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Functional maturation of recent thymic emigrants in the periphery: development of alloreactivity correlates with the cyclic expression of CD45RC isoforms.

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:The transition from fully developed CD4+CD8- single-positive (SP) thymocytes into fully mature recirculating peripheral T cells is both poorly understood with regard to the expression of restricted isoforms (CD45R) of the leukocyte common antigen and in terms of T cell function. The present investigation monitored the extrathymic development of CD4+CD8- SP thymocytes in euthymic recipients using allotype-marked donor cells and monoclonal antibody OX22 which recognizes an epitope on the C exon of rat CD45R. We established that donor-derived cells in the blood 1 day later bore the phenotype of the injected SP thymocytes (CD4+ Thy-1+ CD45RC-). T cells with the identical phenotype were also present in the thoracic duct lymph of uninjected rats, suggesting that the Thy-1+ CD45RC- T cells represent recent thymic emigrants (RTE) which have migrated to the periphery of their own accord. During extrathymic maturation donor-derived peripheral RTE lost Thy-1 within 3 days and expressed the CD45RC+ high molecular weight isoform by day 7; between days 8 and 14 a proportion (25%-30%) of the donor cells once again lost the high molecular weight isoform (CD45RC-). The transition of SP (CD45RC-) thymocytes to fully mature CD45RC+ CD4 T cells via intermediate peripheral RTE was accompanied at each stage by an increased ability of the maturing T cells to induce skin allograft rejection. Unexpectedly, the subsequent loss of the high molecular weight isoform, following presumed antigen encounter, was associated with a significant reduction in the ability of this Thy-1-CD45RC- subpopulation to effect graft rejection. The cyclic expression of CD45RC isoforms on both immature and mature CD4 T cells and the fact that the low molecular weight isoform was found in the periphery on both RTE (unquestionably naive) and antigen-experienced CD4 T cells, makes it unlikely that this isoform uniquely identifies memory T cells, at least in the rat.

journal_name

Eur J Immunol

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European journal of immunology

authors

Yang CP,Bell EB

doi

10.1002/eji.1830220913

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pub_date

1992-09-01 00:00:00

pages

2261-9

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eissn

0014-2980

issn

1521-4141

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Functional maturation of recent thymic emigrants in the periphery: development of alloreactivity correlates with the cyclic expression of CD45RC isoforms.