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CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
卷 32, 期 10, 页码 1265-1271出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.07.011
关键词
Embryonic stem (ES) cells; T cells; Thymopentin (TP5); Thymosin alpha-1 (T alpha-1); Thymopeptides
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资金
- Key Scientific and Technological Projects of Guangdong Province [2007A032100003, 2005A30201001]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [4203002]
- Key Scientific and Technological Projects of Guangzhou City [2006Z2-E4071]
The thymus provides a unique cellular and hormonic microenvironment for the development of immunocompetent T cells. Thymic polypeptides have been widely used clinically for the treatment of tumors, infectious diseases and immune deficiency diseases. They have already shown the ability to stimulate the maturation of hematopoietic stem cells towards the CD3+CD4+ T cell lineage. However, their effects on the thymopoiesis of embryonic stem cells are still unexplored. In this paper, we compared the effects of three thymic polypeptides, thymopentin (TP5), thymosin alpha-1 (T alpha-1) and thymopeptides on the in vitro thymopoiesis of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. Using the embryoid body induction system, we found that both T alpha-1 and thymopeptides effectively induced ES cells to differentiate sequentially into the CD3+ and CD4+/CD8+ T cells. These T cells had T cell receptor (TCR) V beta gene rearrangement and most were TCR alpha beta T cells. We also found that the expression of the Notch receptor and its ligands Delta-like-1 and Delta-like-4 gradually increased during the induction. However, TP5 failed to induce the T cell differentiation of the ES cells. In summary, this is the first report to demonstrate that T alpha-1 can stimulate the T cell early stage differentiation from ES cells using the embryoid body protocol. These findings provide a powerful model for studying T cell development and may open new venues for the clinical application of T alpha-1. (c) 2008 International Federation for Cell Biology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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