Sihvola M, Hurme M
Immunology. 1984 Sep;53(1):17-22.
Most of the natural killer (NK) cells, recently derived from the bone marrow (14 days after injection of bone marrow cells into lethally irradiated mice), express the Thy-1 antigen; after some period of time (by day 28) a normal proportion (50%) of Thy-1+ NK cells is found. This study demonstrates that the shift of these Thy-1+ NK cells to Thy-1- NK cells is influenced by the thymus: NK cells developing in the total absence of the thymus--bone marrow (bm) cells from adult thymectomized (Tx) or nude (nu) mice injected into thymectomized recipients, (Tx) bm----(Tx) or nu bm----(Tx)--remain Thy-1+, while the presence of the thymus at some stage of the NK cell maturation--bone marrow cells injected into thymectomized recipients, bm----(Tx), or normal recipients reconstituted with bone marrow cells from thymectomized or nude mice, (Tx) bm----or nu bm----normal recipients--is sufficient for the development of normal ratio of Thy-1+ and Thy-1- NK cells.
大多数自然杀伤(NK)细胞,最近源自骨髓(将骨髓细胞注射到受致死剂量照射的小鼠体内14天后),表达Thy-1抗原;一段时间后(到第28天),发现Thy-1+ NK细胞的比例正常(50%)。本研究表明,这些Thy-1+ NK细胞向Thy-1- NK细胞的转变受胸腺影响:在完全没有胸腺的情况下发育的NK细胞——将成年胸腺切除(Tx)或裸鼠(nu)的骨髓(bm)细胞注射到胸腺切除的受体中,(Tx)bm----(Tx)或nu bm----(Tx)——仍为Thy-1+,而在NK细胞成熟的某个阶段存在胸腺——将骨髓细胞注射到胸腺切除的受体中,bm----(Tx),或用胸腺切除或裸鼠的骨髓细胞重建的正常受体,(Tx)bm----或nu bm----正常受体——足以使Thy-1+和Thy-1- NK细胞发育成正常比例。