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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 106, 期 21, 页码 8641-8646出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812255106
关键词
iNKT cells; cell cycle; nonconventional lymphocytes
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 AI059676]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Lady Tata Memorial Trust
The molecular requirements for invariant V alpha 14-bearing natural killer T cells (iNKT) in the thymus are poorly understood. A minute population of approximate to 500 newly selected CD69(+)CD24(+) stage 0 (ST0) iNKT cells gives rise to approximate to 100 times more CD44(neg/lo)CD24(-) stage 1 (ST1) cells, which then generate similar frequencies of CD44(hi)CD24(-) stage 2 (ST2) and mature iNKT cells. Although the increased number of ST1 compared with ST0 cells indicates the initiation of a proliferation wave in the very early stages of iNKT cell development, details about the controlling mechanism are currently lacking. Here, we show that the transcription factor c-Myc is required for iNKT cell development. Conditional ablation of c-Myc in double-positive thymocytes specifically impacted iNKT but not conventional T cell development. Within the iNKT population, a progressive reduction of iNKT cells was observed starting at ST1 (approximate to 50-fold) and ST2 (approximate to 350-fold), with a complete lack of mature cells in thymus, spleen, and liver. ST0/ST1 c-Myc-deficient iNKT cells showed reduced proliferation. In contrast, annexin V staining did not reveal increased apoptosis, and transgenic overexpression of BCL-2 did not rescue iNKT cell development in c-Myc-deficient mice. Moreover, expression of known iNKT differentiation factors such as Plzf and Gata3 was not dramatically altered. These, findings provide compelling evidence that c-Myc mediates an intrathymic proliferation wave immediately after agonist selection of iNKT cells and illustrate the importance of this expansion for the generation of mature iNKT cells in vivo.
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