IMPAIRED DEVELOPMENT OF V-GAMMA-3 DENDRITIC EPIDERMAL T-CELLS IN P56(LCK) PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE-DEFICIENT AND CD45 PROTEIN-TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE-DEFICIENT MICE
K. Kawai et al., IMPAIRED DEVELOPMENT OF V-GAMMA-3 DENDRITIC EPIDERMAL T-CELLS IN P56(LCK) PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE-DEFICIENT AND CD45 PROTEIN-TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE-DEFICIENT MICE, The Journal of experimental medicine, 181(1), 1995, pp. 345-349
To determine whether p56(lck) protein tyrosine kinase and CD45 protein
tyrosine phosphatase are involved in the signal transduction during i
ntrathymic differentiation of gamma/delta T cells, we have examined th
e development of T cells expressing V gamma 3 T cell receptor (TCR) in
mice deficient for either protein. The skin from both mice contained
significantly reduced numbers of dendritic epidermal T cells expressin
g decreased levels of V gamma 3 TCR at the cell surface. Analysis of t
he fetal thymus from these mice suggested that maturation of V gamma 3
thymocytes was blocked at the immature stage that was characterized b
y the low level of V gamma 3 TCR and the high level of heat stable ant
igen. These results imply that both p56(lck) and CD45 are involved in
the signal transduction during maturation of V gamma 3 T cells in the
fetal thymus.