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C-Myb regulates lineage choice in developing thymocytes via its target gene Gata3.


ABSTRACT: During T-cell development, thymocytes with intermediate avidity for antigen-MHC complexes are positively selected and then differentiate into functional cytotoxic and helper T cells. This process is controlled by signalling from the T-cell receptor (TCR). Here, we show that the c-Myb transcription factor is a critical downstream regulator of positive selection, promoting the development of helper T cells and blocking the development of cytotoxic T cells. A gain-of-function c-Myb transgene stops development of cytotoxic T cells, instead causing accumulation of a precursor population. Conversely, loss of c-Myb in selecting cells results in significantly fewer helper T cells. In c-Myb-null thymocytes, Gata3, a critical inducer of T-helper cell fate, is not upregulated in response to T-cell receptor signaling, following selection. We show that Gata3 is a direct target of c-Myb, and propose that c-Myb is an important regulator of Gata3, required for transduction of the T-cell receptor signal for subsequent helper cell lineage differentiation.

SUBMITTER: Maurice D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1949015 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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c-Myb regulates lineage choice in developing thymocytes via its target gene Gata3.

Maurice Diane D   Hooper Joel J   Lang Georgina G   Weston Kathleen K  

The EMBO journal 20070719 15


During T-cell development, thymocytes with intermediate avidity for antigen-MHC complexes are positively selected and then differentiate into functional cytotoxic and helper T cells. This process is controlled by signalling from the T-cell receptor (TCR). Here, we show that the c-Myb transcription factor is a critical downstream regulator of positive selection, promoting the development of helper T cells and blocking the development of cytotoxic T cells. A gain-of-function c-Myb transgene stops  ...[more]

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