Systematic profiling of full-length ig and tcr repertoire diversity in rhesus macaque through long read transcriptome sequencing

Hayden N. Brochu, Elizabeth Tseng, Elise Smith, Matthew J. Thomas, Aiden M. Jones, Kayleigh R. Diveley, Lynn Law, Scott G. Hansen, Louis J. Picker, Michael Gale, Xinxia Peng

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Abstract

The diversity of Ig and TCR repertoires is a focal point of immunological studies. Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) are key for modeling human immune responses, placing critical importance on the accurate annotation and quantification of their Ig and TCR repertoires. However, because of incomplete reference resources, the coverage and accuracy of the traditional targeted amplification strategies for profiling rhesus Ig and TCR repertoires are largely unknown. In this study, using long read sequencing, we sequenced four Indian-origin rhesus macaque tissues and obtained high-quality, full-length sequences for over 6000 unique Ig and TCR transcripts, without the need for sequence assembly. We constructed, to our knowledge, the first complete reference set for the constant regions of all known isotypes and chain types of rhesus Ig and TCR repertoires. We show that sequence diversity exists across the entire variable regions of rhesus Ig and TCR transcripts. Consequently, existing strategies using targeted amplification of rearranged variable regions comprised of V(D)J gene segments miss a significant fraction (27-53% and 42-49%) of rhesus Ig/TCR diversity. To overcome these limitations, we designed new rhesus-specific assays that remove the need for primers conventionally targeting variable regions and allow single cell level Ig and TCR repertoire analysis. Our improved approach will enable future studies to fully capture rhesus Ig and TCR repertoire diversity and is applicable for improving annotations in any model organism.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3434-3444
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Immunology
Volume204
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 15 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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