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Yazawa R, Cooper GA, Hunt P, Beetz-Sargent M, Robb A, Conrad M, McKinnel L, So S, Jantzen S, Phillips RB, Davidson WS, Koop BF. Striking antigen recognition diversity in the Atlantic salmon T-cell receptor alpha/delta locus. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 32:204-12. [PMID: 17604101 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2007] [Revised: 05/11/2007] [Accepted: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The complete TCR alpha/delta locus of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) has been characterized and annotated. In the 900 kb TCR alpha/delta locus, 292 Valpha/delta segments and 123 Jalpha/delta segments were identified. Of these, 128 Valpha/delta, 113 Jalpha, and a Jdelta segment appeared to be functional as they lacked frame shifts or stop codons. This represents the largest repertoire of Valpha/delta and Jalpha segments of any organism to date. The 128 functional Valpha/delta segments could be grouped into 29 subgroups based upon 70% nucleotide similarity. Expression data confirmed the usage of the diverse repertoire found at the genomic level. At least 99 Valpha, 13 Vdelta 86 Jalpha, 1 Jdelta, and 2 Ddelta segments were used in TCR alpha or delta transcription, and 652 unique genes were identified from a sample of 759 TCRalpha cDNA clones. Cumulatively, the genomic and expression data suggest that the Atlantic salmon T-cell receptor has enormous capacity to recognize a wide diversity of antigens.
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- Ryosuke Yazawa
- Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, PO Box 3020 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3N5
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Lauer KP, Llorente I, Blair E, Seto J, Krasnov V, Purkayastha A, Ditty SE, Hadfield TL, Buck C, Tibbetts C, Seto D. Natural variation among human adenoviruses: genome sequence and annotation of human adenovirus serotype 1. J Gen Virol 2004; 85:2615-2625. [PMID: 15302955 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80118-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The 36,001 base pair DNA sequence of human adenovirus serotype 1 (HAdV-1) has been determined, using a 'leveraged primer sequencing strategy' to generate high quality sequences economically. This annotated genome (GenBank AF534906) confirms anticipated similarity to closely related species C (formerly subgroup), human adenoviruses HAdV-2 and -5, and near identity with earlier reports of sequences representing parts of the HAdV-1 genome. A first round of HAdV-1 sequence data acquisition used PCR amplification and sequencing primers from sequences common to the genomes of HAdV-2 and -5. The subsequent rounds of sequencing used primers derived from the newly generated data. Corroborative re-sequencing with primers selected from this HAdV-1 dataset generated sparsely tiled arrays of high quality sequencing ladders spanning both complementary strands of the HAdV-1 genome. These strategies allow for rapid and accurate low-pass sequencing of genomes. Such rapid genome determinations facilitate the development of specific probes for differentiation of family, serotype, subtype and strain (e.g. pathogen genome signatures). These will be used to monitor epidemic outbreaks of acute respiratory disease in a defined test bed by the Epidemic Outbreak Surveillance (EOS) project.
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- Kim P Lauer
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Boulevard, MSN 5B3, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Boulevard, MSN 5B3, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Boulevard, MSN 5B3, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Boulevard, MSN 5B3, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Boulevard, MSN 5B3, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Epidemic Outbreak Surveillance (EOS) Consortium, 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1401, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
- HQ USAF Surgeon General Office, Directorate of Modernization (SGR), 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1401, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Boulevard, MSN 5B3, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Epidemic Outbreak Surveillance (EOS) Consortium, 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1401, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
- Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 5300 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20306, USA
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- Epidemic Outbreak Surveillance (EOS) Consortium, 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1401, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
- Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 5300 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20306, USA
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- Department of Virology, American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), Manassas, VA 20108, USA
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- Epidemic Outbreak Surveillance (EOS) Consortium, 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1401, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
- HQ USAF Surgeon General Office, Directorate of Modernization (SGR), 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1401, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
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- Epidemic Outbreak Surveillance (EOS) Consortium, 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1401, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
- HQ USAF Surgeon General Office, Directorate of Modernization (SGR), 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1401, Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Boulevard, MSN 5B3, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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Bosc N, Lefranc MP. The mouse (Mus musculus) T cell receptor alpha (TRA) and delta (TRD) variable genes. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 27:465-497. [PMID: 12697305 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(03)00027-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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'The Mouse (Mus musculus) T cell receptor alpha (TRA) and delta (TRD) variable genes' 'IMGT Locus in Focus' report provides the first complete list of the mouse TRAV and TRDV genes which span 1550 kb on chromosome 14 at 19.7 cM. The total number of TRAV genes per haploid genome is 98 belonging to 23 subgroups. This includes 10 TRAV/DV genes which belong to seven subgroups. The functional TRAV genomic repertoire comprises 72-82 TRAV (including 9-10 TRAV/DV) belonging to 19 subgroups. The total number of TRDV genes per haploid genome is 16 (including the 10 TRAV/DV) belonging to 12 subgroups. The functional TRDV genomic repertoire comprises 14-15 genes (5 TRDV and 9-10 TRAV/DV) belonging to 11-12 subgroups. The eight tables and three figures of this report are available at the IMGT Marie-Paule page of IMGT. The international ImMunoGeneTics information system (http://imgt.cines.fr) created by Marie-Paule Lefranc, Université Montpellier II, CNRS, France.
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- Nathalie Bosc
- IMGT, Laboratoire d'ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire (LIGM), Université Montpellier II, Institut de Génétique Humaine, UPR CNRS 1142, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 5, Montpellier Cedex, France
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Godthelp BC, van Tol MJ, Vossen JM, van den Elsen PJ. Longitudinal analysis of T cells responding to tetanus toxoid in healthy subjects as well as in pediatric patients after bone marrow transplantation: the identification of identical TCR-CDR3 regions in time suggests long-term stability of at least part of the antigen-specific TCR repertoire. Int Immunol 2001; 13:507-18. [PMID: 11282990 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/13.4.507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To understand the nature of long-term Th immune responses, we investigated in the present study the TCRBV gene repertoire of CD4(+) T cells specific for the recall antigen tetanus toxoid (TT) in recipients of an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) at several time points after transplantation and in their BM donors. We observed that the TCR repertoire of TT-specific CD4(+) Th cells was heterogeneous, and differed between allo-BMT recipients and their respective donors. Some individuals, however, used similar TCR-complementarity-determining region (CDR) 3 motifs that could reflect recognition of and selection by similar promiscuous epitopes of TT. Longitudinal analysis of this TT-specific T cell response revealed that T cells with completely identical TCR were present at several time points after the first analysis in allo-BMT recipients, most probably reflecting long-term stability of at least part of the antigen-specific TCR repertoire. Similar stability of the TT-specific TCR repertoire in time was also noted in the allo-BMT donors. These observations reveal that within a given individual the dominant antigen-specific T cell clones persist in time in an otherwise diverse TT-specific CD4(+) T cell immune response.
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- B C Godthelp
- Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Building 1, E3-Q, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Huang C, Kanagawa O. Ordered and coordinated rearrangement of the TCR alpha locus: role of secondary rearrangement in thymic selection. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:2597-601. [PMID: 11160321 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Ag receptor of the T lymphocyte is composed of an alphabeta heterodimer. Both alpha- and beta-chains are products of the somatic rearrangement of V(D)J segments encoded on the respective loci. During T cell development, beta-chain rearrangement precedes alpha-chain rearrangement. The mechanism of allelic exclusion ensures the expression of a single beta-chain in each T cell, whereas a large number of T cells express two functional alpha-chains. Here we demonstrate evidence that TCR alpha rearrangement is initiated by rearranging a 3' Valpha segment and a 5' Jalpha segment on both chromosomes. Rearrangement then proceeds by using upstream Valpha and downstream Jalpha segments until it is terminated by successful positive selection. This ordered and coordinated rearrangement allows a single thymocyte to sequentially express multiple TCRs with different specificities to optimize the efficiency of positive selection. Thus, the lack of allelic exclusion and TCR alpha secondary rearrangement play a key role in the formation of a functional T cell repertoire.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Genetic Markers/immunology
- Hybridomas
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- C Huang
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Gallagher M, Candéias S, Martinon C, Borel E, Malissen M, Marche PN, Jouvin-Marche E. Use of TCR ADV gene segments by the delta chain is independent of their position and of CD3 expression. Eur J Immunol 1998; 28:3878-85. [PMID: 9842931 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199811)28:11<3878::aid-immu3878>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The CD3 signaling complex is required for cell surface expression and selection of both alphabeta and gammadelta TCR. In this study we analyzed TCRD transcripts in both wild-type and CD3-epsilon-deficient mice. We show that the repertoire of ADV segments used by the delta chain is unchanged in the latter. Not all ADV genes participate in making up the TCRD repertoire. However, their use does not depend on their distance from the other TCRD-forming segments. For example ADV12, situated at more than 870 kb from the DD region, is expressed as part of TCRD transcripts, whereas ADV8, members of which are proximal to the DD region, is not. These data suggest that the accessibility of ADV8 gene segments is differentially regulated during T cell development in the thymus. Taken together, our results suggest that TCRA and TCRD rearrangements are independently controlled, and that the absence of TCRA expression in CD3-epsilon-deficient mice is not due to a lack of accessibility of the ADV gene segments but rather to inaccessibility of the AJ gene region.
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- M Gallagher
- CEA-Grenoble, Laboratoire d'Immunochimie, INSERM U 238, Université Joseph Fourier, DBMS, France
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Arden B, Clark SP, Kabelitz D, Mak TW. Mouse T-cell receptor variable gene segment families. Immunogenetics 1995; 42:501-30. [PMID: 8550093 DOI: 10.1007/bf00172177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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All mouse T-cell receptor alpha/delta, beta, and gamma variable (Tcra/d-, b-, and g-V) gene segments were aligned to compare the sequences with one another, to group them into subfamilies, and to derive a name which complies with the standard nomenclature. It was necessary to change the names of some V gene segments because they conflicted with those of other segments. The traditional classification into subfamilies was re-evaluated using a much larger pool of sequences. In the mouse, most V gene segments can be grouped into subfamilies of closely related genes with significantly less similarity between different subfamilies.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/classification
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/classification
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Terminology as Topic
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- B Arden
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany
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Schrenzel MD, Ferrick DA. Horse (Equus caballus) T-cell receptor alpha, gamma, and delta chain genes: nucleotide sequences and tissue-specific gene expression. Immunogenetics 1995; 42:112-22. [PMID: 7607702 DOI: 10.1007/bf00178585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Horse (Equus caballus) T-cell receptor alpha (TCRA), gamma (TCRG), and delta (TCRD) chain genes were isolated from a cDNA library and characterized. Five unique TCRAV families, including four full-length sequences, five distinct TCRAJ genes, and a single TCRAC gene were identified. TCRAV genes had closest homology with human sequences and least similarity to rat genes. Among eight horse TCRG genes, two distinct constant region genes with considerable variation in the connecting region were identified, but no variable or joining genes were present. Southern blot hybridization confirmed the presence of at least two TCRGC genes and indicated that the vast majority of horse alpha beta T cells rearrange either one or both TCRG alleles. Analysis of horse TCRD genes revealed the presence of eight unique TCRDV genes representing seven families, each having closest nucleotide homology with sheep sequences. Six unique TCRDJ genes were isolated; however, four of these sequences differed by only one base pair and thus likely represented alleles of a single gene. One horse TCRDC gene was present among fifteen clones analyzed and, based on Southern blot hybridizations, was deleted in polyclonal alpha beta T-cell populations, indicating that the TCRD locus is probably located within the TCRA locus as in other species. Polymerase chain reaction using horse-specific primers for the detection of TCRAC and TCRDC gene expression indicated that gamma delta T cells are located at numerous sites throughout the body, and with the exception of bone marrow where only TCRAC transcripts were detected, are closely associated with alpha beta T cells. This finding indicates that these two T-cell populations may be functionally interactive.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary
- Gene Expression
- Horses/immunology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- M D Schrenzel
- University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology Davis, CA 95616, USA
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