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???displayArticle.abstract??? CD4 and CD8 co-receptors play critical roles in T cell development and activation by interacting both with T cell receptors and MHC molecules. Although homologs of these genes have been identified in many jawed vertebrates, there are still unresolved gaps concerning their evolution and specialization in MHC interaction and T cell function. Using experimental and computational procedures we identified CD4, CD8α and CD8β gene homologs both in Xenopus tropicalis, whose full genome has been sequenced, and its sister species Xenopus laevis. Multiple alignments of deduced amino acid sequences reveal a poor conservation of the residues involved in binding of CD4 to MHC class II, and CD8α to class I in non-mammalian species, presumably related to the co-evolutionary pressure of MHC I and II genes. Phylogenetic study suggests that Xenopodinae co-receptor genes are more closely related to their homologs in other tetrapods than those of bony fish. Furthermore, the developmental and cell-specific expression patterns of these genes in X. laevis are very similar to that of mammals. X. laevis CD4 is mainly expressed by peripheral non-CD8 T cells and detected in the thymus as early as four days post-fertilization (dpf) at the onset of thymic organogenesis. CD8β expression is specific to adult surface CD8(+) T cells and thymocytes, and is first detected in the thymus at 5 dpf in parallel with productive TCRγ transrcipts, whereas productive TCRβ and α rearrangements are not detected before 7-9 dpf.
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