of spontaneously Ig-secreting cells. In the adult spleen, a small subset of CD19(high)CD45R(-/low)IgM(+/-)IgD(-)CD21/Cr2(-/low) cells, which was detected in perifollicular areas, displayed genetic and phenotypical traits of highly differentiated B cells, and was enriched in IgG- and IgA-secreting plasma cells. In vitro differentiation and in vivo adoptive transfer experiments of multipotent hemopoietic progenitors revealed that these CD19(high)CD45R(-/low) B cells were preferentially regenerated by embryo-, but not by adult bone marrow-, derived progenitors, except when the latter were inoculated into newborn mice. Both the early ontogenical emergence and the natural production of serum Igs, are shared features of this CD19(high)CD45R(-/low) B cell population with innate-like B lymphocytes such as B1 and marginal zone B cells, and suggest that the new population might be related to that category.
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- Belén de Andrés
- Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
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Kato M, Masuda K, Kakugawa K, Kawamoto H, Mugishima H, Katsura Y. Quantification of progenitors capable of generating T cells in human cord blood. Eur J Haematol 2007; 80:151-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Masuda K, Kakugawa K, Nakayama T, Minato N, Katsura Y, Kawamoto H. T cell lineage determination precedes the initiation of TCR beta gene rearrangement. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:3699-706. [PMID: 17785806 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.6.3699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Loss of dendritic cell potential is one of the major events in intrathymic T cell development, during which the progenitors become determined to the T cell lineage. However, it remains unclear whether this event occurs in synchrony with another important event, TCRbeta chain gene rearrangement, which has been considered the definitive sign of irreversible T cell lineage commitment. To address this issue, we used transgenic mice in which GFP expression is controlled by the lck proximal promoter. We found that the double-negative (DN) 2 stage can be subdivided into GFP- and GFP+ populations, representing functionally different developmental stages in that the GFP-DN2, but not GFP+DN2, cells retain dendritic cell potential. The GFP+DN2 cells were found to undergo several rounds of proliferation before the initiation of TCRbeta rearrangement as evidenced by the diversity of D-Jbeta rearrangements seen in T cells derived from a single GFP+DN2 progenitor. These results indicated that the determination step of progenitors to the T cell lineage is a separable event from TCRbeta rearrangement.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Division/genetics
- Cell Division/immunology
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Dendritic Cells/cytology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/biosynthesis
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Stem Cells/cytology
- Stem Cells/immunology
- Stem Cells/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
- Trans-Activators/antagonists & inhibitors
- Trans-Activators/biosynthesis
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- Kyoko Masuda
- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Japan
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Bhandoola A, von Boehmer H, Petrie HT, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC. Commitment and developmental potential of extrathymic and intrathymic T cell precursors: plenty to choose from. Immunity 2007; 26:678-89. [PMID: 17582341 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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T cells developing in the thymus are derived from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the bone marrow (BM). Understanding the developmental steps linking multipotent HSCs to intrathymic T lineage-committed progenitors is important for understanding cancer in T lineage cells, improving T cell reconstitution after BM transplantation, and designing gene-therapy approaches to treat defective T cell development or function. Such an understanding may also help ameliorate immunological defects in aging. This review covers the differentiation steps between HSCs and committed T cell progenitors within the thymus.
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- Avinash Bhandoola
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Heinzel K, Benz C, Martins VC, Haidl ID, Bleul CC. Bone marrow-derived hemopoietic precursors commit to the T cell lineage only after arrival in the thymic microenvironment. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:858-68. [PMID: 17202347 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.2.858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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T lymphocytes develop in the thymus from hemopoietic precursors that commit to the T cell lineage under the influence of Notch signals. In this study, we show by single cell analyses that the most immature hemopoietic precursors in the adult mouse thymus are uncommitted and specify to the T cell lineage only after their arrival in the thymus. These precursors express high levels of surface Notch receptors and rapidly lose B cell potential upon the provision of Notch signals. Using a novel culture system with complexed, soluble Notch ligands that allows the titration of T cell lineage commitment, we find that these precursors are highly sensitive to both Delta and Jagged ligands. In contrast, their phenotypical and functional counterparts in the bone marrow are resistant to Notch signals that efficiently induce T cell lineage commitment in thymic precursors. Mechanistically, this is not due to differences in receptor expression, because early T lineage precursors, bone marrow lineage marker-negative, Sca-1-positive, c-Kit-positive and common lymphoid progenitor cells, express comparable amounts of surface Notch receptors. Our data demonstrate that the sensitivity to Notch-mediated T lineage commitment is stage-dependent and argue against the bone marrow as the site of T cell lineage commitment.
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- Kornelia Heinzel
- Department of Developmental Immunology, Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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Tabatabaei-Zavareh N, Vlasova A, Greenwood CP, Takei F. Characterization of developmental pathway of natural killer cells from embryonic stem cells in vitro. PLoS One 2007; 2:e232. [PMID: 17311098 PMCID: PMC1794166 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Accepted: 01/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In vitro differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells is often used to study hematopoiesis. However, the differentiation pathway of lymphocytes, in particular natural killer (NK) cells, from ES cells is still unclear. Here, we used a multi-step in vitro ES cell differentiation system to study lymphocyte development from ES cells, and to characterize NK developmental intermediates. We generated embryoid bodies (EBs) from ES cells, isolated CD34(+) EB cells and cultured them on OP9 stroma with a cocktail of cytokines to generate cells we termed ES-derived hematopoietic progenitors (ES-HPs). EB cell subsets, as well as ES-HPs derived from EBs, were tested for NK, T, B and myeloid lineage potentials using lineage specific cultures. ES-HPs derived from CD34(+) EBs differentiated into NK cells when cultured on OP9 stroma with IL-2 and IL-15, and into T cells on Delta-like 1-transduced OP9 (OP9-DL1) with IL-7 and Flt3-L. Among CD34(+) EB cells, NK and T cell potentials were detected in a CD45(-) subset, whereas CD45(+) EB cells had myeloid but not lymphoid potentials. Limiting dilution analysis of ES-HPs generated from CD34(+)CD45(-) EB cells showed that CD45(+)Mac-1(-)Ter119(-) ES-HPs are highly enriched for NK progenitors, but they also have T, B and myeloid potentials. We concluded that CD45(-)CD34(+) EB cells have lymphoid potential, and they differentiate into more mature CD45(+)Lin(-) hematopoietic progenitors that have lymphoid and myeloid potential. NK progenitors among ES-HPs are CD122(-) and they rapidly acquire CD122 as they differentiate along the NK lineage.
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- Nooshin Tabatabaei-Zavareh
- Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Research Center and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Research Center and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Research Center and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Research Center and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Krueger A, von Boehmer H. Identification of a T lineage-committed progenitor in adult blood. Immunity 2007; 26:105-16. [PMID: 17222572 PMCID: PMC1828638 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Revised: 10/27/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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With help of a hCD25 reporter controlled by pre-T cell receptor alpha (Ptcra) regulatory elements, T cell precursors were identified in peripheral blood. Sca-1(+)IL-7Ralpha(+)Flt3(-) precursors that were c-kit(lo)Thy-1(hi) generated T lineage cells when cultured on OP9-DL1 stromal cells and upon transfer into Rag2(-/-)Il2rg(-/-) mice. No B cells were generated in vivo and only few in vitro. These cells, which we call circulating T cell progenitors (CTP), were found at the same frequency in Foxn1(nu/nu) thymus-deficient mice and wild-type mice, indicating that they were pre- rather than postthymic. Inhibition of Notch-dependent transcription in vivo reduced the frequency of intrathymic early T cell progenitors (ETP), but not CTP, indicating that the latter are less Notch dependent. Thus, CTP represent T lineage-committed T cell precursors linking extrathymic with intrathymic lymphopoiesis in adult mice.
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- Andreas Krueger
- Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Perry SS, Welner RS, Kouro T, Kincade PW, Sun XH. Primitive lymphoid progenitors in bone marrow with T lineage reconstituting potential. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:2880-7. [PMID: 16920923 PMCID: PMC1850233 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.5.2880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Multiple subsets of the bone marrow contain T cell precursors, but it remains unclear which is most likely to replenish the adult thymus. Therefore, RAG-1+ early lymphoid progenitors (RAG-1+ ELP), and CD62L/L-selectin+ progenitors (LSP), as well as common lymphoid progenitors from C57BL6-Thy1.1-RAG-1/GFP mouse bone marrow were directly compared in transplantation assays. The two c-Kit(high) populations vigorously regenerated the thymus and were superior to common lymphoid progenitors in magnitude and frequency of thymic reconstitution. Regeneration was much faster than the 22 days described for transplanted stem cells, and RAG-1+ ELP produced small numbers of lymphocytes within 13 days. As previously reported, LSP were biased to a T cell fate, but this was not the case for RAG-1+ ELP. Although RAG-1+ ELP and LSP had reduced myeloid potential, they were both effective progenitors for T lymphocytes and NK cells. The LSP subset overlapped with and included most RAG-1+ ELP and many RAG-1- TdT+ ELP. LSP and RAG-1+ ELP were both present in the peripheral circulation, but RAG-1+ ELP had no exact counterpart among immature thymocytes. The most primitive of thymocytes were similar to Lin- c-Kit(high) L-selectin+ TdT+ RAG-1- progenitors present in the marrow, suggesting that this population is normally important for sustaining the adult thymus.
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- S. Scott Perry
- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
- Correspondence should be addressed to Paul W. Kincade, Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13 Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA, Tel: (405) 271-7905, Fax: (405) 271-8568,
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- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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Visan I, Yuan JS, Tan JB, Cretegny K, Guidos CJ. Regulation of intrathymic T-cell development by Lunatic Fringe- Notch1 interactions. Immunol Rev 2006; 209:76-94. [PMID: 16448535 DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2006.00360.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Intrathymic Notch1 signaling critically regulates T-lineage specification and commitment as well as T-cell progenitor survival and differentiation. Notch1 activation is continuously required during progression of early CD4/CD8-double-negative thymocytes to the CD4/CD8-double-positive stage. This developmental transition occurs as thymocytes migrate from the corticomedullary junction (CMJ) to the outer subcapsular zone (SCZ) of the thymus. Members of two families of structurally distinct Notch ligands, Delta-like 1 and Jagged-1, are expressed by cortical thymic epithelial cells, but it is not known which ligands are functionally required within the CMJ and SCZ microenvironmental niches. Our laboratory has investigated this question by genetically manipulating thymocyte expression of Lunatic Fringe (L-Fng), a glycosyltransferase that enhances sensitivity of Notch receptors to Delta-like ligands. This approach has revealed that low-threshold intrathymic Notch1 signals instruct multipotent thymus-seeding progenitors to suppress their B-cell potential and choose the T-cell fate. This strategy has also revealed that Delta-like Notch ligands are functionally limiting in both the CMJ and SCZ microenvironmental niches. Finally, we discuss our recent demonstration that L-Fng-mediated competition for Delta-like ligands is an important mechanism for regulating thymus size.
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- Ioana Visan
- Program in Developmental Biology, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, and Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Yokota T, Huang J, Tavian M, Nagai Y, Hirose J, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC, Péault B, Kincade PW. Tracing the first waves of lymphopoiesis in mice. Development 2006; 133:2041-51. [PMID: 16611687 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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RAG1/GFP knock-in mice were used to precisely chart the emergence and expansion of cells that give rise to the immune system. Lymphopoietic cells detectable in stromal co-cultures arose as early as E8.5, i.e. prior to establishment of the circulation within the paraaortic splanchnopleura (P-Sp). These cells were Tie2+ RAG1- CD34Lo/-Kit+ CD41-. While yolk sac (YS) also contained lymphopoietic cells after E9.5, CD41+ YS cells from ⩽25-somite embryos produced myelo-erythroid cells but no lymphocytes. Notch receptor signaling directed P-Sp cells to T lymphocytes but did not confer lymphopoietic potential on YS cells. Thus, definitive hematopoiesis arises in at least two independent sites that differ in lymphopoietic potential. Expression of RAG1, the earliest known lymphoid event, first occurred around E10.5 within the embryos. RAG1/GFP+ cells appeared in the liver at E11.0 and progenitors with B and/or T lineage potential were enumerated at subsequent developmental stages.
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- Takafumi Yokota
- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Ikawa T, Kawamoto H, Goldrath AW, Murre C. E proteins and Notch signaling cooperate to promote T cell lineage specification and commitment. J Exp Med 2006; 203:1329-42. [PMID: 16682500 PMCID: PMC2121213 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20060268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2006] [Accepted: 04/06/2006] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The helix-loop-helix protein, E47, is essential for both B- and T-lineage development. Here we demonstrate that in vitro E47 and Notch signaling act in concert to promote T cell development from fetal hematopoietic progenitors and to restrain development into the natural killer and myeloid cell lineages. The expression of an ensemble of genes associated with Notch signaling is activated by E47, and additionally, Notch signaling and E47 act in parallel pathways to induce a T lineage-specific program of gene expression. Enforced expression of the intracellular domain of Notch rescues the developmental arrest at the T cell commitment stage in E2A-deficient fetal thymocytes. Finally, we demonstrate that regulation of Hes1 expression by Notch signaling and E47 is strikingly similar to that observed during Drosophila melanogaster sensory development. Based on these observations, we propose that in developing fetal thymocytes E47 acts to induce the expression of an ensemble of genes involved in Notch signaling, and that subsequently E47 acts in parallel with Notch signaling to promote T-lineage maturation.
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- Tomokatsu Ikawa
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Kawamoto H. A close developmental relationship between the lymphoid and myeloid lineages. Trends Immunol 2006; 27:169-75. [PMID: 16515884 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2006] [Revised: 01/24/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The classic dichotomy model of hematopoiesis postulates that the first step of differentiation beyond the multipotent hematopoietic stem cell generates the common myelo-erythroid progenitors and common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs). Previous studies in fetal mice showed, however, that myeloid potential persists in the T- and B-cell branches even after these lineages have diverged, indicating that the simple dichotomy model is invalid, at least for fetal hematopoiesis. Nevertheless, CLPs have persisted in models of adult hematopoiesis; results from several groups support the presence of CLPs in bone marrow. Recent evidence challenges the dichotomy model in the adult, and it is proposed here that the alternative myeloid-based model is applicable to both fetal and adult hematopoiesis.
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- Hiroshi Kawamoto
- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
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T cells developing in the adult thymus ultimately derive from haematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. Here, we summarize research into the identity of the haematopoietic progenitors that leave the bone marrow, migrate through the blood and settle in the thymus to generate T cells. Accumulating data indicate that various different bone-marrow progenitors are T-cell-lineage competent and might contribute to intrathymic T-cell development. Such developmental flexibility implies a mechanism of T-cell-lineage commitment that can operate on a range of T-cell-lineage-competent progenitors, and further indicates that only those T-cell-lineage-competent progenitors able to migrate to, and settle in, the thymus should be considered physiological T-cell progenitors.
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- Avinash Bhandoola
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 3400 Spruce Street, Pennsylvania 19104-6160, USA.
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Wu L. T lineage progenitors: the earliest steps en route to T lymphocytes. Curr Opin Immunol 2006; 18:121-6. [PMID: 16459068 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2006.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2005] [Accepted: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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T lymphocyte development in the thymus is a tightly regulated stepwise process. The identification and characterization of the earliest T lineage progenitors and their downstream progeny now enables the study of important cellular and molecular mechanisms that control and regulate T lineage commitment and differentiation. Significant progress has been made recently on the developmental relationships of the various cells with T cell progenitor activity identified in mouse bone marrow, blood and thymus, and on the molecular regulation of progenitor homing to the thymus. The essential role of Notch-1 signalling in intrathymic T lineage commitment and subsequent T cell development has been clearly documented.
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- Li Wu
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, 3050, Australia.
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T-cell development in the thymus requires periodic importation of hematopoietic progenitors from the bone marrow. Such thymus settling progenitors arise from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that are retained in a specific bone marrow microenvironmental niche. Vacation of this niche is required for HSC proliferation and differentiation into downstream progenitors. In order to reach the thymus, progenitors must then be mobilized from bone marrow to blood. Finally, progenitors in blood must settle in the thymus. Here we review signals and molecular interactions that are likely to play a role in trafficking from the bone marrow to the thymus, focusing on how these interactions may regulate which progenitors physiologically contribute to thymopoiesis.
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- Benjamin A Schwarz
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6082, USA
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Masuda K, Kubagawa H, Ikawa T, Chen CC, Kakugawa K, Hattori M, Kageyama R, Cooper MD, Minato N, Katsura Y, Kawamoto H. Prethymic T-cell development defined by the expression of paired immunoglobulin-like receptors. EMBO J 2005; 24:4052-60. [PMID: 16292344 PMCID: PMC1356317 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2005] [Accepted: 10/25/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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T cells are produced in the thymus from progenitors of extrathymic origin. As no specific markers are available, the developmental pathway of progenitors preceding thymic colonization remains unclear. Here we show that progenitors in murine fetal liver and blood, which are capable of giving rise to T cells, NK cells and dendritic cells, but not B cells, can be isolated by their surface expression of paired immunoglobulin-like receptors (PIR). PIR expression is maintained until the earliest intrathymic stage, then downregulated before the onset of CD25 expression. Unlike intrathymic progenitors, generation of prethymic PIR(+) progenitors does not require Hes1-mediated Notch signaling. These findings disclose a prethymic stage of T-cell development programmed for immigration of the thymus, which is genetically separable from intrathymic stages.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Dendritic Cells/cytology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Homeodomain Proteins/physiology
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Liver/cytology
- Liver/embryology
- Liver/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Mice, Transgenic
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Notch/physiology
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Stem Cells/cytology
- Stem Cells/immunology
- Stem Cells/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Transcription Factor HES-1
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- Kyoko Masuda
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Developmental and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Developmental and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulation, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Developmental and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Cell Regeneration and Transplantation, Advanced Medical Research Center, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Japan
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Veinotte LL, Greenwood CP, Mohammadi N, Parachoniak CA, Takei F. Expression of rearranged TCRgamma genes in natural killer cells suggests a minor thymus-dependent pathway of lineage commitment. Blood 2005; 107:2673-9. [PMID: 16317098 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-07-2797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are thought to develop from common lymphoid progenitors in the bone marrow. However, immature thymocytes also retain NK potential. Currently, the contribution of the thymus-dependent pathway in normal steady-state NK-cell development is unknown. Here, we show that TCRgamma genes are rearranged in approximately 5% of neonatal and 1% of adult mouse splenic NK cells, and similar levels are detected in NK cells from TCRbeta,delta double-knockout mice, excluding the possibility of T-cell contamination. NK-cell TCRgamma gene rearrangement is thymus dependent because this rearrangement is undetectable in nude mouse NK cells. These results change the current view of NK-cell development and show that a subset of NK cells develops from immature thymocytes that have rearranged TCRgamma genes.
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- Linnea Lora Veinotte
- Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1L3.
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Lu M, Tayu R, Ikawa T, Masuda K, Matsumoto I, Mugishima H, Kawamoto H, Katsura Y. The earliest thymic progenitors in adults are restricted to T, NK, and dendritic cell lineage and have a potential to form more diverse TCRbeta chains than fetal progenitors. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:5848-56. [PMID: 16237077 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.9.5848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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T cell progenitors in the adult thymus (AT) are not well characterized. In the present study, we show that the earliest progenitors in the murine AT are, like those in fetal thymus (FT), unable to generate B or myeloid cells, but still retain the ability to generate NK cells and dendritic cells. However, AT progenitors are distinct from those in FT or fetal liver, in that they are able to produce approximately 100 times larger numbers of T cells than progenitors in fetuses. Such a capability to generate a large number of T cells was mainly attributed to their potential to extensively proliferate before the TCRbeta chain gene rearrangement. We propose that the AT is colonized by T/NK/dendritic cell tripotential progenitors with much higher potential to form diversity in TCRbeta chains than FT progenitors.
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- Min Lu
- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Japan
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Thymic involution is the hallmark of hematopoietic aging. Because T cell differentiation is a multistep process that occurs non-cell autonomously, aging defects can occur at multiple points along the developmental pathway, both in the T progenitors themselves and in the thymic stromal cells that support their development. Here we review the evidence for age-related thymopoiesis defects at key steps in the production of naïve mature T cells, highlighting the importance of the interaction between stromal aging and progenitor aging.
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- Valerie P Zediak
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, 264 John Morgan Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Harman BC, Jenkinson WE, Parnell SM, Rossi SW, Jenkinson EJ, Anderson G. T/B lineage choice occurs prior to intrathymic Notch signaling. Blood 2005; 106:886-92. [PMID: 15845899 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-12-4881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Commitment of hemopoietic progenitors to the T-cell lineage is a crucial requirement for T-cell development, yet the timing and developmental cues regulating this process remain controversial. Here we have devised a technique to analyze the T-cell/B-cell lineage potential of precursors that have been recruited to the fetal mouse thymus but which have yet to contact the thymic epithelial microenvironment. We show that lymphoid progenitors arriving at the thymus are not bipotent T/B precursors, and provide evidence that intrathymic Notch signaling is not the mechanism determining T/B lineage choice in migrant precursors. Rather, we provide evidence that Notch signaling influences T/B lineage choice in lymphoid precursors through interactions with defined stromal components within the fetal liver. Collectively, our data redefine our understanding of the role and timing of Notch signaling in relation to lineage choices in lymphoid precursors.
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- Benjamin C Harman
- Dept of Anatomy, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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The thymus manufactures new T cells throughout life but contains no self-renewing potential. Instead, replenishment depends on recruitment of bone marrow-derived progenitors that circulate in the blood. Attempts to identify thymic-homing progenitors, and to assess the degree to which they are precommitted to the T cell lineage, have led to complex and sometimes conflicting results. As described here, this probably reflects the existence of multiple distinct types of T cell lineage progenitors as well as differences in individual experimental approaches.
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Tan JB, Visan I, Yuan JS, Guidos CJ. Requirement for Notch1 signals at sequential early stages of intrathymic T cell development. Nat Immunol 2005; 6:671-9. [PMID: 15951812 DOI: 10.1038/ni1217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2005] [Accepted: 05/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Signaling through the transmembrane Notch1 receptor directs thymus-seeding progenitors (TSPs) to suppress their B cell potential and 'choose' the T cell fate. Present paradigms suggest that TSPs are contained in the multipotent early T lineage precursor (ETP) subset of thymocytes. However, we show here that the B cell potential of ETPs was not augmented in microenvironments that limited Notch1 activation. Furthermore, low-threshold Notch1 signals suppressed B cell production by TSPs before they reached the ETP stage. Notch1 signals of a higher threshold were needed to drive proliferation of ETPs and development into CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive thymocytes. Thus, TSPs can be differentiated from all previously identified early T cell progenitors by their robust B cell potential and exquisite sensitivity to Notch1 signals.
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- Joanne B Tan
- Program in Developmental Biology, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Miyazaki M, Kawamoto H, Kato Y, Itoi M, Miyazaki K, Masuda K, Tashiro S, Ishihara H, Igarashi K, Amagai T, Kanno R, Kanno M. Polycomb group gene mel-18 regulates early T progenitor expansion by maintaining the expression of Hes-1, a target of the Notch pathway. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:2507-16. [PMID: 15728456 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Polycomb group (PcG) proteins play a role in the maintenance of cellular identity throughout many rounds of cell division through the regulation of gene expression. In this report we demonstrate that the loss of the PcG gene mel-18 impairs the expansion of the most immature T progenitor cells at a stage before the rearrangement of the TCR beta-chain gene in vivo and in vitro. This impairment of these T progenitors appears to be associated with increased susceptibility to cell death. We also show that the expression of Hes-1, one of the target genes of the Notch signaling pathway, is drastically down-regulated in early T progenitors isolated from mel-18(-/-) mice. In addition, mel-18(-/-) T precursors could not maintain the Hes-1 expression induced by Delta-like-1 in monolayer culture. Collectively, these data indicate that mel-18 contributes to the maintenance of the active state of the Hes-1 gene as a cellular memory system, thereby supporting the expansion of early T progenitors.
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- Masaki Miyazaki
- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Masuda K, Itoi M, Amagai T, Minato N, Katsura Y, Kawamoto H. Thymic Anlage Is Colonized by Progenitors Restricted to T, NK, and Dendritic Cell Lineages. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:2525-32. [PMID: 15728458 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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It remains controversial whether the thymus-colonizing progenitors are committed to the T cell lineage. A major problem that has impeded the characterization of thymic immigrants has been that the earliest intrathymic progenitors thus far identified do not necessarily represent the genuine thymic immigrants, because their developmental potential should have been influenced by contact with the thymic microenvironment. In the present study, we examined the developmental potential of the ontogenically earliest thymic progenitors of day 11 murine fetus. These cells reside in the surrounding mesenchymal region and have not encountered thymic epithelial components. Flow cytometric and immunohistochemical analyses demonstrated that these cells are exclusively Lin(-)c-kit(+)IL-7R(+). Limiting dilution analyses disclosed that the progenitors with T cell potential were abundant, while those with B cell potential were virtually absent in the region of day 11 thymic anlage. Clonal analyses reveled that they are restricted to T, NK, and dendritic cell lineages. Each progenitor was capable of forming a large number of precursors that may clonally accommodate highly diverse TCRbeta chains. These results provide direct evidence that the progenitors restricted to the T/NK/dendritic cell lineage selectively immigrate into the thymus.
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- Kyoko Masuda
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Zamisch M, Moore-Scott B, Su DM, Lucas PJ, Manley N, Richie ER. Ontogeny and regulation of IL-7-expressing thymic epithelial cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:60-7. [PMID: 15611228 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.1.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Epithelial cells in the thymus produce IL-7, an essential cytokine that promotes the survival, differentiation, and proliferation of thymocytes. We identified IL-7-expressing thymic epithelial cells (TECs) throughout ontogeny and in the adult mouse thymus by in situ hybridization analysis. IL-7 expression is initiated in the thymic fated domain of the early primordium by embryonic day 11.5 and is expressed in a Foxn1-independent pathway. Marked changes occur in the localization and regulation of IL-7-expressing TECs during development. IL-7-expressing TECs are present throughout the early thymic rudiment. In contrast, a major population of IL-7-expressing TECs is localized to the medulla in the adult thymus. Using mouse strains in which thymocyte development is arrested at various stages, we show that fetal and postnatal thymi differ in the frequency and localization of IL-7-expressing TECs. Whereas IL-7 expression is initiated independently of hemopoietic-derived signals during thymic organogenesis, thymocyte-derived signals play an essential role in regulating IL-7 expression in the adult TEC compartment. Moreover, different thymocyte subsets regulate the expression of IL-7 and keratin 5 in adult cortical epithelium, suggesting that despite phenotypic similarities, the cortical TEC compartments of wild-type and RAG-1(-/-) mice are developmentally and functionally distinct.
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- Monica Zamisch
- Science Park-Research Division, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA
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Schmitt TM, Ciofani M, Petrie HT, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC. Maintenance of T cell specification and differentiation requires recurrent notch receptor-ligand interactions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 200:469-79. [PMID: 15314075 PMCID: PMC2211933 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Notch signaling has been shown to play a pivotal role in inducing T lineage commitment. However, T cell progenitors are known to retain other lineage potential long after the first point at which Notch signaling is required. Thus, additional requirements for Notch signals and the timing of these events relative to intrathymic differentiation remain unknown. Here, we address this issue by culturing subsets of CD4 CD8 double negative (DN) thymocytes on control stromal cells or stromal cells expressing Delta-like 1 (Dll1). All DN subsets were found to require Notch signals to differentiate into CD4+ CD8+ T cells. Using clonal analyses, we show that CD44+ CD25+ (DN2) cells, which appeared committed to the T cell lineage when cultured on Dll1-expressing stromal cells, nonetheless gave rise to natural killer cells with a progenitor frequency similar to that of CD44+ CD25- (DN1) thymocytes when Notch signaling was absent. These data, together with the observation that Dll1 is expressed on stromal cells throughout the thymic cortex, indicates that Notch receptor-ligand interactions are necessary for induction and maintenance of T cell lineage specification at both the DN1 and DN2 stages of T cell development, suggesting that the Notch-induced repression of the B cell fate is temporally separate from Notch-induced commitment to the T lineage.
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- Thomas M Schmitt
- Department of Immunology, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Ave., Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
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Liu C, Ueno T, Kuse S, Saito F, Nitta T, Piali L, Nakano H, Kakiuchi T, Lipp M, Hollander GA, Takahama Y. The role of CCL21 in recruitment of T-precursor cells to fetal thymi. Blood 2004; 105:31-9. [PMID: 15358618 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-04-1369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During embryonic development, T-lymphoid precursor cells colonize the thymus. Chemoattraction by the fetal thymus is thought to mediate T-precursor cell colonization. However, the molecules that attract T-precursor cells to the thymus remain unclear. By devising time-lapse visualization in culture, the present results show that alymphoid fetal thymus lobes attract T-precursor cells from fetal liver or fetal blood. CD4(-)CD8(-)CD25(-)CD44+ fetal thymocytes retained the activity to specifically re-enter the thymus. The attraction was predominantly due to I-A-expressing thymic epithelial cells and was mediated by pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein signals. Among the chemokines produced by the fetal thymus, CCL21, CCL25, and CXCL12 could attract CD4(-)CD8(-)CD25(-)CD44+ fetal thymocytes. However, fetal thymus colonization was markedly diminished by neutralizing antibodies specific for CCL21 and CCL25, but not affected by anti-CXCL12 antibody. Fetal thymus colonization was partially defective in CCL21-deficient plt/plt mice and was further diminished by anti-CCL25 antibody. These results indicate that CCL21 is involved in the recruitment of T-cell precursors to the fetal thymus and suggest that the combination of CCL21 and CCL25 plays a major role in fetal thymus colonization.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies/immunology
- Antibodies/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL21
- Chemokine CXCL12
- Chemokines, CC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokines, CC/immunology
- Chemokines, CC/metabolism
- Chemokines, CXC/immunology
- Chemokines, CXC/metabolism
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
- Fetal Blood/cytology
- Fetus/embryology
- Fetus/immunology
- Fetus/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology
- Liver/cytology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Stem Cells/cytology
- Stem Cells/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/embryology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
- Time Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- Cunlan Liu
- Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
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Schwarz BA, Bhandoola A. Circulating hematopoietic progenitors with T lineage potential. Nat Immunol 2004; 5:953-60. [PMID: 15300246 DOI: 10.1038/ni1101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2004] [Accepted: 06/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The thymus is seeded via the blood, but the identity of hematopoietic progenitors with access to the circulation in adult mice is unknown. We report here that the only progenitors in blood with efficient T lineage potential were lineage negative with high expression of stem cell antigen 1 and c-Kit (LSK cells). The blood LSK population, like its counterpart in the bone marrow, contained hematopoietic stem cells and nonrenewing, multipotent progenitors, including early lymphoid progenitors and CD62L(+) cells previously described as efficient T lineage progenitors. Common lymphoid progenitors could not be identified in the circulation, suggesting they are not physiological T lineage precursors. We conclude that blood LSK cells are the principal circulating progenitors with T lineage potential.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin A Schwarz
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6160, USA
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