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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 146, Issue 4 1348-1352, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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V gamma 3 T cell receptor rearrangement and expression in the adult thymus

LK Aguilar and JW Belmont
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.

Rearrangement and expression of the V gamma 3-J gamma 1 TCR has been found in murine dendritic epidermal cells (DEC) and fetal thymus. By using the polymerase chain reaction technique, V gamma 3-J gamma 1 rearrangements and RNA expression were detected in the murine adult thymus. Individual genomic and cDNA junctions were cloned and sequenced. In genomic DNA, 55% (16/29) of V gamma 3-J gamma 1 junctional sequences had N regions ranging in length from 1 to 12 nucleotides resulting in considerable junctional diversity. Only 5% (2/42) of cDNA sequences had N regions. The canonical DEC sequence represented 36% (15/42) of the cDNA sequences. Thus, fetal-type V gamma 3-J gamma 1 rearrangements lacking N regions were preferentially expressed in adult thymocytes, some of which may be DEC precursors. The developmental stages in which V gamma 3-J gamma 1 rearrangements are generated were studied by using polymerase chain reaction to detect circular rearrangement products. Active V gamma 3-J gamma 1 rearrangement was detected in thymuses from fetal, newborn, and 2-wk- old mice but not in 5-wk or 8-wk-old (adult) mice. V gamma 2, one of the most common V gamma rearrangements in the adult, was found to be actively rearranging to J gamma 1 in the adult thymus. However, V gamma 2-V gamma 3 replacement rearrangement was not found. These results support the hypotheses that adult thymocytes with rearranged V gamma 3- J gamma 1 are persistent from earlier developmental stages and represent a separate lineage from those with V gamma 2-J gamma 1 rearrangements.


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