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Thymic microenvironmental abnormalities and thymic selection in NZB.H-2bm12 mice

Y Watanabe1, M Naiki, T Wilson

  • 1Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California, School of Medicine, Davis 95616.

Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
|May 15, 1993
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Thymus abnormalities in New Zealand mice, including altered epithelial cell distribution and thymocyte populations, may predispose them to autoimmune disease. These microenvironmental changes reflect and contribute to aberrant T cell differentiation.

Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Autoimmunity

Background:

  • The thymus is critical for T cell maturation and immune tolerance.
  • NZB mice are a model for autoimmune diseases, but the underlying thymic defects are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate thymic microenvironmental alterations in NZB mice and their relationship to T cell development and autoimmune predisposition.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a panel of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to examine thymic stromal and epithelial cells.
  • Employed triple-color flow cytometry to analyze intrathymic T cell maturation stages.
  • Compared NZB mice with control strains (C57BL/6) and congenic strains with specific H-2 alleles (H-2d, H-2b, H-2bm12).

Main Results:

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  • NZB mice exhibited irregular medullary epithelial cell shape and ectopic cortical epithelial cells (MTS 10+).
  • Distinct staining patterns for cortical epithelium (MTS 39, MTS 44) and "cortical holes" were observed in NZB thymus.
  • Reduced cortical thymocytes (MTS 33+) and altered populations of CD3lowCD4+CD8+ and CD3highCD4+CD8- T cells were noted in NZB mice.
  • Increased CD3highCD4+CD8- cells were associated with the H-2bm12 mutation.

Conclusions:

  • Microenvironmental alterations in the NZB thymus contribute to aberrant T cell differentiation, potentially predisposing to autoimmunity.
  • The H-2bm12 mutation influences T cell populations and may affect disease profiles in NZB mice.