Fas-mediated apoptosis is essential for activation-induced cell death of alpha/beta T cells, but it is not clear what role, if any, it plays in regulating other components of the immune system. To study the role of Fas in gamma/delta T cell development, Fas-deficient lpr mice were bred with T cell receptor alpha gene-ablated (TCR-alpha-/-) mice to generate mice deficient in one or both genes. The TCR-alpha-/-, lpr/lpr mice had a nearly 10-fold increase in total lymph node cell (LNC) number compared with Fas-intact TCR-alpha-/- mice, because of expansion of TCR-gamma/delta+ and TCR-beta+ cells. In Fas-intact TCR-alpha-/- mice, approximately one third of the LNCs expressed TCR-gamma/delta. These were evenly divided between the CD4-, CD8-alpha+ and the CD4-, CD8- subsets, and rarely expressed the B220 epitope of CD45. In contrast, in TCR-alpha-/-, lpr/lpr mice, TCR-gamma/delta+ cells comprised half of the LNCs and were primarily CD4-, CD8-, and B220+. Moreover, Fas deficiency in TCR-alpha-/- mice caused a preferential expansion of gamma/delta T cells expressing variable region genes characteristic of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes. These results demonstrate a role for Fas in regulating the gamma/delta T cell contribution to peripheral lymph nodes. This mechanism may be most important in limiting the access of activated intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes to the peripheral lymphoid system.
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July 01 1995
T cells with gamma/delta T cell receptors (TCR) of intestinal type are preferentially expanded in TCR-alpha-deficient lpr mice.
D P Hughes,
D P Hughes
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
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A Hayday,
A Hayday
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
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J E Craft,
J E Craft
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
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M J Owen,
M J Owen
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
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I N Crispe
I N Crispe
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
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D P Hughes
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
A Hayday
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
J E Craft
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
M J Owen
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
I N Crispe
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA.
Online Issn: 1540-9538
Print Issn: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1995) 182 (1): 233–241.
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D P Hughes, A Hayday, J E Craft, M J Owen, I N Crispe; T cells with gamma/delta T cell receptors (TCR) of intestinal type are preferentially expanded in TCR-alpha-deficient lpr mice.. J Exp Med 1 July 1995; 182 (1): 233–241. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.182.1.233
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