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- Title
A novel mass cytometry protocol optimized for immunophenotyping of low-frequency antigen-specific T cells.
- Authors
Balz, Kathrin; Grange, Magali; Pegel, Uta; Karamya, Zain A.; Mello, Marielle; Xiaoying Zhou; Berger, Thilo; Bloch, Konstantin; Dunham, Diane; Chinthrajah, Sharon; Nadeau, Kari; Luche, Hervé; Skevaki, Chrysanthi
- Abstract
Understanding antigen-specific T-cell responses, for example, following virus infections or allergen exposure, is of high relevance for the development of vaccines and therapeutics. We aimed on optimizing immunophenotyping of T cells after antigen stimulation by improving staining procedures for flow and mass cytometry. Our method can be used for primary cells of both mouse and human origin for the detection of low-frequency T-cell response using a dualbarcoding system for individual samples and conditions. First, live-cell barcoding was performed using anti-CD45 antibodies prior to an in vitro T-cell stimulation assay. Second, to discriminate between stimulation conditions and prevent cell loss, sample barcoding was combined with a commercial barcoding solution. This dual-barcoding approach is cell sparing and, therefore, particularly relevant for samples with low cell numbers. To further reduce cell loss and to increase debarcoding efficiency of multiplexed samples, we combined our dualbarcoding approach with a new centrifugation-free washing system by laminar flow (Curiox™). Finally, to demonstrate the benefits of our established protocol, we assayed virus-specific T-cell response in SARS-CoV-2-vaccinated and SARSCoV-2-infected patients and compared with healthy non-exposed individuals by a high-parameter CyTOF analysis. We could reveal a heterogeneity of phenotypes among responding CD4, CD8, and gd-T cells following antigenspecific stimulations. Our protocol allows to assay antigen-specific responses of minute populations of T cells to virus-derived peptides, allergens, or other antigens from the same donor sample, in order to investigate qualitative and quantitative differences.
- Subjects
T cells; CYTOMETRY; CELL populations; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LAMINAR flow; HUMAN origins; T cell receptors
- Publication
Frontiers in Cellular & Infection Microbiology, 2024, p1
- ISSN
2235-2988
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fcimb.2023.1336489