Name: preparation of 2-dguo-treated thymus organ cultures
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In the thymus, interactions between developing T-cell precursors and stromal cells that include cortical and medullary epithelial cells are known to play a key role in the development of a functionally competent T-cell pool. However, the complexity of T-cell development in the thymus in vivo can limit analysis of individual cellular components and particular stages of development. In vitro culture systems provide a readily accessible means to study multiple complex cellular processes. Thymus organ culture systems represent a widely used approach to study intrathymic development of T-cells under defined conditions in vitro. Here we describe a system in which mouse embryonic thymus lobes can be depleted of endogenous haemopoeitic elements by prior organ culture in 2-deoxyguanosine, a compound that is selectively toxic to haemopoeitic cells. As well as providing a readily accessible source of thymic stromal cells to investigate the role of thymic microenvironments in the development and selection of T-cells, this technique also underpins further experimental approaches that include the reconstitution of alymphoid thymus lobes in vitro with defined haemopoietic elements, the transplantation of alymphoid thymuses into recipient mice, and the formation of reaggregate thymus organ cultures. (This article is based on work first reported Methods in Molecular Biology 2007, Vol. 380 pages 185-196).
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In the thymus, immature CD4+8+ thymocytes expressing randomly rearranged T-cell receptor &alpha;- and b-chain genes undergo positive and negative selection events based on their ability to recognize self-peptide/major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules expressed by thymic stromal cells. In vivo analysis of the role of thymic stromal cells during intrathymic selection is made difficult by the cellular complexity of the thymic microenvironment in the steady-state adult thymus, and by the lack of appropriate targeting strategies to manipulate gene expression in particular thymic stromal compartments. We have shown that the thymic microenvironment can be readily manipulated in vitro through the use of reaggregate thymus organ cultures, which allow the preparation of three-dimensional thymus lobes from defined stromal and lymphoid cells. Although other in vitro systems support some aspects of T-cell development, reaggregate thymus organ culture remains the only in vitro system able to support efficient MHC class I and II-mediated thymocyte selection events, and so can be used as an effective tool to study the cellular and molecular regulation of positive and negative selection in the thymus.

A correction was made to: <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/906/">Preparation of 2-dGuo-Treated Thymus Organ Cultures</a>. A revised abstract was republished due to a publisher error.

Erratum: Preparation of 2-dGuo-Treated Thymus Organ Cultures

preparation of 2-dguo-treated thymus organ cultures

In de thymus, onvolwassen CD4 +8 + thymocyten uiten willekeurig herschikte T-cel-receptor α-en b-keten genen ondergaan positieve en negatieve selectie gebeurtenissen op basis van hun vermogen om self-peptide/major histocompatibility complex (MHC) moleculen uitgedrukt door de thymus te herkennen stromale cellen. In vivo analyse van de rol van de thymus stromale cellen tijdens intrathymic selectie wordt bemoeilijkt door de cellulaire complexiteit van de thymus micro-omgeving in de steady-state voor volwassenen thymus, en door het ontbreken van passende richten op strategieën om de genexpressie in het bijzonder thymus stromale compartimenten te manipuleren. We hebben aangetoond dat de thymus micro-omgeving kan gemakkelijk worden gemanipuleerd in vitro door het gebruik van reaggregate thymus orgaan culturen, die de voorbereiding van de drie-dimensionale thymus lobben van toegezegd stromale en lymfoïde cellen mogelijk te maken. Hoewel de andere in-vitro-systemen ondersteunen een aantal aspecten van de T-cel ontwikkeling, reaggregate thymus orgelcultuur blijft de enige in vitro systeem in staat om een ​​efficiënte ondersteuning van MHC klasse I en II-gemedieerde thymocyt selectie van evenementen, en kunnen dus gebruikt worden als een effectief instrument om te studeren de cellulaire en moleculaire regulatie van positieve en negatieve selectie in de thymus.

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