Table 2.

Influence of γ-secretase inhibition by DAPT on human cellularity of cell subsets in FTOC seeded with human CD34+CD1- thymic progenitor cells after 13 and 19 days of culture


Days after treatment, cell type

Control, no. cells

DAPT treatment
5 μM, no. cells
10 μM, no. cells
After 13 days    
   Human cells   61 873 ± 10 604*  85 730 ± 25 356   92 214 ± 4 988  
   CD4ISP   36 481 ± 5 404   38 364 ± 11 521   43 343 ± 2 869  
   DP   12 618 ± 6 568   52 810 ± 16 178  62 758 ± 3 316 
   IC TCR-β   21 176 ± 8 391   891 ± 340  623 ± 343 
   CD3+  14 467 ± 5 176   723 ± 426  596 ± 292 
   TCR-αβ   9 571 ± 3 505   413 ± 267  456 ± 271 
   TCR-γδ   3 035 ± 893   140 ± 166  71 ± 62 
After 19 days    
   Human cells   208 397 ± 48 574   44 868 ± 7 632  18 731 ± 7 118 
   CD56+  377 ± 72   1 408 ± 343  1 285 ± 770  
   CD4ISP   62 544 ± 15 294   7 012 ± 2 060  1 933 ± 365 
   DP   130 330 ± 40 609   30 574 ± 6 641  16 843 ± 3 806 
   IC TCR-β   125 048 ± 30 095   2 291 ± 730  689 ± 609 
   CD3+  109 360 ± 528 583   2 301 ± 448  1 128 ± 125 
   TCR-αβ   89 242 ± 20 756   1 342 ± 263  630 ± 92 
   TCR-γδ
 
6 096 ± 1 365
 
214 ± 66
 
192 ± 88
 

Days after treatment, cell type

Control, no. cells

DAPT treatment
5 μM, no. cells
10 μM, no. cells
After 13 days    
   Human cells   61 873 ± 10 604*  85 730 ± 25 356   92 214 ± 4 988  
   CD4ISP   36 481 ± 5 404   38 364 ± 11 521   43 343 ± 2 869  
   DP   12 618 ± 6 568   52 810 ± 16 178  62 758 ± 3 316 
   IC TCR-β   21 176 ± 8 391   891 ± 340  623 ± 343 
   CD3+  14 467 ± 5 176   723 ± 426  596 ± 292 
   TCR-αβ   9 571 ± 3 505   413 ± 267  456 ± 271 
   TCR-γδ   3 035 ± 893   140 ± 166  71 ± 62 
After 19 days    
   Human cells   208 397 ± 48 574   44 868 ± 7 632  18 731 ± 7 118 
   CD56+  377 ± 72   1 408 ± 343  1 285 ± 770  
   CD4ISP   62 544 ± 15 294   7 012 ± 2 060  1 933 ± 365 
   DP   130 330 ± 40 609   30 574 ± 6 641  16 843 ± 3 806 
   IC TCR-β   125 048 ± 30 095   2 291 ± 730  689 ± 609 
   CD3+  109 360 ± 528 583   2 301 ± 448  1 128 ± 125 
   TCR-αβ   89 242 ± 20 756   1 342 ± 263  630 ± 92 
   TCR-γδ
 
6 096 ± 1 365
 
214 ± 66
 
192 ± 88
 

Results represent mean ± SEM of 3 to 5 independent experiments.

*

Absolute cell number

Significant difference (P < .05; paired Student t test) compared with vehicle-treated control cultures

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