Abstract:
:The differentiation and survival of developing alpha beta thymocytes depends on effective T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling upon recognition of self peptide/major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule ligands. Although this concept is uniformly accepted with regard to immature thymocytes, there are conflicting reports as to whether or not MHC recognition is required for survival of mature peripheral naïve T cells. In this review, we assess these reports critically and conclude that in many cases, the differences observed in CD4(+) T-cell recovery between MHC-expressing and MHC-deficient animals can be attributed to proliferation occurring only in the MHC-expressing lymphopenic animals studied in these models systems, rather than to effects of MHC recognition on cell viability per se. Still other reports involve experimental manipulations that may have affected the intrathymic development of the T cells such that they receive a "poor" selecting signal, fail to fully mature, and thus behave more like thymocytes in their survival characteristics (i.e., show MHC dependence). With respect to CD8(+) T cells, we discuss data suggesting that some clones are more dependent upon the presence of MHC class I for survival than others. We propose that some CD8(+) T cells even in a wild-type host may behave like the manipulated CD4(+) T cells just described, and fail to mature completely with respect to their survival requirements. Although the proportion of CD8(+) cells in this MHC-dependent state is not known, the corresponding fraction among CD4(+) T cells seems to be rather small. Overall, our analysis of the available data suggests that most or all mature CD4(+) (and perhaps also many CD8(+)) T lymphocytes do not depend on self-recognition for their viability in the periphery.
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Microbes Infectjournal_title
Microbes and infectionauthors
Dorfman JR,Germain RNdoi
10.1016/s1286-4579(02)01571-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-04-01 00:00:00pages
547-54issue
5eissn
1286-4579issn
1769-714Xpii
S128645790201571Xjournal_volume
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