Thymic precursors of CD8aa+ intestinal epithelial lymphocytes (IEL) divide into an emigrating and a retained population
Ruscher, R., Kummer, R., Lee, Y.J., Huggenberger, S., and Hogquist, K.A. (2016) Thymic precursors of CD8aa+ intestinal epithelial lymphocytes (IEL) divide into an emigrating and a retained population. European Journal of Immunology, 46. 1787. pp. 336-337.
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Intestinal TCRb+CD4-CD8b-CD8a+ (CD8aa) IELs alleviate T cell induced colitis and have been suggested to play a role in virus infection and cancer. Their thymic development has been elucidated to some extent, as IEL precursors (IELp) are known to be CD4-CD8-CD5+TCRb+, but is not yet fully understood. Within the thymus, mature IELp were identified based on their expression of CD122 and MHC class I. Two major phenotypic subsets exist within this mature thymic IELp population: a PD1+Tbet- population that preferentially expresses a4b7, and a PD1-Tbet+ population with preferential CD103 expression. These two populations were also distinct in their Valpha repertoire. The PD1+a4b7+ population contains clones that are strongly self-reactive as judged by Nur77GFP and their dramatic increase in Bim deficient mice, while the PD1-Tbet+ population did not show these characteristics. Both gave rise to CD8aa IELs upon adoptive transfer into RAG-/- recipients. However intrathymic labeling revealed that PD1+a4b7+ IELp were the major thymic emigrating population, and emigration was S1P1-dependent. In contrast, PD1-Tbet+ IELp expressed CXCR3, were retained, and accumulated in the thymus with age. Preliminary immunofluorescence data furthermore indicate differential thymic cortico-medullary localization of the IELp subtypes. These experiments more precisely define the behavior of IEL precursors.
| Item ID: | 60668 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Abstract) |
| ISSN: | 1521-4141 |
| Additional Information: | Presented at: ICI 2016: International Congress of Immunology, 21-26 August 2016, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2019 02:14 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1107 Immunology > 110704 Cellular Immunology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 50% 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences @ 50% |
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