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  • Title: Expression of the J11d marker on peripheral T lymphocytes of MRL-lpr/lpr mice.
    Author: Seth A, Pyle RH, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti PS.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1988 Aug 15; 141(4):1120-5. PubMed ID: 2899601.
    Abstract:
    MRL-lpr/lpr (lpr) mice spontaneously develop massive lymphadenopathy resulting from the expansion of a unique population of Thy-1+ cells which are CD4- and CD8- (double negative) and the nature of which is not clear. The antibody J11d has been shown to define a differentiation Ag found on immature thymocytes but not on mature and functional peripheral CD4+ or CD8+ T cells. To analyze the possible relationship between the lpr double-negative T cells and the thymocytes, we investigated the simultaneous expression of J11d and Thy 1 Ag on the double-negative lpr lymph node cells by using two-color immunofluorescent staining technique. We observed that lpr mice at 3 to 4 weeks of age, before the onset of lymphadenopathy, did not have significant numbers (less than 4%) of J11d+ T cells in the periphery, similar to the number found in the control MRL +/+ mice. However, with increasing age of approximately 8 to 10 weeks and coinciding with the appearance of lymphadenopathy, a significant number (approximately 35%) of J11d+ Thy-1+ cells started appearing in the periphery of lpr mice and was maintained until the mice died at 20 to 24 weeks of age. The J11d+ T cells belonged to the abnormal double-negative T cell pool, inasmuch as J11d+ CD4+ or J11d+ CD8+ cells were absent in the lymph nodes of 20-wk-old lpr mice. Furthermore, 20-wk-old lpr mice demonstrated increased numbers (approximately 41%) of double-negative T cells in the thymus, a significant proportion of which were J11d+. In contrast, the 20-wk-old +/+ mice or 4-wk-old lpr mice had only 4% double-negative T cells in the thymus. The present study suggests that a significant number of peripheral double-negative T cells of lpr mice bear the immature thymic differentiation Ag J11d. The possibility that the accumulation of double-negative T cells results from abnormal peripheralization of double-negative J11d+ thymocytes, before complete differentiation into CD4+ or CD8+ T cells, is discussed.
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