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The Journal of Immunology, 2000, 164: 2857-2860.
Copyright © 2000 by The American Association of Immunologists


CUTTING EDGE

Cutting Edge: The Ets1 Transcription Factor Is Required for the Development of NK T Cells in Mice1

Theresa L. Walunas*, Bin Wang{dagger}, Chyung-Ru Wang{dagger} and Jeffrey M. Leiden2,{ddagger}

* Department of Medicine and {dagger} Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; and {ddagger} Laboratory of Cardiovascular Biology, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02115

Ets1-deficient mice develop B and T cells but display a severe defect in the development of the NK cell lineage. In this report, we demonstrate that Ets1 is also required for the development of NK1.1+ T (NK T) cells. We observed significantly decreased numbers of NK T cells in the thymus, spleen, and liver of Ets1-deficient mice. These organs also contained markedly decreased levels of the canonical V{alpha}14-J{alpha}281 TCR{alpha} transcript seen in NK T cells. Unlike wild-type NK T cells, Ets1-deficient thymocytes failed to produce detectable levels of IL-4 following anti-CD3 stimulation. The absence of NK T cells in the Ets1-deficient mice was not associated with defective expression of CD1, an MHC class I molecule required for NK T cell development. We conclude that Ets1 defines a novel transcriptional regulatory pathway that is required for the development of both the NK and NK T cell lineages.




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