Abstract
Intrathymic signals induce the differentiation of immature CD4(+)CD8(+) double positive (DP) thymocytes into mature CD4(+) or CD8(+) single positive (SP) T cells. The transcriptional mechanism by which CD8 lineage is determined is not fully understood. The best evidence, which favors the kinetic signaling/coreceptor reversal model, indicates that signaled DP thymocytes terminate CD8 transcription prior to their subsequent re-initiation of CD8 transcription and ultimate differentiation into CD8SP T cells. We and others have shown that CD8 lineage commitment is severely perturbed in mice in which expression of the transcription factor SATB1 is either conventionally knocked out or T cell-specifically knocked down. Here, we demonstrate that, as with normal thymocytes, cultured SATB1-deficient DP thymocytes inactivate CD8 coreceptor transcription following receipt of signals (PMA plus ionomycin) that mimic TCR-mediated positive selection. However, this terminated CD8 transcription is not re-initiated by signals (IL-7) conducive to CD8 differentiation in SATB1-deficient DP. We show that SATB1 specifically binds to a cis-regulatory element within the CD8 enhancer (E8(III)) known to be required for coreceptor reversal. A requirement in...Continue Reading
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