Thymus development and microenvironment organization require stage- and site-specific cross-talk between thymocyte and stroma. In this study we have used recombinase-activating gene-deficient (RAG-2(-/-)) mice to analyze regulated gene expression both in thymocytes and stromal cells following injection of anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies as inducer of thymus development. We show that IFN-γ, TNF-α and lymphotactin are transcriptionally regulated in thymocytes, whereas cytoskeletal keratin 14, IL-1α and TNF-α are regulated in the stroma, quantitatively reproducing the variations associated with β selection of thymocytes. In addition, RAG-2(-/-) thymus development is associated with entry of epithelial cells into the cell cycle. The histochemical evidence that expanded RAG-2(-/-) thymus becomes undistinguishable from wild-type cortex further suggests that cross-talk phenomena occurring during β selection of thymocyte are reproduced in this system.

Molecular and cellular aspects of induced thymus development in recombinase‐deficient mice / S Porcellini, M Panigada, F Grassi. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0014-2980. - 29:8(1999), pp. 2476-2483. [10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199908)29:08<2476::AID-IMMU2476>3.0.CO;2-1]

Molecular and cellular aspects of induced thymus development in recombinase‐deficient mice

F. Grassi
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1999

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Thymus development and microenvironment organization require stage- and site-specific cross-talk between thymocyte and stroma. In this study we have used recombinase-activating gene-deficient (RAG-2(-/-)) mice to analyze regulated gene expression both in thymocytes and stromal cells following injection of anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies as inducer of thymus development. We show that IFN-γ, TNF-α and lymphotactin are transcriptionally regulated in thymocytes, whereas cytoskeletal keratin 14, IL-1α and TNF-α are regulated in the stroma, quantitatively reproducing the variations associated with β selection of thymocytes. In addition, RAG-2(-/-) thymus development is associated with entry of epithelial cells into the cell cycle. The histochemical evidence that expanded RAG-2(-/-) thymus becomes undistinguishable from wild-type cortex further suggests that cross-talk phenomena occurring during β selection of thymocyte are reproduced in this system.
Settore BIO/13 - Biologia Applicata
1999
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