title: Synergistic effect of colony-stimulating factors and IL-2 on prothymocyte proliferation linked to the maturation of macrophage/dendritic cells within L3T4-Lyt-2-Ia-Mac- cells.
abstract: Bone marrow-derived precursors colonize the thymus, where they constitute the minor L3T4-Lyt2- subset which can give rise to all thymocyte subpopulations. We show in the present paper that L3T4-Lyt2- population depleted of Ia+, Mac-1+ cells contain pluripotent hemopoietic stem cells (CFU-S) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming cells (GM-CFC). Addition of GM-CSF to the culture medium leads to the production of adherent and nonadherent cells of the macrophage-monocyte lineage. L3T4-Lyt2- cells poorly respond to IL-2 in vitro, but the addition of either rIL-3 or rGM-CSF allows the IL-2 response of L3T4-Lyt2- cells. This response is at least partly mediated by maturation of double-negative cells for L3T4 and Lyt-2 Ag into cells able to produce IL-1.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 25, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papiernik
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lepault
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pontoux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D008264:Macrophages / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D010641:Phenotype; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007376:Interleukin-2; D007377:Interleukin-3; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor