The T cell alloantigen Tthyd appears on a subpopulation of thymocytes in mice bearing the Igh-1d or e heavy chain haplotype. Ontogenetic studies have suggested that this antigen precedes the appearance of two other T cell alloantigens in the same linkage group, Tindd and Tsud. The purpose of this study was to determine if the Tthy-bearing cell is a precursor for cells in the periphery expressing Tind and Tsu. CAL-20 mice were treated at 48-h intervals beginning on the day of birth with a monoclonal antibody recognizing Tthy. Tthy alloantigen expression, monitored by cytotoxicity assays, was found to be significantly depressed in the thymuses of treated animals; Tind and Tsu also failed to appear in the periphery. Treatment with anti-Tthy caused no significant changes in frequency or surface intensity in the expression of surface Ig. Thy-1.2, Thy-1.2, and Lyt-2.2, as studied by cytofluorograph analysis. We conclude that the T-thyd-bearing cells in the thymus represent a subpopulation that may be a precursor for Tindd- and Tsud-bearing cells. However, Tthyd-bearing cells are more mature than the Thy-1.2 common T cell precursor, pre-T.
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January 01 1983
Modulation of Tthy alloantigen expression in the neonatal mouse. The Tthy-bearing thymocyte is a precursor for the peripheral cells expressing Tind and Tsu.
S K Keesee
F L Owen
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1983) 157 (1): 86–97.
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S K Keesee, F L Owen; Modulation of Tthy alloantigen expression in the neonatal mouse. The Tthy-bearing thymocyte is a precursor for the peripheral cells expressing Tind and Tsu.. J Exp Med 1 January 1983; 157 (1): 86–97. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.157.1.86
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