Identification of an early T cell progenitor for a pathway of T cell maturation in the bone marrow
AUTOR(ES)
Dejbakhsh-Jones, Sussan
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
We have identified a rare (≈0.05–0.1%) population of cells (Thy-1hiCD16+CD44hiCD2−TCRαβ−B220−Mac-1−NK1.1−) in the adult mouse bone marrow that generates CD4+ and CD8+ TCRαβ+ T cells after tissue culture for 48 hr in the presence of Ly5 congenic marrow cells. The essential stages in the maturation of the progenitors were determined; the stages included an early transition from CD2−CD16+CD44hiTCRαβ− to CD2+CD16int/−CD44int/−TCRαβ− cells, and a later transition to CD4+CD8+TCRαβ+ double-positive T cells that rapidly generate the CD4+ and CD8+ single-positive T cells. The maturation of the progenitors is almost completely arrested at the CD2+TCRαβ− stage by the presence of mature T cells at the initiation of cultures. This alternate pathway is supported by the marrow microenvironment; it recapitulates critical intermediary steps in intrathymic T cell maturation.
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