Exploring the sheep (Ovis aries) immunoglobulin repertoire by next generation sequencing

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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the way we determine the antibody repertoires encoded by B cells in the blood or lymphoid organs and transformed our understanding of adaptive immune responses in many species. Sheep (Ovis aries) have been widely used as a host for therapeutic antibody production since the early 1980s, however, little is known about their immune repertoires or immunological processes affecting the antibody generation. The objective of this study was to employ NGS for a comprehensive analysis of immunoglobulin heavy and light chain repertoires in four healthy sheep. We obtained > 90 % complete antibody sequences and nearly 130,000, 48,000 and 218,000 unique CDR3 reads for the heavy chain (IGH), kappa chain (IGK), and lambda chain (IGL) loci, respectively. Consistent with other species, we observed biased usage of germline variable (V), diversity (D) and joining (J) genes in the heavy and kappa loci, but not in the lambda loci. Moreover, the enormous diversity of CDR3 sequences was observed through sequence clustering and convergent recombination. These data will build a foundation for future studies investigating immune repertoires in health and disease as well as contribute to further refinement of ovine-derived therapeutic antibody drugs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:156

Enthalten in:

Molecular immunology - 156(2023) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 20-30

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Park, Minyoung [VerfasserIn]
de Villavicencio Diaz, Teresa Nunez [VerfasserIn]
Lange, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Le Bihan, Thierry [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CDR3 composition
CDR3 diversity
Gene usage
Immunoglobulin (IGH/IGK/IGL) repertoire analysis
Journal Article
Next-generation sequencing
Ovis aries/Sheep

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Date Completed 31.03.2023

Date Revised 13.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.molimm.2023.02.008

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NLM353738786