Development of a cytokine-secreting-based assay for the identification, sorting and transcriptomic analysis of polyfunctional human T cells

Burel, Julie G., Apte, Simon H., and Doolan, Denise L. (2015) Development of a cytokine-secreting-based assay for the identification, sorting and transcriptomic analysis of polyfunctional human T cells. European Cytokine Network, 26 (4). pp. 67-72.

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Abstract

Polyfunctional T cells that simultaneously produce the cytokines IFN-γ, IL-2 and TNF have been correlated with better clinical outcomes in various diseases. To date, cytokine polyfunctionality within T cells has been exclusively studied by intracellular cytokine staining coupled with flow cytometric analysis. Thus, further downstream interrogation of polyfunctional T cell characteristics such as transcriptomic analysis has not been possible. Here, we report the use of a flow cytometric method based on cytokine secretion assay technology to detect and isolate, for the first time, viable human polyfunctional T cells directly from in vitro stimulated whole blood samples. We demonstrate the successful application of this method to sort polyfunctional T cells obtained from human volunteers, which can be then used for downstream applications such as transcriptomic analysis using RTqPCR. This assay will facilitate in-depth investigations of T cells with distinct cytokine polyfunctionality, including defining their molecular profile and understanding the mechanisms regulating their generation and function.

Item ID: 46634
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1952-4005
Keywords: polyfunctional T cells, cytokine secretion, novel assay, cell sorting, transcriptomic analysis
Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), University of Queensland (UQ)
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2016 02:04
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111716 Preventive Medicine @ 50%
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1107 Immunology > 110704 Cellular Immunology @ 25%
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1107 Immunology > 110705 Humoural Immunology and Immunochemistry @ 25%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920109 Infectious Diseases @ 100%
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