title: MHC class II and c-kit expression allows rapid enrichment of T-cell progenitors from total bone marrow cells.
abstract: T-cell progenitors in the embryonic bone marrow express the tyrosine kinase receptor c-kit. RR5, an anti-MHC class II beta chain monoclonal antibody, subdivides this c-kit positive population. Intrathymic transfer experiments showed that most of the T-cell progenitors belong to the MHC class II(+)/c-kit(+) bone marrow population in the embryo and young adult. On transplantation, these bone marrow progenitors lose this expression and differentiate into CD4 CD8 T lymphocytes. In contrast, erythroid progenitors are restricted to the MHC class II(-)/c-kit(+) population. The MHC class II(+)/c-kit(+) pro-T cells are metabolically active, because they stain brightly with rhodamin 123. Their cyclin A and B expression level suggests that they are in the mitotic phase of the cell cycle. Thus, we define an easy sorting protocol, which allows enrichment of T-cell progenitors from total bone marrow hemopoietic cells. (Blood. 2000;96:3988-3990)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ody
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corbel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dunon
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vainio
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Imhof
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D002645:Chickens; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II / Q000276:immunology*; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000276:immunology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit