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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 151, Issue 1 83-91, Copyright © 1993 by American Association of Immunologists
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J Gratiot-Deans, L Ding, LA Turka and G Nunez
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109.
To ensure that the mature T cell repertoire is MHC-restricted yet not autoreactive, cortical thymocytes that express low levels of the TCR/CD3 complex along with CD4 and CD8 (double positive cells) are subjected to positive and negative selection. Surviving cells lose either CD4 or CD8 (single positive cells) and are located primarily in the thymic medulla. bcl-2, a novel proto-oncogene that promotes cell survival by inhibiting programmed cell death (apoptosis), may be an important protein in regulating cell survival during thymocyte development. We have examined the expression of bcl-2 during T cell development by using human thymocytes. Consistent with previous studies, human thymic tissue sections stained for bcl-2 revealed occasional bcl-2+ cells within the thymic cortex and intense staining of virtually all medullary thymocytes. More quantitative western blot analysis and S1 nuclease protection assay revealed that single positive thymocytes contained approximately 2 to 3 times the level of bcl-2 protein and 3 to 4 times the level of bcl-2 mRNA as double positive thymocytes. Flow cytometric analysis of purified double positive thymocytes revealed that minimal amounts of bcl-2 protein was in fact detectable in most cells, although a small subpopulation (10-20%) contained higher levels. In contrast, brighter staining for bcl-2 was observed in virtually all single positive thymocytes. Surprisingly, CD4- CD8- thymocytes (both CD3- and CD3+) expressed the same amount of bcl-2 as did the single positive thymocytes. Because a large percentage of CD3-CD4-CD8- cells are cycling, we examined the effect of mitogenic stimulation on bcl-2 expression by double positive thymocytes by using western blot analysis. bcl-2 expression in double positive thymocytes could not be induced by cell cycle entry following stimulation with PMA and ionomycin. Our data demonstrate that bcl-2 expression is biphasic during T cell development. Both CD3-CD4-CD8- and CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ thymocytes express high levels of bcl-2. Therefore, diminished bcl-2 expression in double positive thymocytes seems to be the result of specific down-regulation in order to facilitate the selection CD4+CD8+ thymocytes.
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