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Potential Role of NKG2D/MHC Class I-Related Chain A Interaction in Intrathymic Maturation of Single-Positive CD8 T Cells¹

Sophie Hüe^*, Renato C. Monteiro, Sonia Berrih-Aknin and Sophie Caillat-Zucman^2,*

^* Laboratory of Immunology, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale E-0225, Faculté Bichat, Paris, France; and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ESA 8078, Center Chirurgical Marie-Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France

The nonclassical MHC class I molecule MHC class I-related chain A (MICA) interacts with the NKG2D receptor expressed at the surface of most peripheral CD8 T cells, T cells, and NK cells. We investigated the role of MICA-NKG2D interactions in the selection or maturation of the T cell repertoire within the thymus using MICA tetramers and anti-MICA mAbs. MICA tetramers identified a small population of late stage CD8 single-positive, CD45RA⁺ CD62L⁺ CCR7⁺ CD69^- thymocytes, a phenotype compatible with that of fully mature CD8⁺ cells ready to emigrate to the periphery as naive cells. MICA molecules were expressed in the outer layer of Hassal’s corpuscles within the medulla of normal thymus. In thymomas, an overexpression of MICA in cortical and medullar epithelial cells was observed. This was associated with a decreased percentage of NKG2D-positive thymocytes, which expressed a less mature phenotype than in normal thymus. These results indicate that CD8⁺ thymocytes up-regulate NKG2D as they complete their developmental program before leaving the thymic medulla to seed the periphery, and identify NKG2D as a potential regulator of the developmental processes in T cells that are essential for immune homeostasis.

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