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    In: The Journal of Immunology, The American Association of Immunologists, Vol. 196, No. 1_Supplement ( 2016-05-01), p. 140.34-140.34
    Abstract: The inclusion of in vitro derived T cell progenitor (proT) therapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) aids in the recovery of the thymus damaged by total body irradiation and improves de novo thymopoiesis. To understand the interaction between proTs and the thymic microenvironment, wildtype (WT) mice were lethally irradiated and given T cell deficient donor (Rag1−/−) marrow along with in vitro generated proT from WT donors, limiting mature T cell development to infused proT. Donor proTs within the host thymus led to a significant increase in thymic epithelial cell (TEC) numbers by day 21 post-transplant, and increased actively cycling TECs as measured by Ki67 expression and BrdU uptake. However, that gain was temporary and lost by day 28, suggesting that continued signaling from proT cells is required to sustain TEC cycling and mass. We also find a significant improvement in total thymocyte number by day 21 followed by a significant increase in the total mature T cell number in the secondary lymphoid organs by day 28. This protective surge is also temporary, receding by day 60. In this time period, infused DN2 proTs selectively increased thymocyte number while DN3 proTs preferentially led to a greater TEC numbers. Interestingly, an exception in persistence occurs when DN3 proTs are used and the increase in mature T cells in the spleen persists at day 60. As a result of the lack of competition for thymic niches by cells from the Rag1−/− graft, a subpopulation of the infused proT persisted in the thymus in an immature state at day 60. These findings highlight the importance of the interaction between developing T cells and TECs in the proliferation and survival of these critical components of the thymic microenvironment.
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    ISSN: 0022-1767 , 1550-6606
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    Language: English
    Publisher: The American Association of Immunologists
    Publication Date: 2016
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    In: The Journal of Immunology, The American Association of Immunologists, Vol. 201, No. 11 ( 2018-12-01), p. 3320-3328
    Abstract: Age-related thymic involution is characterized by a decrease in thymic epithelial cell (TEC) number and function parallel to a disruption in their spatial organization, resulting in defective thymocyte development and proliferation as well as peripheral T cell dysfunction. Deficiency of Klotho, an antiaging gene and modifier of fibroblast growth factor signaling, causes premature aging. To investigate the role of Klotho in accelerated age-dependent thymic involution, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of thymopoiesis and peripheral T cell homeostasis using Klotho-deficient (Kl/Kl) mice. At 8 wk of age, Kl/Kl mice displayed a severe reduction in the number of thymocytes (10–100-fold reduction), especially CD4 and CD8 double-positive cells, and a reduction of both cortical and medullary TECs. To address a cell-autonomous role for Klotho in TEC biology, we implanted neonatal thymi from Klotho-deficient and -sufficient mice into athymic hosts. Kl/Kl thymus grafts supported thymopoiesis equivalently to Klotho-sufficient thymus transplants, indicating that Klotho is not intrinsically essential for TEC support of thymopoiesis. Moreover, lethally irradiated hosts given Kl/Kl or wild-type bone marrow had normal thymocyte development and comparably reconstituted T cells, indicating that Klotho is not inherently essential for peripheral T cell reconstitution. Because Kl/Kl mice have higher levels of serum phosphorus, calcium, and vitamin D, we evaluated thymus function in Kl/Kl mice fed with a vitamin D–deprived diet. We observed that a vitamin D–deprived diet abrogated thymic involution and T cell lymphopenia in 8-wk-old Kl/Kl mice. Taken together, our data suggest that Klotho deficiency causes thymic involution via systemic effects that include high active vitamin D levels.
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    Language: English
    Publisher: The American Association of Immunologists
    Publication Date: 2018
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