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2000:
Hara H; Kishihara K; Matsuzaki G; Takimoto H; Tsukiyama T; Tigelaar R E; Nomoto K
Development of dendritic epidermal T cells with a skewed diversity of gamma delta TCRs in V delta 1-deficient mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2000;
165(
7):.
One of the most intriguing features of gammadelta T cells that reside in murine epithelia is the association of a specific Vgamma/Vdelta usage with each epithelial tissue. Dendritic epidermal T cells (DETCs) in the murine epidermis, are predominantly derived from the "first wave" Vgamma5+ fetal thymocytes and overwhelmingly express the canonical Vgamma5/Vdelta1-TCRs lacking junctional diversity. Targeted disruption of the Vdelta1 gene resulted in a markedly impaired development of Vgamma5+ fetal thymocytes as precursors of DETCs; however, gammadeltaTCR+ DETCs with a typical dendritic morphology were observed in Vdelta1-/- mice and their cell densities in the epidermis were slightly lower than those in Vdelta1+/- epidermis. Moreover, the Vdelta1-deficient DETCs were functionally competent in their ability to up-regulate cytokines and keratinocyte growth factor-expression in response to keratinocytes. Vgamma5+ DETCs were predominant in the Vdelta1-/- epidermis, though Vgamma5- gammadeltaTCR+ DETCs were also detected. The Vgamma5+ DETCs showed a typical dendritic shape, gammadeltaTCR(high), and age-associated expansion in epidermis as observed in conventional DETCs of normal mice, whereas the Vgamma5- gammadeltaTCR+ DETCs showed a less dendritic shape, gammadeltaTCR(low), and no expansion in the epidermis, consistent with their immaturity. These results suggest that optimal DETC development does not require a particular Vgamma/Vdelta-chain usage but requires expression of a limited diversity of gammadeltaTCRs, which allow DETC precursors to mature and expand within the epidermal microenvironment.
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