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Notch signaling is required for proliferation but not for differentiation at a well-defined β-selection checkpoint during human T-cell development

Tom Taghon (UGent) , Inge Van de Walle (UGent) , Greet De Smet (UGent) , Magda De Smedt (UGent) , Georges Leclercq (UGent) , Bart Vandekerckhove (UGent) and Jean Plum (UGent)
(2009) BLOOD. 113(14). p.3254-3263
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Notch signaling is absolutely required for beta-selection during mouse T-cell development, both for differentiation and proliferation. In this report, we investigated whether Notch has an equally important role during human T-cell development. We show that human CD34(+) thymocytes can differentiate into CD4(+)CD8 beta(+) double positive (DP) thymocytes in the absence of Notch signaling. While these DP cells phenotypically resemble human beta-selected cells, they lack a T-cell receptor (TCR)-beta chain. Therefore, we characterized the beta-selection checkpoint in human T-cell development, using CD28 as a differential marker at the immature single positive CD4(+)CD3(-)CD8 alpha(-) stage. Through intracellular TCR-beta staining and gene expression analysis, we show that CD4(+)CD3(-) CD8 alpha(-)CD28(+) thymocytes have passed the beta-selection checkpoint, in contrast to CD4(+)CD3(-)CD8 alpha(-)CD28(-) cells. These CD4(+)CD3(-)CD8 alpha(-)CD28(+) thymocytes can efficiently differentiate into CD3(+)TCR alpha beta(+) human T cells in the absence of Notch signaling. Importantly, preselection CD4(+)CD3(-)CD8 alpha(-)CD28(-) thymocytes can also differentiate into CD3(+)TCR alpha beta(+) human T cells without Notch activation when provided with a rearranged TCR-beta chain. Proliferation of human thymocytes, however, is clearly Notch-dependent. Thus, we have characterized the beta-selection checkpoint during human T-cell development and show that human thymocytes require Notch signaling for proliferation but not for differentiation at this stage of development.
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THYMUS MICROENVIRONMENT, LINEAGE COMMITMENT, PROGENITOR CELLS, FATE, EXPRESSION, DELTA, RECEPTOR, PRE-TCR, ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA, ALPHA-BETA

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Taghon, Tom, et al. “Notch Signaling Is Required for Proliferation but Not for Differentiation at a Well-Defined β-Selection Checkpoint during Human T-Cell Development.” BLOOD, vol. 113, no. 14, 2009, pp. 3254–63, doi:10.1182/blood-2008-07-168906.
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Taghon, T., Van de Walle, I., De Smet, G., De Smedt, M., Leclercq, G., Vandekerckhove, B., & Plum, J. (2009). Notch signaling is required for proliferation but not for differentiation at a well-defined β-selection checkpoint during human T-cell development. BLOOD, 113(14), 3254–3263. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-07-168906
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Taghon, Tom, Inge Van de Walle, Greet De Smet, Magda De Smedt, Georges Leclercq, Bart Vandekerckhove, and Jean Plum. 2009. “Notch Signaling Is Required for Proliferation but Not for Differentiation at a Well-Defined β-Selection Checkpoint during Human T-Cell Development.” BLOOD 113 (14): 3254–63. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-07-168906.
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Taghon, Tom, Inge Van de Walle, Greet De Smet, Magda De Smedt, Georges Leclercq, Bart Vandekerckhove, and Jean Plum. 2009. “Notch Signaling Is Required for Proliferation but Not for Differentiation at a Well-Defined β-Selection Checkpoint during Human T-Cell Development.” BLOOD 113 (14): 3254–3263. doi:10.1182/blood-2008-07-168906.
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Taghon T, Van de Walle I, De Smet G, De Smedt M, Leclercq G, Vandekerckhove B, et al. Notch signaling is required for proliferation but not for differentiation at a well-defined β-selection checkpoint during human T-cell development. BLOOD. 2009;113(14):3254–63.
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T. Taghon et al., “Notch signaling is required for proliferation but not for differentiation at a well-defined β-selection checkpoint during human T-cell development,” BLOOD, vol. 113, no. 14, pp. 3254–3263, 2009.
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  issn         = {{0006-4971}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{14}},
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  title        = {{Notch signaling is required for proliferation but not for differentiation at a well-defined β-selection checkpoint during human T-cell development}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-07-168906}},
  volume       = {{113}},
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