Abstract
Linking antigen specificity to T cell receptor (TCR) sequences is critical, albeit challenging, to both understanding T cell biology and developing T cell-based therapeutics. Here, we describe in detail tetramer-associated TCR sequencing (TetTCR-Seq), a novel approach to tackling this challenge. TetTCR-Seq is accomplished by multiplexing DNA-barcoded peptide–MHC (pMHC) tetramers, allowing for simultaneous recall of antigen specificity and TCR sequences after single cell sequencing. Additionally, TetTCR-Seq simplifies labor and cuts cost by taking advantage of in vitro transcription and translation (IVTT) to generate peptide libraries and DNA barcodes, in parallel, from the same template. Thus, TetTCR-Seq is a powerful technology capable of quickly and affordably surveying the T cell repertoire for hundreds of antigen specificities in a single experiment.
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Malone, M., Ma, KY., Zhang, SQ., Jiang, N. (2022). Tetramer-Associated T Cell Receptor Sequencing. In: Huang, H., Davis, M.M. (eds) T-Cell Repertoire Characterization. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2574. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2712-9_8
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