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The Role of CD8' in the CD4 Versus CD8 Lineage Choice¹

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

During thymic development the recognition of MHC proteins by developing thymocytes influences their lineage commitment, such that recognition of class I MHC leads to CD8 T cell development, whereas recognition of class II MHC leads to CD4 T cell development. The coreceptors CD8 and CD4 may contribute to these different outcomes through interactions with class I and class II MHC, respectively, and through interactions with the tyrosine kinase p56^lck (Lck) via their cytoplasmic domains. In this paper we provide evidence that an alternatively spliced form of CD8 that cannot interact with Lck (CD8') can influence the CD4 vs CD8 lineage decision. Constitutive expression of a CD8 minigene transgene that encodes both CD8 and CD8' restores CD8 T cell development in CD8 mutant mice, but fails to permit the development of mismatched CD4 T cells bearing class I-specific TCRs. These results indicate that CD8' favors the development of CD8-lineage T cells, perhaps by reducing Lck activity upon class I MHC recognition in the thymus.

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