Mapping the T cell repertoire to a complex gut bacterial community.
Mapping the T cell repertoire to a complex gut bacterial community.
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将 T 细胞库映射到复杂的肠道细菌群落。
DOI:
10.1038/s41586-023-06431-8
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发表时间:
2023
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
Balskus,
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作者:
Nagashima,Kazuki;Zhao,Aishan;Atabakhsh,Katayoon;Bae,Minwoo;Blum,JamieE;Weakley,Allison;Jain,Sunit;Meng,Xiandong;Cheng,AliceG;Wang,Min;Higginbottom,Steven;Dimas,Alex;Murugkar,Pallavi;Sattely,ElizabethS;Moon,JamesJ;Balskus,
Certain bacterial strains from the microbiome induce a potent, antigen-specific T cell response, , , –. However, the specificity of microbiome-induced T cells has not been explored at the strain level across the gut community. Here, we colonize germ-free mice with complex defined communities (roughly 100 bacterial strains) and profile T cell responses to each strain. The pattern of responses suggests that many T cells in the gut repertoire recognize several bacterial strains from the community. We constructed T cell hybridomas from 92 T cell receptor (TCR) clonotypes; by screening every strain in the community against each hybridoma, we find that nearly all the bacteria-specific TCRs show a one-to-many TCR-to-strain relationship, including 13 abundant TCR clonotypes that each recognize 18 Firmicutes. By screening three pooled bacterial genomic libraries, we discover that these 13 clonotypes share a single target: a conserved substrate-binding protein from an ATP-binding cassette transport system. Peripheral regulatory T cells and T helper 17 cells specific for an epitope from this protein are abundant in community-colonized and specific pathogen-free mice. Our work reveals that T cell recognition of commensals is focused on widely conserved, highly expressed cell-surface antigens, opening the door to new therapeutic strategies in which colonist-specific immune responses are rationally altered or redirected.