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Enforced Expression of GATA-3 During T Cell Development Inhibits Maturation of CD8 Single-Positive Cells and Induces Thymic Lymphoma in Transgenic Mice¹

Martijn C. Nawijn^*, Rita Ferreira^*,, Gemma M. Dingjan^*, Olev Kahre, Dubravka Drabek, Alar Karis^,, Frank Grosveld and Rudolf W. Hendriks^2,*

Departments of ^* Immunology and Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and Department of Gene Technologies and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

The zinc finger transcription factor GATA-3 is of critical importance for early T cell development and commitment of Th2 cells. To study the role of GATA-3 in early T cell development, we analyzed and modified GATA-3 expression in vivo. In mice carrying a targeted insertion of a lacZ reporter on one allele, we found that GATA-3 transcription in CD4⁺CD8⁺ double-positive thymocytes correlated with the onset of positive selection events, i.e., TCR up-regulation and CD69 expression. LacZ expression remained high (80% of cells) during maturation of CD4 single-positive (SP) cells in the thymus, but in developing CD8 SP cells the fraction of lacZ-expressing cells decreased to <20%. We modified this pattern by enforced GATA-3 expression driven by the CD2 locus control region, which provides transcription of GATA-3 throughout T cell development. In two independent CD2-GATA3-transgenic lines, 50% of the mice developed thymic lymphoblastoid tumors that were CD4⁺CD8^+/low and mostly CD3⁺. In tumor-free CD2-GATA3-transgenic mice, the total numbers of CD8 SP cells in the thymus were within normal ranges, but their maturation was hampered, as indicated by increased apoptosis of CD8 SP cells and a selective deficiency of mature CD69^lowHSA^low CD8 SP cells. In the spleen and lymph nodes, the numbers of CD8⁺ T cells were significantly reduced. These findings indicate that GATA-3 supports development of the CD4 lineage and inhibits maturation of CD8 SP cells in the thymus.

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