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Peripheral T cell lymphopenia and concomitant enrichment in naturally arising regulatory T cells: the case of the pre-Talpha gene-deleted mouse.

Abstract

In pre-Talpha (pTalpha) gene-deleted mice, the positively selectable CD4+ CD8+ double-positive thymocyte pool is only 1% that in wild-type mice. Consequently, their peripheral T cell compartment is severely lymphopenic with a concomitant increase in proportion of CD25+ FoxP3+ regulatory T cells. Using mixed bone marrow chimeras, where thymic output was 1% normal, the pTalpha(-/-) peripheral T cell phenotype could be reproduced with normal cells. In the pTalpha(-/-) thymus and peripheral lymphoid organs, FoxP3+ CD4+ cells were enriched. Parabiosis experiments showed that many pTalpha(-/-) CD4+ single-positive thymocytes represented recirculating peripheral T cells. Therefore, the enrichment of FoxP3+ CD4+ single-positive thymocytes was not solely due to increased thymic production. Thus, the pTalpha(-/-) mouse serves as a model system with which to study the consequences of chronic decreased thymic T cell production on the physiology of the peripheral T cell compartment.

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inserm-00473510 , version 1 (15-04-2010)

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  • HAL Id : inserm-00473510 , version 1
  • PUBMED : 17015684

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Nabil Bosco, Fabien Agenes, Antonius G. Rolink, Rhodri Ceredig. Peripheral T cell lymphopenia and concomitant enrichment in naturally arising regulatory T cells: the case of the pre-Talpha gene-deleted mouse.. Journal of Immunology, 2006, 177 (8), pp.5014-23. ⟨inserm-00473510⟩
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