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Purification and Expansion of Mouse Invariant Natural Killer T Cells for in vitro and in vivo Studies
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SLAMF6 regulates basal T cell receptor signaling and influences invariant natural killer T cell lineage diversity

Yukihiro Endo1, Ichita Hasegawa1, Akemi Igi1

  • 1Department of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.

International Immunology
|May 23, 2025
PubMed

Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells differentiate into at least three distinct subsets within the thymus, with each subset's frequency varying considerably among mouse strains; however, the molecular mechanisms involved remain unclear. We herein report that iNKT cell lineage diversity results from the significant expansion of iNKT2 cells with limited T cell receptor (TCR) diversity in BALB/c mice and the selection of iNKT1 cells with significantly diverse TCRs in B6 mice. Furthermore, signaling lymphocytic-activation molecule family 6 (SLAMF6) expression on immature thymocytes significantly differs among mouse strains, with the low expression of SLAMF6 on BALB/c immature thymocytes resulting in high "basal TCR signaling" in preselected DP thymocytes, associated with iNKT cell expansion. Our data suggest that the expression level of SLAMF6 on immature thymocytes affects basal TCR signaling in preselected DP thymocytes, which may influence thymocyte development in a T-cell subset.

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