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Specific Notch receptor–ligand interactions control human TCR-αβ/γδ development by inducing differential Notch signal strength

In humans, high Notch activation promotes γδ T cell development, whereas lower levels promote αβ-lineage differentiation. How these different Notch signals are generated has remained unclear. We show that differential Notch receptor–ligand interactions mediate this process. Whereas Delta-like 4 supp...

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Autores principales: Van de Walle, Inge, Waegemans, Els, De Medts, Jelle, De Smet, Greet, De Smedt, Magda, Snauwaert, Sylvia, Vandekerckhove, Bart, Kerre, Tessa, Leclercq, Georges, Plum, Jean, Gridley, Thomas, Wang, Tao, Koch, Ute, Radtke, Freddy, Taghon, Tom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23530123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20121798
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Sumario:In humans, high Notch activation promotes γδ T cell development, whereas lower levels promote αβ-lineage differentiation. How these different Notch signals are generated has remained unclear. We show that differential Notch receptor–ligand interactions mediate this process. Whereas Delta-like 4 supports both TCR-αβ and -γδ development, Jagged1 induces mainly αβ-lineage differentiation. In contrast, Jagged2-mediated Notch activation primarily results in γδ T cell development and represses αβ-lineage differentiation by inhibiting TCR-β formation. Consistently, TCR-αβ T cell development is rescued through transduction of a TCR-β transgene. Jagged2 induces the strongest Notch signal through interactions with both Notch1 and Notch3, whereas Delta-like 4 primarily binds Notch1. In agreement, Notch3 is a stronger Notch activator and only supports γδ T cell development, whereas Notch1 is a weaker activator supporting both TCR-αβ and -γδ development. Fetal thymus organ cultures in JAG2-deficient thymic lobes or with Notch3-blocking antibodies confirm the importance of Jagged2/Notch3 signaling in human TCR-γδ differentiation. Our findings reveal that differential Notch receptor–ligand interactions mediate human TCR-αβ and -γδ T cell differentiation and provide a mechanistic insight into the high Notch dependency of human γδ T cell development.