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- Title
Recombination activation gene-2-deficient blastocyst complementation analysis reveals an essential role for nuclear factor I-A transcription factor in T-cell activation.
- Authors
Muthusamy, Natarajan; Chen, Hui-Chen; Rajgolikar, Girish; Butz, Kenneth G; Frissora, Frank W; Gronostajski, Richard M
- Abstract
Nuclear factor I (NFI)-A is a member of the NFI family of transcription factors implicated in regulation of granulocyte differentiation. However, its role in the lymphoid lineage is not known. NFI-A deficiency results in perinatal lethality, thus precluding analysis of the role of NFI-A in lymphocyte development and function. Using recombination activation gene-2-deficient (RAG-2(-/-)) blastocysts and embryonic stem cells with homozygous NFI-A gene deletion, we show an essential role for NFI-A in T-cell activation. NFI-A(-/-)→RAG-2(-/-) chimeric mice had normal distributions of CD4(-)CD8(-) double negative, CD4(+)CD8(+) double positive, CD4(+)CD8(-) and CD4(-)CD8(+)-single positive cells in the thymus and CD4(+)CD8(-) and CD4(-)CD8(+) cells in spleen and lymph nodes. However, NFI-A(-/-)→RAG-2(-)(/)(-) mice had severely reduced thymus size and hypocellularity. The decrease in thymocytes and peripheral T cells in NFI-A(-/-)→RAG-2(-/-) chimeric mice is attributed to proliferative defects associated with decreased blast transformation, CD69 expression and DNA synthesis in response to T antigen receptor stimulation. Interestingly, NFI-A-null T cells showed increased levels of c-myc transcription that is inhibited in response to antigen receptor-mediated activation. These studies demonstrate for the first time a requirement for the NFI-A transcription factor in antigen receptor-induced T-cell activation events.
- Publication
International immunology, 2011, Vol 23, Issue 6, p385
- ISSN
1460-2377
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/intimm/dxr025