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Identification and characterization of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of the cynomolgus macaque (Macaca Fascicularis)

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BMC GENOMICS
卷 23, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08867-0

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T cell receptor; Cynomolgus macaque; Locus map; NHP; Variable region genes

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  1. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services [75N93019C00071]
  2. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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This article describes the definition and characterization of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire in cynomolgus macaques, as well as the determination of its functional status through single cell RNA sequencing. The results show that cynomolgus macaques have a high genomic similarity with rhesus macaques and a significant sequence similarity with the human TCR repertoire. This is of great importance for analyzing T cell immune responses in cynomolgus macaques.
Background Cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is an attractive animal model for the study of human disease and is extensively used in biomedical research. Cynomolgus macaques share behavioral, physiological, and genomic traits with humans and recapitulate human disease manifestations not observed in other animal species. To improve the use of the cynomolgus macaque model to investigate immune responses, we defined and characterized the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire. Result We identified and analyzed the alpha (TRA), beta (TRB), gamma (TRG), and delta (TRD) TCR loci of the cynomolgus macaque. The expressed repertoire was determined using 22 unique lung samples from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected cynomolgus macaques by single cell RNA sequencing. Expressed TCR alpha (TRAV) and beta (TRBV) variable region genes were enriched and identified using gene specific primers, which allowed their functional status to be determined. Analysis of the primers used for cynomolgus macaque TCR variable region gene enrichment showed they could also be used to amplify rhesus macaque (M. mulatta) variable region genes. Conclusion The genomic organization of the cynomolgus macaque has great similarity with the rhesus macaque and they shared > 90% sequence similarity with the human TCR repertoire. The identification of the TCR repertoire facilitates analysis of T cell immunity in cynomolgus macaques.

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