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Clark EA, Talatala ER, Ye W, Davis RJ, Collins SL, Hillel AT, Ramirez-Solano M, Sheng Q, Wanjalla CN, Mallal SA, Gelbard A. Characterizing the T Cell Repertoire in the Proximal Airway in Health and Disease. Laryngoscope 2024; 134:1757-1764. [PMID: 37787469 PMCID: PMC10947968 DOI: 10.1002/lary.31088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Recent translational scientific efforts in subglottic stenosis (SGS) support a disease model where epithelial alterations facilitate microbiome displacement, dysregulated immune activation, and localized fibrosis. Given the observed immune cell infiltrate in SGS, we sought to test the hypothesis that SGS cases possessed a low diversity (highly clonal) adaptive immune response when compared with healthy controls. METHODS Single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of subglottic mucosal scar in iSGS (n = 24), iLTS (n = 8), and healthy controls (n = 7) was performed. T cell receptor (TCR) sequences were extracted, analyzed, and used to construct repertoire structure, compare diversity, interrogate overlap, and define antigenic targets using the Immunarch bioinformatics pipeline. RESULTS The proximal airway mucosa in health and disease are equally diverse via Hill framework quantitation (iSGS vs. iLTS vs. Control, p > 0.05). Repertoires do not significantly overlap between individuals (Morisita <0.02). Among iSGS patients, clonality of the TCR repertoire is driven by CD8+ T cells, and iSGS patients possess numerous TCRs targeting viral and intercellular pathogens. High frequency clonotypes do not map to known targets in public datasets. CONCLUSION SGS cases do not possess a lower diversity adaptive immune infiltrate when compared with healthy controls. Interestingly, the TCR repertoire in both health and disease contains a restricted number of high frequency clonotypes that do not significantly overlap between individuals. The target of the high frequency clonotypes in health and disease remain unresolved. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE NA Laryngoscope, 134:1757-1764, 2024.
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- Evan A. Clark
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Ishikawa T, Horie K, Takakura Y, Ohki H, Maruyama Y, Hayama M, Miyauchi M, Miyao T, Hagiwara N, Kobayashi TJ, Akiyama N, Akiyama T. T-cell receptor repertoire analysis of CD4-positive T cells from blood and an affected organ in an autoimmune mouse model. Genes Cells 2023; 28:929-941. [PMID: 37909727 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.13079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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One hallmark of some autoimmune diseases is the variability of symptoms among individuals. Organs affected by the disease differ between patients, posing a challenge in diagnosing the affected organs. Although numerous studies have investigated the correlation between T cell antigen receptor (TCR) repertoires and the development of infectious and immune diseases, the correlation between TCR repertoires and variations in disease symptoms among individuals remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the correlation of TCRα and β repertoires in blood T cells with the extent of autoimmune signs that varies among individuals. We sequenced TCRα and β of CD4+ CD44high CD62Llow T cells in the blood and stomachs of mice deficient in autoimmune regulator (Aire) (AIRE KO), a mouse model of human autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy. Data analysis revealed that the degree of similarity in TCR sequences between the blood and stomach varied among individual AIRE KO mice and reflected the extent of T cell infiltration in the stomach. We identified a set of TCR sequences whose frequencies in blood might correlate with extent of the stomach manifestations. Our results propose a potential of using TCR repertoires not only for diagnosing disease development but also for diagnosing affected organs in autoimmune diseases.
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- Tatsuya Ishikawa
- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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Jiang X, Wang S, Zhou C, Wu J, Jiao Y, Lin L, Lu X, Yang B, Zhang W, Xiao X, Li Y, Wu X, Wang X, Chen H, Zhao L, Fei Y, Yang H, Zhang W, Zhang F, Chen H, Zhang J, Li B, Yang H, Wang J, Liu X, Zhang X. Comprehensive TCR repertoire analysis of CD4 + T-cell subsets in rheumatoid arthritis. J Autoimmun 2020; 109:102432. [PMID: 32115259 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by autoreactive T-cell accumulation and pro-inflammatory cytokine overproduction, is unclear. Systematically addressing T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoires of different CD4+ T-cell subsets could help understand RA pathogenesis. Here, peripheral CD4+ T cells from treatment-naïve RA patients and healthy controls were sorted into seven subsets including naïve, effector, central memory, effector memory (EMT), Th1, Th17, and regulatory T cells. T-cell receptor β chain repertoires were then analyzed by next-generation sequencing. We identified T-cell clonal expansion in EMT and Th17 cells of RA patients, with highly similar TCR repertoires. Ex vivo experiments demonstrated the preferred differentiation from EMT to Th17 cells in RA. Notably, we showed that TCR diversity and abundance of differentiated T cells of Th17 were significantly correlated with RA disease activity. Based on these observations, we propose that abnormal differentiation from EMT to Th17 and expansion of Th17 play pivotal role in RA pathogenesis.
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- Xu Jiang
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; China National Genebank, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; BGI-Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; China National Genebank, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; BGI-Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China; School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, No.1 Tsinghua Yuan, Beijing, 100084, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; China National Genebank, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Beijing, 100730, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; China National Genebank, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; China National Genebank, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Immunology & National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100005, China
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- Department of Immunology & National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100005, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; James D. Watson Institute of Genome Science, Hangzhou, 310008, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; James D. Watson Institute of Genome Science, Hangzhou, 310008, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; China National Genebank, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China; BGI-Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Clinical Immunology Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China.
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