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Department Pathology and Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, Australia;
Division of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121; and
Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia.
CD1d-restricted V
14-J
281 invariant 
TCR+
(NKT) cells are well defined in the C57BL/6 mouse strain, but
they remain poorly characterized in non-NK1.1-expressing strains.
Surrogate markers for NKT cells such as

TCR+CD4-CD8- and
DX5+CD3+ have been used in many studies,
although their effectiveness in defining this lineage remains to be
verified. Here, we compare NKT cells among C57BL/6, NK1.1-congenic
BALB/c, and NK1.1-congenic nonobese diabetic mice. NKT cells were
identified and compared using a range of approaches: NK1.1 expression,
surrogate phenotypes used in previous studies, labeling with
CD1d/
-galactosylceramide tetramers, and cytokine production. Our
results demonstrate that NKT cells and their CD4/CD8-defined subsets
are present in all three strains, and confirm that nonobese diabetic
mice have a numerical and functional deficiency in these cells. We also
highlight the hazards of using surrogate phenotypes, none of which
accurately identify NKT cells, and one in particular
(DX5+CD3+) actually excludes these cells.
Finally, our results support the concept that NK1.1 expression may not
be an ideal marker for CD1d-restricted NKT cells, many of which are
NK1.1-negative, especially within the CD4+ subset and
particularly in NK1.1-congenic BALB/c mice.
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