Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals<i>in vivo</i>signatures of SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells through ‘reverse phenotyping’

ABSTRACT Thein vivophenotypic profile of T cells reactive to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 antigens remains poorly understood. Conventional methods to detect antigen-reactive T cells requirein vitroantigenic re-stimulation or highly individualized peptide-human leukocyte antigen (pHLA) multimers. Here, we used single-cell RNA sequencing to identify and profile SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. To do so, we induced transcriptional shifts by antigenic stimulationin vitroand took advantage of natural T cell receptor (TCR) sequences of clonally expanded T cells as barcodes for ‘reverse phenotyping’. This allowed identification of SARS-CoV-2-reactive TCRs and revealed phenotypic effects introduced by antigen-specific stimulation. We characterized transcriptional signatures of currently and previously activated SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells, and showed correspondence with phenotypes of T cells from the respiratory tract of patients with severe disease in the presence or absence of virus in independent cohorts. Reverse phenotyping is a powerful tool to provide an integrated insight into cellular states of SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells across tissues and activation states..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 14. Okt. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fischer, David S. [VerfasserIn]
Ansari, Meshal [VerfasserIn]
Wagner, Karolin I. [VerfasserIn]
Jarosch, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yiqi [VerfasserIn]
Mayr, Christoph H. [VerfasserIn]
Strunz, Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Niklas J. [VerfasserIn]
D’Ippolito, Elvira [VerfasserIn]
Hammel, Monika [VerfasserIn]
Mateyka, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Weber, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Wolff, Lisa S. [VerfasserIn]
Witter, Klaus [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez, Isis E. [VerfasserIn]
Leuschner, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Milger, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
Frankenberger, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Nowak, Lorenz [VerfasserIn]
Heinig-Menhard, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Ina [VerfasserIn]
Stoleriu, Mircea G. [VerfasserIn]
Hilgendorff, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Behr, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Pichlmair, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Schubert, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Theis, Fabian J. [VerfasserIn]
Busch, Dirk H. [VerfasserIn]
Schiller, Herbert B. [VerfasserIn]
Schober, Kilian [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2020.12.07.20245274

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XBI019490119