Constitutive expression of the pre-TCR enables development of mature T cells

International Immunology
Silke SchnellHeinz Jacobs

Abstract

Expression and signalling through the pre-TCR and the TCRalphabeta resemble two critical checkpoints during T cell development. We investigated to which extent a pre-TCR can functionally replace mature TCRalpha chains during T cell development. For this purpose, transgenic mice were generated expressing the pre-TCRalpha (pTalpha) under the transcriptional control of TCRbeta regulatory elements. We report here on the interesting finding that constitutive pTalpha expression allows complete T cell maturation. The pre-TCR complex permits a subset of beta-selected thymocytes to mature in the absence of TCRalpha into peripheral T cells (betaT cells) comprising up to 10% of all lymphocytes. Lymphopenia-driven proliferation of these betaT cells is similar to that of conventional alphabetaT cells. Furthermore, betaT cells proliferated and acquired effector function upon stimulation with allogeneic MHC.

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