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  • Title: CD38 expression on mouse T cells: CD38 defines functionally distinct subsets of alpha beta TCR+CD4-CD8- thymocytes.
    Author: Bean AG, Godfrey DI, Ferlin WG, Santos-Argumedo L, Parkhouse ME, Howard MC, Zlotnik A.
    Journal: Int Immunol; 1995 Feb; 7(2):213-21. PubMed ID: 7734417.
    Abstract:
    We have examined CD38 expression on mouse lymphocytes using the rat mAb NIM-R5 and demonstrate that CD38 expression is restricted to approximately 8% of thymocytes. Although CD38 is absent from the majority of CD4+CD8- and CD4-CD8+ T cells, we detected a strong correlation between CD38 expression and alpha beta+CD4-CD8- T cells in the thymus, with nearly 80% of alpha beta TCR+CD4-CD8- thymocytes being CD38+. Using heat stable antigen (HSA) and CD38, we divided alpha beta+CD4-CD8- thymocytes into four subsets: HSA+CD38-, HSA-CD38hi, HSA-CD38low and HSA-CD38-. Two established characteristics of alpha beta TCR+CD4-CD8- cells, bias towards V beta 8.2 TCR expression and high levels of IL-4 production, were used to establish a possible relationship between the above thymocyte subsets. Our present data show that the HSA+CD38- subset is not biased towards V beta 8.2 TCR expression whereas the HSA-CD38- subset does show this bias (approximately 47%). Neither of these subsets make IL-4 upon CD3 mediated stimulation. In contrast, the CD38+ subsets are heavily biased toward V beta 8.2 expression and produce large amounts of IL-4 upon stimulation, particularly the CD38low cells. Taken together, these data suggest that these four subsets represent various stages of a possible differentiation pathway for alpha beta TCR+CD4-CD8- cells, with the HSA+CD38- subset being the most immature while the HSA-CD38low subset is the most functionally mature. These characteristics support the view that alpha beta TCR+CD4-CD8- T cells represent an independent lineage with a distinct, but as yet obscure, role in immunity.
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