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ArticleImmunology and cell biology2015

Paired TCRαβ analysis of virus-specific CD8(+) T cells exposes diversity in a previously defined 'narrow' repertoire.

Tania Cukalac, Wan-Ting Kan, Pradyot Dash, Jing Guan, Kylie M Quinn, Stephanie Gras, Paul G Thomas, Nicole L La Gruta

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Article in Immunology and cell biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tania CukalacDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Wan-Ting KanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Pradyot DashDepartment of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Jing GuanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Kylie M QuinnDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Stephanie GrasDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Paul G ThomasDepartment of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Nicole L La GrutaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
Mechanisms to diversify repertoire and modify T cell activity after infectionR01AI107625 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI THOMAS, PAUL G. · 2013 to 2017
$2.3M
SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY OF HIV NC/TRNA/RNA GENOMEF32AI010463 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI HARBRON, ELIZABETH J · 2000 to 2002
$75k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NIAID NIH HHS AI1046333NIAID NIH HHS AI107625NIAID NIH HHS AI628316NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI107625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell receptor (TCR) usage has an important role in determining the outcome of CD8(+) cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses to viruses and other pathogens. However, the characterization of TCR usage from which such conclusions are drawn is based on exclusive analysis of either the TCRα chain or, more commonly, the TCRβ chain. Here, we have used a multiplexed reverse transcription-PCR protocol to analyse the CDR3 regions of both TCRα and β chains from single naive or immune epitope-specific cells to provide a comprehensive picture of epitope-specific TCR usage and selection into the immune response. Analysis of TCR repertoires specific for three influenza-derived epitopes (D(b)NP(366), D(b)PA(224) and D(b)PB1-F2(62)) showed preferential usage of particular TCRαβ proteins in the immune repertoire relative to the naive repertoire, in some cases, resulting in a complete shift in TRBV preference or CDR3 length, and restricted repertoire diversity. The NP(366)-specific TCRαβ repertoire, previously defined as clonally restricted based on TCRβ analysis, was similarly diverse as the PA(224)- and PB1-F2(62)-specific repertoires. Intriguingly, preferred TCR characteristics (variable gene usage, CDR3 length and junctional gene usage) appeared to be able to confer specificity either independently or in concert with one another, depending on the epitope specificity. These data have implications for established correlations between the nature of the TCR repertoire and response outcomes after infection, and suggest that analysis of a subset of cells or a single TCR chain does not accurately depict the nature of the antigen-specific TCRαβ repertoire.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesClone CellsComplementarity Determining RegionsEpitopes, T-LymphocyteFemaleFlow CytometryGenetic VariationInfluenza A Virus, H3N2 SubtypeMice, Inbred C57BLOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicComplementarity Determining RegionsEpitopes, T-LymphocyteReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta

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PMID25804828
PMCPMC4618100

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