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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
Differentiation of gammadelta and alphabeta T cells from a common precursor cell depends on productive rearrangement and expression of TCRgammadelta or TCRbeta genes, but whether it is an instructive or a stochastic mechanism that is responsible for this process is unclear. We report that expression of the productively rearranged TCRgamma transgene competitively inhibits alphabeta thymocyte development under conditions where TCRbeta gene rearrangement is limiting. The status of TCRdelta gene rearrangements in the remaining alphabeta-lineage cells indicates that the effect is mediated by the intact gammadelta receptor. Paradoxically, in TCRbeta-/- mice, gammadelta receptor expression can also drive differentiation of some alphabeta-lineage cells. To resolve this paradox, we provide evidence for a minor population of gammadelta-dependent alphabeta-lineage cells in normal mice. The results indicate that the T cell lineage commitment process is either error-prone or stochastic.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1074-7613
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
427-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-Stochastic Processes, pubmed-meshheading:9586633-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
The developmental fate of T cells is critically influenced by TCRgammadelta expression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't