Multi-tissue scRNA-seq reveals immune cell landscape of turbot (

In vertebrates, bony fishes possess not only innate immune cells but also T and B cells that are equivalent to those in mammals. However, the precise sub-cluster of immune cells in teleost fish remains largely unknown. Herein, we developed a dynamic bacterial infection model in turbot (Scophthalmus...

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Published in:Fundamental Research
Main Authors: Chen, Weijie, Huang, Jianchang, Wang, Wei, Wang, Ying, Chen, Hao, Wang, Qiyao, Zhang, Yuanxing, Liu, Qin, Yang, Dahai
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PubMed Central 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2021.12.015
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38933994
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11197760/
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Summary:In vertebrates, bony fishes possess not only innate immune cells but also T and B cells that are equivalent to those in mammals. However, the precise sub-cluster of immune cells in teleost fish remains largely unknown. Herein, we developed a dynamic bacterial infection model in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) and created a fish immune cell landscape (FICL) for a primary lymphoid organ (head kidney), a secondary lymphoid organ (spleen), and barrier tissues (gills and posterior intestine). Moreover, through comprehensive characterization of the expression profiles of 16 clusters, including dendritic cells-like (DCs-like), macrophages (MΦs), neutrophils, NK cells, as well as 12 sub-clusters of T and B cells, we found that CD8+ CTLs, CD4-CD8- T, Th17 and ILC3-2 like cells possess a bifunctional role associated with cytotoxicity and immunoregulation during bacterial infection. To our knowledge, these results could provide a useful resource for a better understanding of immune cells in teleost fish and could act as a comprehensive knowledge base for assessing the evolutionary mechanism of adaptive immunity in vertebrates.