A comprehensive SAGE database for the analysis of gammadelta T cells.
Gammadelta T cells have been conserved since the adaptive immune system arose, yet their importance is still unclear. In an attempt to compensate for the lack of a broad knowledge base of gammadelta T cells across species, global analyses of gammadelta T cell transcriptomes have been performed using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Twelve new SAGE libraries were generated from the following bovine lymphocyte populations: magnetic bead-sorted blood gammadelta T cells, spleen gammadelta T cells and enriched spleen alphabeta T cells from a single calf, both rested and Con A/IL2 stimulated, and flow cytometry-sorted blood gammadelta and alphabeta T cells each either rested, Con A/IL2, or phorbol 12 myristate 13-acetate/ionomycin stimulated. These new libraries complement two earlier SAGE libraries of circulating gammadelta T cell subsets. These databases were analyzed using new web-based bioinformatic tools, which allow the user to rapidly compare gene expression patterns within these and other SAGE and standard expressed sequence tag libraries generated from different cell types and different species. These analyses revealed striking differences between blood and spleen gammadelta T cells and how these cells respond to mitogenic stimulation. These analyses also confirm previous studies that suggested that global gene expression in gammadelta and alphabeta T cells is quite similar; however, a 5-fold increase in gammadelta T cell-specific transcripts could be induced by Con A/IL2 stimulation. These new public databases provide additional resources for the annotation/analysis of global gene expression in gammadelta T cells, which will facilitate studies of the biology of this enigmatic lymphoid cell.
Graff
Jill C
JC
Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
Behnke
Michael
M
Radke
Jay
J
White
Michael
M
Jutila
Mark A
MA
D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000502:physiology; D002417:Cattle; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015870:Gene Expression; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000235:genetics*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets
D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta