Neonatal and adult CD4+ CD3- cells share similar gene expression profile, and neonatal cells up-regulate OX40 ligand in response to TL1A (TNFSF15).
We report here the quantitative expression of a set of immunity-related genes, including TNF family members, chemokine receptors, and transcription factors, in a CD4+ CD3- accessory cell. By correlating gene expression between cell-sorted populations of defined phenotype, we show that the genetic fingerprint of these CD4+ CD3- cells is distinct from dendritic cells, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, T cells, B cells, and NK cells. In contrast, it is highly similar to CD4+ CD3- cells isolated from embryonic and neonatal tissues, with the exception that only adult populations express OX40L and CD30L. We have previously reported that IL-7 signals regulate CD30L expression. In the present study, we show that both neonatal and adult CD4+ CD3- cells express the TNF family member, death receptor 3 (TNFRSF25), and that addition of TL1A (TNFSF15), the ligand for death receptor 3, up-regulates OX40L on neonatal CD4+ CD3- cells. Finally, we demonstrate that this differentiation occurs in vivo: neonatal CD4+ CD3- cells up-regulate both CD30L and OX40L after adoptive transfer into an adult recipient.
Kim
Mi-Yeon
MY
Medical Research Council Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute for Biomedical Research, Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Toellner
Kai-Michael
KM
White
Andrea
A
McConnell
Fiona M
FM
Gaspal
Fabrina M C
FM
Parnell
Sonia M
SM
Jenkinson
Eric
E
Anderson
Graham
G
Lane
Peter J L
PJ
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D015703:Antigens, CD; D017252:CD3 Complex; D053285:CD30 Ligand; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D057132:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3; D053278:OX40 Ligand; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D053219:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 25; C539901:Rorc protein, mouse; C506034:Tnfrsf25 protein, mouse; C505947:Tnfsf15 protein, mouse; C504586:Tnfsf4 protein, mouse; C505775:Tnfsf8 protein, mouse; D053380:Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 15; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D048069:Tumor Necrosis Factors