title: Jalpha-gene segment usage and the CDR3 diversity of porcine TCRalpha-chain cDNA clones from the PBL of a five-month-old pig and the thymus of a one-month-old pig.
abstract: Porcine T-cell receptor alpha (TCRalpha)-chain cDNA clones were isolated from libraries made from two different sources, the thymus of a 1-month-old LW strain pig and the peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of a 5-month-old Clawn strain pig. Among 109 cDNA clones with the Jalpha-gene segment, 44 different Jalpha-gene segments were found out of the 61 Jalpha-gene segments previously identified in the porcine germline sequence. Among the 103 complete TCRalpha-chain cDNA clones with the rearranged Valpha- and Jalpha-gene segments, 33 different Valpha-gene segments were identified, which randomly rearranged to Jalpha-gene segments indicating lack of any specific combinations between Valpha- and Jalpha-gene segments with only one exception of the same set of Jalpha-gene segments in duplicate clones. Among the cDNA clones from PBL of an individual 5-month-old Clawn strain pig, a broad distribution of the Jalpha-gene segment usage was observed over the entire Jalpha-gene cluster. The Jalpha-gene segment usage in an individual 1-month-old thymus from a LW strain pig also gave a pattern consistent with the 5-month-old pig. These distributions of the Jalpha-gene segment usage were similar to the previously reported patterns for human T-cells and those of adult murine T-cells. Among the porcine cDNA clones isolated, TCRalpha-chain CDR3 length ranged from 4 to 14 amino acids with the average being 9.35 amino acids. Present report provides groundwork for further studies on porcine TCRalpha-chain expression.
authors.affiliation: Genome Research Department, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2 Ikenodai, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Hirohide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uenishi
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hatsuse
authors.forename: Eimei
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Awata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasue
authors.forename: Yohtaroh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takagaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D022801:Complementarity Determining Regions / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015332:Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007144:Immunoglobulin J-Chains / Q000235:genetics; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D022801:Complementarity Determining Regions; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007144:Immunoglobulin J-Chains