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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 134, Issue 6 3625-3631, Copyright © 1985 by American Association of Immunologists

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Thymic reticulum in mice. IV. The rosette formation between phagocytic cells of the thymic reticulum and cortical type thymocytes is mediated by complement receptor type three

S el Rouby, F Praz, L Halbwachs-Mecarelli and M Papiernik

A phagocytic cell of the thymic reticulum (P-TR) with dendritic shape recently has been isolated and characterized. We have previously shown that P-TR have an important role to play in the constitution of the thymic microenvironment. Indeed, P-TR are able to produce interleukin 1 and prostaglandin E2, both of which regulate thymocyte activation and proliferation. They are able also to stimulate the proliferation of syngeneic thymocytes enriched in the medullary type. In the present paper, we analyze a close relationship which exists between P-TR and thymocytes of the cortical type. About 25% of P-TR are able to bind to thymocytes and to form rosettes. Rosetting thymocytes represent about 5% of the total population and are PNA+, Lyt 1+2+, H-2-, and sensitive to in vivo steroid treatment. Pretreatment of P-TR with anti-Mac-1, a monoclonal rat IgG antibody against mouse macrophages and specific for complement receptor type three (CR3), abolished rosette formation. Rosette formation also was found to be inhibited by zymosan-treated serum containing the CR3 ligand, C3bi, and by certain sugars, in particular, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and L-xylose. Our results suggest that rosetting thymocytes bind to CR3 on the P-TR membrane and that sugar constituents of the carbohydrate moieties on the thymocyte surface may serve as a recognition site during the binding process.


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