TY - JOUR
T1 - LIGHT (a cellular ligand for herpes virus entry mediator and lymphotoxin receptor)-mediated thymocyte deletion is dependent on the interaction between TCR and MHC/self-peptide
AU - Wang, Jing
AU - Fu, Yang Xin
PY - 2003/4/15
Y1 - 2003/4/15
N2 - Negative selection serves as a major mechanism to maintain self-tolerance. We previously reported that LIGHT (a cellular ligand for herpes virus entry mediator and lymphotoxin receptor), a TNF family member, plays an important role in thymocyte development via promoting apoptosis of double-positive thymocytes. Here, we demonstrated that LIGHT-mediated deletion of thymocyte requires the strong interaction of TCR with MHC/self- peptide. Transgenic mice overexpressing LIGHT in thymocytes were bred with a transgenic mouse line expressing a TCR recognizing the H-Y male Ag in the context of H-2b class I MHC molecules. In male H-Y/LIGHT double-transgenic mice, more efficient negative selection of H-Y T cells occurred, and total thymocyte number was further reduced compared with H-Y/negative littermates. In contrast, the presence of LIGHT transgene had no evident impact on the thymocyte development of female H-Y/LIGHT double-transgenic mice. Taken together, LIGHT plays a role in negative selection of thymocytes via inducing the apoptosis of thymocytes bearing high affinity TCR during negative selection.
AB - Negative selection serves as a major mechanism to maintain self-tolerance. We previously reported that LIGHT (a cellular ligand for herpes virus entry mediator and lymphotoxin receptor), a TNF family member, plays an important role in thymocyte development via promoting apoptosis of double-positive thymocytes. Here, we demonstrated that LIGHT-mediated deletion of thymocyte requires the strong interaction of TCR with MHC/self- peptide. Transgenic mice overexpressing LIGHT in thymocytes were bred with a transgenic mouse line expressing a TCR recognizing the H-Y male Ag in the context of H-2b class I MHC molecules. In male H-Y/LIGHT double-transgenic mice, more efficient negative selection of H-Y T cells occurred, and total thymocyte number was further reduced compared with H-Y/negative littermates. In contrast, the presence of LIGHT transgene had no evident impact on the thymocyte development of female H-Y/LIGHT double-transgenic mice. Taken together, LIGHT plays a role in negative selection of thymocytes via inducing the apoptosis of thymocytes bearing high affinity TCR during negative selection.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.3986
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.3986
M3 - Article
C2 - 12682226
AN - SCOPUS:0037446641
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 170
SP - 3986
EP - 3993
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 8
ER -