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KMID : 0381120220440010019
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Genes and Genomics
2022 Volume.44 No. 1 p.19 ~ p.28
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Characterization of the B cell receptor repertoire of patients with acute coronary syndrome
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Weng Ruiqiang
Liu Sudong
Gu Xiaodong
Zhong Zhixiong
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Abstract
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Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a complex cardiovascular disease whose development involves the dysregulation of adaptive immune responses. Though it has been proven that T cells associate with inflammation in the development of ACS, the function of B cells in disease remains unclear.
Objective: The aim of this study was to reveal the diversity of the B cell receptor (BCR) repertoire of patients with ACS.
Methods: We conducted a pilot study to sequence the immune repertoire of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with ACS, including acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina (UA), and quantitatively characterized BCR repertoires by bioinformatics analysis.
Results: We found that patients with AMI and UA had lower BCR repertoire diversity compared with controls with normal coronary arteries (NCA). Lower percentages of productive unique BCR nt sequences and higher percentages of top 200 unique BCR sequences were identified in AMI and UA patients than NCA controls. Patients had various preferential usage of V and J genes from B cell clones in accordance with the disease severity of coronary arteries. AMI patients had distinct CDR3 amino acids, and their frequency differed among patients with ACS.
Conclusions: Our results indicate that differential BCR signatures represent an imprint of distinct repertoires among ACS patients. This study thereby opens up the prospect of studying disease-relevant B cells to better understand and treat ACS.
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KEYWORD
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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS), B cell receptor (BCR), Repertoires, High-throughput sequencing, Bioinformatics analysis
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