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The Journal of Immunology, 2000, 165: 6710-6715.
Copyright © 2000 by The American Association of Immunologists

MHC Recognition in Thymic Development: Distinct, Parallel Pathways for Survival and Lineage Commitment1

David Chang, Patricia Valdez, Thomas Ho and Ellen Robey2

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

The molecular events triggered by MHC recognition and how they lead to the emergence of mature CD4 and CD8 lineage thymocytes are not yet understood. To address these questions, we have examined what signals are necessary to drive the development of CD8 lineage thymocytes in TCR{alpha}- mice in which TCR/MHC engagement cannot occur. We find that the combination of constitutive Notch activity and constitutive Bcl-2 expression are necessary and sufficient to allow the appearance of mature CD8 lineage thymocytes in TCR{alpha}- mice. In addition, Notch activity alone in TCR{alpha}- mice can induce the up-regulation of HES1, suggesting that thymocytes are competent to respond to Notch signaling in the absence of MHC recognition. These data indicate that survival and lineage commitment represent distinct, parallel pathways that occur as a consequence of MHC recognition, both of which are necessary for the development of mature CD8 lineage T cells.




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