In vitro expansion of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells distorts the T-cell repertoire
Koning, Dan; Costa, Ana I; Hasrat, Raiza; Grady, Bart P X; Spijkers, Sanne; Nanlohy, Nening; Keşmir, Can; van Baarle, Debbie; Kesmir, Can
(2014) Journal of Immunological Methods, volume 405, pp. 199 - 203
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Abstract
Short-term in vitro expansion of antigen-specific T cells is an appreciated assay for the analysis of small memory T-cell populations. However, how well short-term expanded T cells represent the direct ex vivo situation remains to be elucidated. In this study we compared the clonality of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus
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(CMV)-specific CD8(+) T cells directly ex vivo and after in vitro stimulation with antigen. Our data show that the antigen-specific T cell repertoire significantly alters after in vitro culture. Clear shifts in clonotype hierarchy were observed, with the most dominant ex vivo clonotype decreasing after stimulation at the expense of several previously subdominant clonotypes. Notably, these alterations were more pronounced in polyclonal T-cell populations compared to mono- or oligoclonal repertoires. Furthermore, TCR diversity significantly increased after culture with antigen. These results suggest that the T-cell repertoire is highly subjective to variation after in vitro stimulation with antigen. Hence, although short-term expansion of T cells provides a simple and efficient tool to examine antigen-specific immune responses, caution is required if T-cell populations are expanded prior to detailed, clonotypic analyses or other repertoire-based investigations.
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Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Clone Cells, Cytological Techniques, Cytomegalovirus, Herpesvirus 4, Human, Humans, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, Reproducibility of Results, Time Factors
ISSN: 0022-1759
Publisher: Elsevier
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