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IL-7-Dependent Extrathymic Expansion of CD45RA+ T Cells Enables Preservation of a Naive Repertoire

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Vieira, Maria, Soares, D, Borthwick, Nicola J, Maini, Mala K, Janossy, George, Salmon, Mike, Akbar, Arne N·1998·The Journal of Immunology

Abstract

We have investigated the regulation of adult and cord blood CD45RA+ T cell proliferation and apoptosis to identify factors that may control the naive T cell pool. Cord CD45RA+ T cells were highly susceptible to spontaneous apoptosis as compared with CD45RA+ T cells from adults. Apoptosis was prevented by the addition of IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, and IL-15 which signal via the γ-chain of the IL-2 receptor. IL-7 prevented the decrease in Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL and induced cell cycling in up to 20% of cord T cells after 8 days, resulting in a threefold increase in cord T cell numbers. However, the expanded cells retained a CD45RA+CD45RO− phenotype. Similar results were obtained with adult CD45RA+ T cells. IL-7-expanded CD45RA+RO− T cells expressed CD45RO after stimulation through the TCR. Investigations into the regulation of replicative senescence showed that after 12 days in culture with IL-7, cord blood CD45RA+ T cell proliferation resulted in telomere shortening. Nevertheless, IL-7-expanded cord blood T cells still maintained longer telomeres than unstimulated adult T cells. IL-7 but not IL-2 could directly induce high telomerase activity which probably retarded the rate of telomere shortening in cord blood T cells. These results suggest that proliferation induced by IL-7 may be important for extrathymic expansion of neonatal CD45RA+ T cells and may also contribute to the maintenance of the adult CD45RA+ T cell pool.

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Vieira, M., Soares, D., Borthwick, N. J., Maini, M. K., Janossy, G., Salmon, M., & Akbar, A. N.
Venue
The Journal of Immunology
Published
1998-12-01
Volume
161
Issue
11
Pages
5909-5917
ISSN
  • 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-6606
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W2102369355
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216
References
7
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4.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Vieira, M., Soares, D., Borthwick, N. J., Maini, M. K., Janossy, G., Salmon, M., & Akbar, A. N. (1998). IL-7-Dependent Extrathymic Expansion of CD45RA+ T Cells Enables Preservation of a Naive Repertoire. The Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.161.11.5909

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