Detection of Cell-Cell Interactions via Photocatalytic Cell Tagging
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ABSTRACT: The growing appreciation of immune cell-cell interactions within disease environments has led to significant efforts to develop highly effective protein-, and cell-based immunotherapies. However, characterizing these complex cell-cell interactions in high resolution remains challenging. Thus, technologies that leverage therapeutic-based modalities for profiling intercellular environments can provide unique advantages towards understanding these cellular interactions at molecular-level detail. To address this, we introduce photocatalytic cell tagging (PhoTag), a platform for profiling cell-cell interactions that utilizes a single domain antibody (VHH) conjugated to a photoactivatable flavin-based cofactor. Upon irradiation with visible light, the tethered flavin photocatalyst generates phenoxy radical tags for targeted labeling within cell-cell contact environments. Using anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 VHH flavin conjugates, we demonstrate that PhoTag achieves highly selective synaptic labeling in antigen presenting cell-T cell co-culture systems. By combining the high resolution transcellular biotinylation capability of PhoTag with multi-omics single cell sequencing, we interrogated transient interactions between Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) populations and Raji PD-L1 B cells and discovered that specific T cell subtypes can transiently interact more efficiently than others. We envision that the spatio-temporal and modular nature of PhoTag will enable its broad utilization for detailed profiling of intercellular interactions across different biological systems.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE206140 | GEO | 2022/06/18
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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