Clonotype tracking of TCR repertoires during chronic virus infections.
Virology
; 304(2): 474-84, 2002 Dec 20.
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| ID: mdl-12504586
ABSTRACT
Human viral infections such as HIV and EBV typically evoke a strong and diverse CD8(+) T cell response. Relatively little is known about the extent to which TCR repertoire evolution occurs during viral infection or how repertoire evolution affects the efficacy of the CD8(+) T cell response. In this study we describe a general approach for tracking TCR repertoire evolution during viral infection. IFNgamma surface capture and MHC class I tetramer staining were independently used to isolate EBV-specific CD8(+) T cells from peripheral blood. Anchored RT-PCR and clonotype TCR repertoire analysis were performed immediately after isolating the cells. We find that the TCR repertoires of the IFNgamma-secreting and MHC class I tetramer staining populations were similar. In one subject a detailed analysis of the TCR repertoire during the first year of EBV infection was performed and over 600 TCR sequences targeting an EBV-immunodominant epitope were analyzed. Although some repertoire evolution occurred during the year, in general, the degree of repertoire drift was small. TCR repertoire analysis for an HIV-immunodominant epitope revealed a highly conserved amino acid motif in the Dbeta region of TCR that recognizes the epitope and suggested that T cell precursor frequency influences which epitopes are targeted early in HIV infection. This methodology, which allows one to sort antigen-specific T cells based on different functional assays and to obtain a snapshot of their TCR repertoire with relative ease, should lead to a richer understanding of the rules underlying antigen recognition and T cell evolution during viral infection.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T alfa-beta
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Infecções por Vírus Epstein-Barr
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article