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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 138, Issue 11 3626-3634, Copyright © 1987 by American Association of Immunologists

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Cell lineage segregation during bursa of Fabricius ontogeny

E Houssaint

The population dynamics of myeloid and lymphoid lineages during bursa of Fabricius ontogeny were analyzed by immunofluorescence by using two monoclonal antibodies (mAb). CL-1 mAb reacts with all chicken hemopoietic cells, except mature erythrocytes. L22 mAb reacts with bursa and bursa-derived lymphocytes, with a minor subset of macrophages and with some cells of the thymic medulla. The staining of embryonic bursas by these antibodies helps to distinguish between two different lineages of hemopoietic cells: CL-1+/L22+ cells represent B lymphocytes and a minor subset of macrophages, while CL-1+/L22- cells correspond to most of the macrophages and to the granulocytes, which disappear at the end of the embryonic life. CL-1+/L22- as well as CL-1+/L22+ cells were first observed outside the bursal rudiment. This indicates that there is a pre-bursal segregation between these two hemopoietic lineages and that two different kinds of precursors colonize the bursal rudiment at about the same time (day 9 for CL-1+/L22- cells and days 9 or 10 for CL- 1+/L22+ cells). Moreover our data show that the colonization of the bursal epithelium by hemopoietic precursors is a two-step phenomenon. The first cells which enter belong to the CL-1+/L22- lineage, express Ia-like antigens at a high level, are dendritic in morphology, and represent cells of the macrophage/dendritic cell lineage. They are responsible for the formation of the epithelial bud which are then colonized by a small number of lymphoid precursors which belong to the CL-1+/L22+ lineage. Quail-chick bursa grafting experiments were also performed and the grafts were examined for CL-1 (restricted to chicken hemopoietic cells) and L22 reactivity. These observations confirmed our previous findings about the kinetics of the colonization of bursal rudiment by hemopoietic precursors and give support for a pre-bursal segregation between two hemopoietic pathways.


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