Critical role of FLT3 ligand in IL-7 receptor-independent T lymphopoiesis and regulation of lymphoid-primed multipotent progenitors
Author
Summary, in English
The molecular pathways regulating lymphoid priming, fate, and development of multipotent bone marrow (BM) stem/ progenitor cells that continuously replace thymic progenitors remain largely unknown. Herein, we show that fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (Flt3) figand (FI)-deficient mice have distinct reductions in the earliest thymic progenitors in fetal, postnatal, and adult thymus. A critical role of FL in thymopoiesis was particularly evident in the absence of interleukin-7 receptor alpha (IL-7R alpha) signaling. FI-/-II-7r(-/-) mice have extensive reductions in fetal and postnatal thymic progenitors that result in a loss of active thymopoiesis in adult mice, demonstrating an indispensable role of FL in IL-7R alpha independent fetal and adult T lymphopoiesis. Moreover, we establish a unique and critical role of FL, distinct from that of IL-7R alpha, in regulation of the earliest lineage-negative (Lin(-)) Lin(-)SCA1(+)KIT(+) (LSK) FLT3(hi) lymphoid primed multipotent progenitors in BM, demonstrating a key role of FLT3 signaling in regulating the very earliest stages of lymphoid progenitors.
Department/s
Publishing year
2007
Language
English
Pages
2955-2964
Publication/Series
Blood
Volume
110
Issue
8
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Topic
- Hematology
Status
Published
Research group
- Diabetes - Immunovirology
- Immunology
- Experimental Pathology, Malmö
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1528-0020