Title |
Dissecting and modeling the emergent murine TEC compartment during ontogeny
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Published in |
European Journal of Immunology, May 2017
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DOI | 10.1002/eji.201747006 |
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Authors |
Fabian Brunk, Chloé Michel, Tim Holland‐Letz, Alla Slynko, Annette Kopp‐Schneider, Bruno Kyewski, Sheena Pinto |
Abstract |
The origin of the thymic epithelium, i.e. the cortical (cTEC) and medullary (mTEC) epithelial cells, from bipotent stem cells through TEC progenitors and lineage-specific progeny still remains poorly understood. We sought to obtain an unbiased view of the incipient emergence of TEC subsets by following embryonic TEC development based on co-expression of EpCAM, CD80 and MHC class II (MHCII) on non-hematopoietic (CD45(-) ) thymic stromal cells in wild-type BL6 mice. Using a combination of ex vivo analysis, Re-aggregate Thymic Organ Culture (RTOC) reconstitution assays and mathematical modelling, we traced emergent lineage commitment in murine embryonic TECs. Both experimental and mathematical datasets supported the following developmental sequence: MHCII(-) CD80(-) → MHCII(lo) CD80(-) → MHCII(hi) CD80(-) → MHCII(hi) CD80(hi) TECs, whereby MHCII(hi) CD80(-) and MHCII(hi) CD80(hi) TECs bear features of cTECs and mTECs respectively. These emergent MHCII(hi) CD80(-) cTECs directly generate mature MHCII(hi) CD80(hi) mTECs in vivo and in vitro, thus supporting the asynchronous model of TEC lineage commitment. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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