title: Preferential repopulation of the small intestine by gut-derived T cell precursors in the murine system.
abstract: The potential of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) precursors to repopulate the lymphoid components of lethally-irradiated mice was evaluated. Mice injected with total IEL, or IEL depleted of mature T cells, died within 2 weeks post-irradiation. Injection of T cell-depleted Thy-1.1 IEL and Thy-1.2 bone marrow (BM) into lethally-irradiated Thy-1.2 mice resulted in survival rates greater than 90%. The vast majority of thymocytes analysed at 2, 6, and 10 weeks post-treatment were Thy-1.2+. The Thy-1.1+ and Thy-1.2+ cells were detected in the spleen 2 and 6 weeks post-reconstitution. After 10 weeks, the majority of splenic T cells were Thy-1.2+. The majority of Thy-1+ IEL were of the Thy-1.1 subtype at 2 and 6 weeks after reconstitution. After 10 weeks, Thy-1.2+ IEL became the predominant subtype. Flow cytometry (FCM) analyses of Thy-1.1+ IEL showed that Thy-1.1 was co-expressed with CD3, CD4, CD5, CD8, TCR alpha beta and TCR gamma delta T cell markers. These findings indicate that IEL precursors home preferentially to gut epithelia and generate complex IEL phenotypic subsets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Technology, Zarka Private University, Jordan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000032:analysis; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D018956:CD5 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology*; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D051379:Mice; D008806:Mice, Inbred AKR; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D011828:Radiation Chimera / Q000276:immunology; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000032:analysis; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000032:analysis; D013154:Spleen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D017252:CD3 Complex; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D018956:CD5 Antigens; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens