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Characterisation of T and B cell receptor repertoire in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
X. Hou1, W. Wei2, J. Zhang3, Z. Liu4, G. Wang5, X. Yang6, Y. Dai7
- Central Laboratory, Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Disorders, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China. houxianliang@zju.edu.cn
- Center for Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Research, The Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, Guangxi Province, China.
- Central Laboratory, Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Disorders, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China.
- Central Laboratory, Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Disorders, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China.
- Central Laboratory, Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Disorders, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China.
- Central Laboratory, Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Disorders, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China.
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases Research, Guilin No. 924 Hospital, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China.
CER16344
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PMID: 37199164 [PubMed]
Received: 07/11/2022
Accepted : 24/03/2023
In Press: 15/05/2023
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with extreme heterogeneity, marked clinically by multi-systemic inflammatory involvement. However, the molecular mechanism of breakdown of self-tolerance is still unclear. T cell/B cell-mediated immune disorders may play a vital role in the pathogenesis of SLE.
METHODS:
In this context, we used a combination of multiplex-PCR, Illumina sequencing and IMGT/HighV-QUEST for a standardised analysis of the T cell receptor β-chain (TCRβ) and B cell receptor H-chain (BCR-H) repertoire of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in SLE patients compared with healthy volunteers.
RESULTS:
The results showed that there was an obvious reduction in BCR-H repertoire diversity and BCR-H CDR3 length in SLE patients. Notably, the pre-selection BCR-H CDR3s in SLE patients also displayed abnormal shortening, which suggests that early events in bone marrow B cell development and repertoire generation were abnormal in SLE patients. However, there was no obvious change of T cell repertoire in SLE patients, including repertoire diversity and CDR3 length. In addition, there was skewed usage of V genes and CDR3 sequences in SLE patients, which might be the result of physiological responses to environmental antigens or pathogens.
CONCLUSIONS:
In conclusion, our data revealed the specific changes of the TCR and BCR repertoires in SLE patients, which may provide new ideas for its prevention and treatment.
