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Genomic Specificity of Anti-TCR mAbs determined by single-cell RNAseq

Magill, I.; Piekarsa, V.; Kossida, S.; Croteau, J.; Lee, A.; Balderas, R.; Zemmour, D.; Benoist, C.

2024-12-22 immunology
10.1101/2024.12.20.629462 bioRxiv
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T cells play a pivotal role in the immune system, relying on their somatically rearranged T cell receptor (TCR) to recognize peptide-MHC complexes. A comprehensive and extensively used set of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against TCR Variable regions was generated in the previous century. The separate identification of mAb-specific TCR-V proteins and TRV genes has resulted in multiple nomenclatures, making their relationships unclear. To formally re-establish this link and determine patterns of reactivity within TRV subfamilies, we sorted T cells positive for any one of a panel of 22 anti-V mAbs and determined their TRV genes by single-cell TCRseq. RNAseq data revealed consistently higher expression of repeated elements from the ERV1-family LTR RLTR6Mm (mapping to Gm20400) in cells utilizing TRBV segments encoded within a 66kb genomic region between TRBV23 and TRBV30. Our findings provide a comprehensive resource for anti-TCR mAb specificity and insight into V-gene usage biases and T cell function.

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