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Thymus function requires extensive cross-talk between developing T-cells and the thymic epithelium, which consists of cortical and medullary TEC. The transcription factor FOXN1 is the master regulator of TEC differentiation and function, and declining  Foxn1  expression with age results in stereotypical thymic involution. Understanding of the dynamics of  Foxn1  expression is, however, limited by a lack of single cell resolution data. We have generated a novel reporter of  Foxn1  expression,  Foxn1   G  , to monitor changes in  Foxn1  expression during embryogenesis and involution. Our data reveal that early differentiation and maturation of cortical and medullary TEC coincides with precise sub-lineage-specific regulation of  Foxn1  expression levels. We further show that initiation of thymic involution is associated with reduced cTEC functionality, and proportional expansion of FOXN1-negative TEC in both cortical and medullary sub-lineages. Cortex-specific down-regulation of  Foxn1  between 1 and 3 months of age may therefore be a key driver of the early stages of age-related thymic involution.

Foxn1 Is Dynamically Regulated in Thymic Epithelial Cells during Embryogenesis and at the Onset of Thymic Involution