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Article Dans Une Revue Nature Communications Année : 2019

Transforming Growth Factor-beta signaling in alpha beta thymocytes promotes negative selection

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In the thymus, the T lymphocyte repertoire is purged of a substantial portion of highly self-reactive cells. This negative selection process relies on the strength of TCR-signaling in response to self-peptide-MHC complexes, both in the cortex and medulla regions. However, whether cytokine-signaling contributes to negative selection remains unclear. Here, we report that, in the absence of Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-beta) signaling in thymocytes, negative selection is significantly impaired. Highly autoreactive thymocytes first escape cortical negative selection and acquire a Th1-like-phenotype. They express high levels of CXCR3, aberrantly accumulate at the cortico-medullary junction and subsequently fail to sustain AIRE expression in the medulla, escaping medullary negative selection. Highly autoreactive thymocytes undergo an atypical maturation program, substantially accumulate in the periphery and induce multiple organ-autoimmune-lesions. Thus, these findings reveal TGF-beta in thymocytes as crucial for negative selection with implications for understanding T cell self-tolerance mechanisms.
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hal-02475037 , version 1 (06-06-2023)

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Mark J. Mccarron, Magali Irla, Arnauld Serge, Saidi M'Homa Soudja, Julien C. Marie. Transforming Growth Factor-beta signaling in alpha beta thymocytes promotes negative selection. Nature Communications, 2019, 10, pp.5690. ⟨10.1038/s41467-019-13456-z⟩. ⟨hal-02475037⟩
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