title: Development of CD8alpha/alpha and CD8alpha/beta T cells in major histocompatibility complex class I-deficient mice.
abstract: Peripheral CD8(+) T cells mainly use CD8alpha/beta, and their development is mainly dependent on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I proteins K(b) and D(b) in H-2(b) mice. In this report, we have shown that the development of CD8alpha/beta TCR-alpha/beta cells in lymphoid organs as well as in intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (iIELs) is dependent on the MHC class I K(b) and D(b) proteins. In contrast, TCR-alpha/beta CD8alpha/alpha cells are found mainly in iIELs, and their numbers are unaffected in K(b)D(b) double knockout mice. Most of the TCR-gamma/delta cells in the iIELs also bear CD8alpha/alpha, and they are also unaffected in K(b)D(b) -/- mice. In beta2-microglobulin (beta2m)-deficient mice, all of the TCR-alpha/beta CD8alpha/alpha and CD8alpha/beta T cells disappear, but TCR-gamma/delta cells are unaffected by the absence of beta2m.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Janeway
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000276:immunology*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta