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Cellular Mechanism of Thymic Involution (2003)

Li, L. ; Hsu, H.-C. ; William, G. E. ; [weitere]

Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd

Scandinavian journal of immunology 57 (2003), S. 0

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ISSN: 1365-3083

Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005

Thema: Medizin

Notizen: Involution of the thymus and alterations in the development of thymocytes are the most prominent features of age-related immune senescence. We have carried out a comparative analysis of thymocyte and stroma in rapid thymic involution DBA/2 (D2) strain of mice compared with slow involution C57BL/6 (B6) strain of mice. Analysis of mice at 15 months of age suggested an age-related decrease in the thymocyte cell count, a block in the development of T cells and cortical involution in D2 mice compared with 3-month-old mice. TUNEL (terminal-deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated dUTP–digoxigenin nick end labelling) staining and fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) analysis showed that there was a significant increase in apoptotic cells in the cortex region of thymus in 15-month-old D2 mice compared with the same aged B6 mice. The thymocyte proliferation rate, as assessed by bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) staining and [3H]-thymidine incorporation assay, was lower in 3-month-old D2 mice compared with the same age B6 mice. Immunohistochemical staining showed that the arrangement of MTS (mouse thymus stromal)-10+ epithelial cells and MTS-16+ connective tissue staining pattern had become disorganized in 15-month-old D2 mice but remained intact in B6 mice of the same age. These results suggest that, in D2 mice, both the thymocytes and stromal cells exhibit age-related defects, and that the genetic background of mice plays an important role in determining age-related alterations in thymic involution.

Materialart: Digitale Medien

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01206.x

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