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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic exposure to oncostatin M (OM) has been shown to stimulate extrathymic T cell development. The present work shows that in OM transgenic mice, 1) massive extrathymic T cell development takes place exclusively the lymph nodes (LNs) and not in the bone marrow, liver, intestines, or spleen; and 2) LNs are the sole site where the size of the mature CD4+ and CD8+ T cell pool is increased (6- to 7-fold). Moreover, when injected into OM transgenic mice, both transgenic and nontransgenic CD4+ and CD8+ T cells preferentially migrated to the LNs rather than the spleen. Studies of athymic recipients of fetal liver grafts showed that lymphopoietic pathway modulated by OM was truly thymus independent, and that nontransgenic progenitors could generate extrathymic CD4+CD8+ cells as well as mature T cells under the paracrine influence of OM. The progeny of the thymic-independent differentiation pathway regulated by OM was polyclonal in terms of Vbeta usage, exhibited a phenotype associated with previous TCR ligation, and displayed a rapid turnover rate (5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine pulse-chase assays). This work suggests that chronic exposure to OM 1) discloses a unique ability of LNs to sustain extrathymic T cell development, and 2) increases the number and/or function of LN niches able to support seeding of recirculating mature T cells. Regulation of the lymphopoietic pathway discovered in OM transgenic mice could be of therapeutic interest for individuals with thymic hypoplasia or deficient peripheral T cell niches.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
164
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5713-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Antigens, CD44, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck), pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Oncostatin M, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:10820248-Thymus Gland
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of extrathymic T cell development and turnover by oncostatin M.
pubmed:affiliation
Guy Bernier Research Center, Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't