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Strength of signaling by CD4 and CD8 coreceptor tails determines the number but not the lineage direction of positively selected thymocytes

  1. Author:
    Bosselut, R.
    Feigenbaum, L.
    Sharrow, S. O.
    Singer, A.

  2. Author Address

    NCI, Expt Immunol Branch, NIH, Bldg 10, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. NCI, Expt Immunol Branch, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, SAIC Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702 USA. Singer A NCI, Expt Immunol Branch, NIH, Bldg 10, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.
    1. Year: 2001
  2. Journal: Immunity
    1. 14
    2. 4
    3. Pages: 483-494
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    The present study has assessed the impact of the intracellular domains of CD4 and CD8 on positive selection and lineage direction of MHC class I-restricted thymocytes. Contrary to current presumption, we found that the CD4 tail promotes the generation of both CD4' and CD8(+) T cells without preference for the CD4' T cell lineage. We also found that the identity of the coreceptor tail and hence the strength of coreceptor signaling determine the number of thymocytes undergoing positive selection but not their ultimate CD4/ CD8 phenotype. These findings demonstrate that the strength of coreceptor signaling has a significant quantitative but not qualitative impact on positive selection and provide a simple explanation for the greater numbers of CD4(+) than CD8(+) T cells selected in the normal thymus.

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