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Lin, Q. et al.

T and B cell development in BP-1/6C3/aminopeptidase A-deficient mice.

Stage-restricted expression of cell surface molecules serves to delineate B lineage cells during their progressive differentiation within the bone marrow. The BP-1/6C3 Ag, aminopeptidase A (APA), is selectively expressed by the pre-B and immature B cells. This ectoenzyme, which is also present on bone marrow-derived stromal cells, thymic cortical epithelial cells, renal proximal tubular cells, intestinal enterocytes, and endothelial cells, cleaves acidic glutamyl and aspartyl residues from the N-terminus of angiotensin and other biologically active peptides to quench their functional activity. BP-1/6C3/APA expression by early B lineage cells is up-regulated by IL-7, an important growth factor for pre-B cells and T cells. To explore the physiologic role of this peptidase, we generated a mouse model of BP-1 deficiency by gene targeting in embryonal stem cells. While mice homozygous for the BP-1 mutation did not express detectable BP-1 protein or enzyme activity, they developed normally, generated normal numbers of T and B cells, exhibited integrity of Ab responses to both thymus-dependent and -independent Ags, and produced normal serum Ig levels. Phenotypic analysis of bone marrow and thymic lymphocytes indicated a normal pattern of B and T lineage differentiation. B lymphopoiesis in fetal liver cultures and the proliferative responses of bone marrow cells to IL-7 and LPS were also unimpaired. These findings indicate that BP-1 ectoenzyme activity is not essential for normal B and T cell development.[1]

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T and B cell development in BP-1/6C3/aminopeptidase A-deficient mice. Lin, Q., Taniuchi, I., Kitamura, D., Wang, J., Kearney, J.F., Watanabe, T., Cooper, M.D. J. Immunol. (1998) [Pubmed]

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