Title
Direct assessment of junctional diversity in rearranged T cell receptor β chain encoding genes by combined heteroduplex and single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis
Author
Offermans, M.T.C.
Struyk, L.
de Geus, B.
Breedveld, F.C.
van den Elsen, P.J.
Rozing, J.
TNO Preventie en Gezondheid
Publication year
1996
Abstract
In order to define the extent of T cell heterogeneity and clonality, unique DNA sequences in the junctional region in rearranged T cell receptor (TcR) genes can be studied. For this purpose we have adapted a non-denaturing nucleic acid gel electrophoresis procedure to detect TcR junctional diversity. Detection of junctional diversity is based upon electrophoretic separation of single stranded (ss) and double stranded (ds) DNA molecules via mobility shifts due to nucleotide sequence polymorphism. To examine the capacity of this nucleic acid gel electrophoresis procedure to detect nucleotide sequence polymorphism in the CDR 3 region within TcR Vβ gene family sequences polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified TcR Vβ 5.1/5.4 and Vβ14 cDNA sequences were analyzed. The results of this study showed that (1) the single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) procedure has a low capacity to discriminate between diverse TcR Vβ cDNA sequences due to comigration of the ssDNA molecules, which results in an underestimation of the heterogeneity in a given T cell population; (2) comigrating ssDNA and/or dsDNA (homoduplex) molecules can be separated by the formation of heteroduplex molecules; these heteroduplex molecules provide essential additional information on the degree of nucleotide sequence polymorphism in the CDR 3 region within the TcR Vβ cDNA sequences; (3) the double strand conformation polymorphism (DSCP) procedure provides a fast and reliable procedure to detect junctional diversity within the sequences tested. Using DSCP a more detailed assessment of amplified TcR Vβ cDNA sequences can be obtained as compared with SSCP analysis only. Data obtained by gel analysis were very similar to those obtained by conventional bacterial cloning and DNA sequencing procedures on the corresponding cDNA clones. In conclusion, this new gel electrophoresis procedure allows a direct assessment of the extent of T cell heterogeneity and clonality by screening junctional diversity in TcR chain encoding sequences in clinical conditions with (oligo)clonal expansion of T lymphocytes. Molecular Sequence Numbers: GENBANK: S82223; Chemicals/CAS: Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
Subject
Biology
CDR 3 domain
combined single strand conformation polymorphism and heteroduplex analysis
double strand conformation polymorphism
nucleic acid gel electrophoresis
nucleotide sequence polymorphism
T cell heterogeneity
T cell receptor
t lymphocyte receptor
article
clinical article
dna sequence
gene rearrangement
human
polymerase chain reaction
priority journal
single strand conformation polymorphism
t lymphocyte receptor gene
t lymphocyte subpopulation
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Base Sequence
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
Sequence Analysis, DNA
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1759(95)00283-9
TNO identifier
233320
ISSN
0022-1759
Source
Journal of Immunological Methods, 191 (1), 21-31
Document type
article