Essential role of PI3Kδ and PI3Kγ in thymocyte survival

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Swat, W
Montgrain, V
Doggett, TA
Douangpanya, J
Puri, K
Vermi, W
Diacovo, TG [1 ]
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[1] Columbia Univ, Dept Pediat, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Columbia Univ, Dept Pathol, New York, NY 10027 USA
[3] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol & Immunol, St Louis, MO USA
[4] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
[5] ICOS Corp, Bothell, WA USA
[6] Univ Brescia, Dept Pathol, Brescia, Italy
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10.1182/blood-2005-08-3300
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Class 1 phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks), consisting of PI3 alpha, beta, gamma, delta, are a family of intracellular signaling molecules that play important roles in cell-mediated immune responses. In thymocytes, however, their role is less clear, although PI3K gamma is postulated to partially contribute to pre-TCR-dependent differentiation. We now report that PI3K delta, in conjunction with PI3K gamma, is required for thymocyte survival and ultimately for T-cell production. Surprisingly, genetic deletion of the p110 delta and p110 gamma catalytic subunits resulted in a dramatic reduction in thymus size, cellularity, and lack of corticomedullary differentiation. Total thymocyte counts in these animals were 27-fold lower than in wild-type (WT) controls because of a diminished number of CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive (DP) cells and were associated with T-cell depletion in blood and in secondary lymphoid organs. Moreover, this alteration in the DID population was intrinsic to thymocytes, because the reconstitution of p110 gamma delta(-/-) animals WT fetal liver cells restored the proportions of all thymocyte populations to those in WT controls. The observed defects were related to massive apoptosis in the DP population; TCRB expression, pre-TCR selection, and generation of DP cells appeared relatively unperturbed. Thus, class PI3Ks work in concert to protect developing thymocytes from apoptosis.
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