Two subsets of naive T helper cells with distinct T cell receptor excision circle content in human adult peripheral blood

The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Sonja KimmigAndreas Thiel

Abstract

During ageing thymic function declines and is unable to meet the demand for peripheral T helper (Th) cell replenishment. Therefore, population maintenance of naive Th cells must be at least partly peripherally based. Such peripheral postthymic expansion of recent thymic emigrants (RTEs) during ageing consequently should lead to loss or dilution of T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) from a subset of naive T cells. We have identified two subsets of naive Th cells in human adult peripheral blood characterized by a striking unequal content of TRECs, indicating different peripheral proliferative histories. TRECs are highly enriched in peripheral naive CD45RA(+) Th cells coexpressing CD31 compared with peripheral naive CD45RA(+) Th cells lacking CD31 expression, in which TRECs can hardly be detected. Furthermore we show that CD31(-)CD45RA(+) Th cells account for increasing percentages of the naive peripheral Th cell pool during ageing but retain phenotypic and functional features of naive Th cells. As CD31 is lost upon T cell receptor (TCR) engagement in vitro, we hypothesize that TCR triggering is a prerequisite for homeostatically driven peripheral postthymic expansion of human naive RTEs. We describe here the identification ...Continue Reading

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