Herein we describe a novel method to generate antigen-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) by pairing the TCRα or TCRβ of an existing TCR, possessing the antigen-specificity of interest, with complementary hemichain of the peripheral T cell receptor repertoire. The de novo generated TCRs retain antigen-specificity with varying affinity.
Guo, T., Ochi, T., Nakatsugawa, M., Kagoya, Y., Anczurowski, M., Wang, C., Rahman, M. A., Saso, K., Butler, M. O., Hirano, N. Generating De Novo Antigen-specific Human T Cell Receptors by Retroviral Transduction of Centric Hemichain. J. Vis. Exp. (116), e54697, doi:10.3791/54697 (2016).