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J Immunol 2014[Jul]; 193 (1): 21-5 PMID24890722show ga
Thymic dendritic cells (DC) mediate self-tolerance by presenting self-peptides to and depleting autoreactive thymocytes. Despite a significant role in negative selection, the events regulating thymic DC maturation and function under steady-state conditions are poorly understood. We report that crosstalk with thymocytes regulates thymic conventional DC (cDC) numbers, phenotype, and function. In mice lacking TCR-expressing thymocytes, thymic cDC were reduced and exhibited a less mature phenotype. Furthermore, thymic cDC in TCR transgenic mice lacking cognate antigen expression in the thymus were also immature; notably, however, thymic cDC maturation was reestablished by an Ag-specific cognate interaction with CD4+ or CD8+ single-positive thymocytes (SP). Blockade of CD40 ligand during Ag-specific interactions with CD4SP but not CD8SP limited the effect on cDC maturation. Together, these novel findings demonstrate that homeostatic maturation and function of thymic cDC is regulated by feedback delivered by CD4SP and CD8SP via distinct mechanisms during a cognate Ag-specific interaction.