Delta-like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for T cell development.
The thymic microenvironment is required for T cell development in vivo. However, in vitro studies have shown that when hematopoietic progenitors acquire Notch signaling via Delta-like (Dll)1 or Dll4, they differentiate into the T cell lineage in the absence of a thymic microenvironment. It is not cl...
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| author | Hozumi, K Mailhos, C Negishi, N Hirano, K Yahata, T Ando, K Zuklys, S Holländer, G Shima, D Habu, S |
| author_facet | Hozumi, K Mailhos, C Negishi, N Hirano, K Yahata, T Ando, K Zuklys, S Holländer, G Shima, D Habu, S |
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| description | The thymic microenvironment is required for T cell development in vivo. However, in vitro studies have shown that when hematopoietic progenitors acquire Notch signaling via Delta-like (Dll)1 or Dll4, they differentiate into the T cell lineage in the absence of a thymic microenvironment. It is not clear, however, whether the thymus supports T cell development specifically by providing Notch signaling. To address this issue, we generated mice with a loxP-flanked allele of Dll4 and induced gene deletion specifically in thymic epithelial cells (TECs). In the thymus of mutant mice, the expression of Dll4 was abrogated on the epithelium, and the proportion of hematopoietic cells bearing the intracellular fragment of Notch1 (ICN1) was markedly decreased. Corresponding to this, CD4 CD8 double-positive or single-positive T cells were not detected in the thymus. Further analysis showed that the double-negative cell fraction was lacking T cell progenitors. The enforced expression of ICN1 in hematopoietic progenitors restored thymic T cell differentiation, even when the TECs were deficient in Dll4. These results indicate that the thymus-specific environment for determining T cell fate indispensably requires Dll4 expression to induce Notch signaling in the thymic immigrant cells. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ed2ee430-3fa4-416f-a13c-b2b9267cca412022-03-27T11:22:59ZDelta-like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for T cell development.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ed2ee430-3fa4-416f-a13c-b2b9267cca41EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Hozumi, KMailhos, CNegishi, NHirano, KYahata, TAndo, KZuklys, SHolländer, GShima, DHabu, SThe thymic microenvironment is required for T cell development in vivo. However, in vitro studies have shown that when hematopoietic progenitors acquire Notch signaling via Delta-like (Dll)1 or Dll4, they differentiate into the T cell lineage in the absence of a thymic microenvironment. It is not clear, however, whether the thymus supports T cell development specifically by providing Notch signaling. To address this issue, we generated mice with a loxP-flanked allele of Dll4 and induced gene deletion specifically in thymic epithelial cells (TECs). In the thymus of mutant mice, the expression of Dll4 was abrogated on the epithelium, and the proportion of hematopoietic cells bearing the intracellular fragment of Notch1 (ICN1) was markedly decreased. Corresponding to this, CD4 CD8 double-positive or single-positive T cells were not detected in the thymus. Further analysis showed that the double-negative cell fraction was lacking T cell progenitors. The enforced expression of ICN1 in hematopoietic progenitors restored thymic T cell differentiation, even when the TECs were deficient in Dll4. These results indicate that the thymus-specific environment for determining T cell fate indispensably requires Dll4 expression to induce Notch signaling in the thymic immigrant cells. |
| spellingShingle | Hozumi, K Mailhos, C Negishi, N Hirano, K Yahata, T Ando, K Zuklys, S Holländer, G Shima, D Habu, S Delta-like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for T cell development. |
| title | Delta-like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for T cell development. |
| title_full | Delta-like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for T cell development. |
| title_fullStr | Delta-like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for T cell development. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delta-like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for T cell development. |
| title_short | Delta-like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for T cell development. |
| title_sort | delta like 4 is indispensable in thymic environment specific for t cell development |
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