Regulation of SATB1 during thymocyte development by TCR signaling

Autor: Dil Afroz Sultana, Jyoti Misra-Sen, Kamalvishnu P. Gottimukkala, Archna Sharma, Indumathi Patta, Sanjeev Galande, Rahul Jangid
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Molecular immunology. 77
ISSN: 1872-9142
Popis: Tlymphocyte development and differentiation is a multi-step process that begins in the thymus and completed in the periphery. Sequential development of thymocytes is dependent on T cell receptor (TCR) signaling and an array of transcription factors. In this study we show that special 00AT-rich binding protein 1 (SATB1), a T lineage-enriched chromatin organizer and regulator, is induced in response to TCR signaling during early thymocyte development. SATB1 expression profile coincides with T lineage commitment and upregulation of SATB1 correlates with positive selection of thymocytes. CD4 thymocytes exhibit a characteristic bimodal expression pattern that corresponds to immature and mature CD4 thymocytes. We also demonstrate that GATA3, the key transcriptional regulator of αβ T cells positively regulates SATB1 expression in thymocytes suggesting an important role for SATB1 during T cell development.
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