Objective To investigate the diversity of peripheral blood T cell receptor (TCR) β chain complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) based on immune repertoire sequencing in neonates with sepsis and the possible pathogenesis of neonatal sepsis. Methods A total of 12 neonates with sepsis were enrolled as the case group, and 9 healthy full-term infants, matched for gestational age, birth weight, and age, were enrolled as the control group. Omega nucleic acid purification kit (SQ blood DNA Kit II) was used to extract DNA from peripheral blood samples, TCR β chain CDR3 was amplified by multiplex PCR, and then high-throughput sequencing was performed for the products to analyze the diversity of TCR β chain CDR3 and the difference in expression. Results The length and type of TCR β chain CDR3 were similar between the case and control groups, and Gaussian distribution was observed in both groups. With D50 and Shannon-Wiener index as the evaluation indices for diversity, the case group had a significantly lower diversity of TCR β chain CDR3 than the control group (P<0.05). The frequency of 48 genes in TCR β chain V segment was compared, and the results showed that compared with the control group, the case group had significantly higher frequencies of TRBV10-3, TRBV2, and TRBV20-1 (P<0.05). The frequency of 13 genes in TCR β chain J segment were compared, and the results showed that compared with the control group, the case group had significantly higher frequencies of TRBJ2-3, TRBJ2-5, and TRBJ2-7 (P<0.05). Conclusions There is a significant change in the diversity of TCR β chain CDR3 in the peripheral blood of neonates with sepsis, suggesting that it might be associated with the immune pathogenesis of neonatal sepsis. Citation:
Key words
Sepsis /
High-throughput sequencing /
Immune repertoire /
T cell receptor /
Complementarity-determining region 3 /
Diversity /
Neonate
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