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Examination of Thymic Positive and Negative Selection by Flow Cytometry
Published on: October 8, 2012
Reversible activation of c-Myc in thymocytes enhances positive selection and induces proliferation and apoptosis in
B Rudolph1, A O Hueber, G I Evan
1Imperial Cancer Research Fund, PO Box 123, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK.
Abstract:
In order to study the effect of c-Myc activation in T lymphocytes in vivo, we generated transgenic mice that express a 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-OHT)-dependent switchable c-myc oncoprotein under the control of the proximal lck promoter. Activation of c-MycER causes no obvious alteration in T cell ontogeny. However, using MHC class I restricted H-Y-TCR transgenic mice, we found that c-Myc activation in vivo enhances the efficiency of positive selection. Moreover, splenic T cells derived from lck-c-mycER transgenic mice in which c-Myc had been activated exhibited increased proliferation in vitro in response to activation with anti-CD3/CD28 antibody. Activation of c-MycER also promotes apoptosis in thymocytes in vitro.
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