[PDF][PDF] Morphological profiling of human T and NK lymphocytes by high-content cell imaging

Y German, L Vulliard, A Kamnev, L Pfajfer, J Huemer… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Y German, L Vulliard, A Kamnev, L Pfajfer, J Huemer, AK Mautner, A Rubio, A Kalinichenko
Cell Reports, 2021cell.com
The immunological synapse is a complex structure that decodes stimulatory signals into
adapted lymphocyte responses. It is a unique window to monitor lymphocyte activity
because of development of systematic quantitative approaches. Here we demonstrate the
applicability of high-content imaging to human T and natural killer (NK) cells and develop a
pipeline for unbiased analysis of high-definition morphological profiles. Our approach
reveals how distinct facets of actin cytoskeleton remodeling shape immunological synapse …
Summary
The immunological synapse is a complex structure that decodes stimulatory signals into adapted lymphocyte responses. It is a unique window to monitor lymphocyte activity because of development of systematic quantitative approaches. Here we demonstrate the applicability of high-content imaging to human T and natural killer (NK) cells and develop a pipeline for unbiased analysis of high-definition morphological profiles. Our approach reveals how distinct facets of actin cytoskeleton remodeling shape immunological synapse architecture and affect lytic granule positioning. Morphological profiling of CD8+ T cells from immunodeficient individuals allows discrimination of the roles of the ARP2/3 subunit ARPC1B and the ARP2/3 activator Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) in immunological synapse assembly. Single-cell analysis further identifies uncoupling of lytic granules and F-actin radial distribution in ARPC1B-deficient lymphocytes. Our study provides a foundation for development of morphological profiling as a scalable approach to monitor primary lymphocyte responsiveness and to identify complex aspects of lymphocyte micro-architecture.
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