基因扫描分析AML-M_(2a)病人外周血的TCR Vβ亚家族T细胞的克隆性增殖

目的　了解AML -M2a患者外周血中TCRVβ亚家族T细胞的分布和克隆性情况 .方法　利用RT -PCR扩增 14例AML -M2a患者外周血单个核细胞中 2 4个TCRVβ亚家族基因的CDR3,了解TCRVβ亚家族T细胞的分布 .阳性产物进一步经基因扫描分析了解其克隆性 .结果　 14例AML -M2a患者选择性表达 3～ 10个Vβ亚家族 ,其中部分Vβ亚家族呈寡克隆增殖 .结论　AML -M2a患者TCRVβ亚家族T细胞的倾斜性分布和克隆性增殖 ,可能是机体对M2a细胞刺激所产生的特异性免疫反应 .     

白血病患者异基因造血干细胞移植后T细胞免疫重建的研究

目的通过分析TCR Vβ基因片段选择性扩增,了解白血病患者异基因外周血干细胞移植后T淋巴细胞的免疫重建及其在移植物抗宿主病(GVHD)患者中的表达特点.方法采用RT-PCR扩增10例移植后患者外周血的单个核细胞的TCR Vβ 24个基因片段,分析其TCR Vβ基因的表达情况,GVHD患者的PCR产物进一步经基因扫描分析确定T细胞克隆性.结果经24个Vβ引物所分别进行的RT-PCR检测TCR Vβ各亚家族基因的表达情况,发现 10例病人外周血与正常人表达24个Vβ亚家族有明显的不同,病人的部分Vβ亚家族T细胞仍未能重建,仅表达5～22个亚家族基因;9例GVHD患者外周血仅表达2～8个TCR Vβ亚家族,其中7例均表达Vβ3.对6例GVHD患者的基因扫描显示,均存在克隆性T细胞生长.结论移植后病人外周血淋巴细胞TCR Vβ基因片段部分受抑制,部分基因片段呈选择性扩增.GVHD患者有Vβ3和Vβ8基因的优势表达,并有克隆性T细胞生成.     

白血病患者异基因造血干细胞移植后T细胞免疫重建的研究

目的 通过分析TCR Vβ基因片段选择性扩增，了解白血病患者异基因外周血干细胞移植后T淋巴细胞的免疫重建及其在移植物抗宿主病(GVHD)患者中的表达特点．方法 采用RT—PCR扩增10例移植后患者外周血的单个核细胞的TCR Vβ24个基因片段，分析其TCR Vβ基因的表达情况，GVHD患者的PCR产物进一步经基因扫描分析确定T细胞克隆性．结果 经24个Vβ引物所分别进行的RT—PCR检测TCR Vβ各亚家族基因的表达情况，发现10例病人外周血与正常人表达24个Vβ亚家族有明显的不同，病人的部分Vβ亚家族T细胞仍未能重建，仅表达5-22个亚家族基因；9例GVHD患者外周血仅表达2—8个TCR Vβ亚细胞生长．结论 移植后病人外周血淋巴细胞TCR Vβ基因片段部分受抑制，部分基因片段呈选择性扩增．GVHD患者有Vβ3和Vβ8基因的优势表达，并有克隆性T细胞生成．     

AML-M5患者外周血naive T细胞水平和TCR Vβ谱系利用特点

目的　了解急性髓性白血病M5亚型 (AML -M5 )患者T细胞受体重排删除DNA环 (TRECs)的含量和TCRVβ基因谱系利用和克隆性 ,从而了解AML患者的胸腺近期输出功能和TCRVβ亚家族T细胞增殖特点 .方法　利用实时定量PCR(TaqMan)方法检测 5例M5患者外周血单个核细胞TRECs的水平 ,并根据外周血中CD3阳性率计算CD3细胞中TRECs水平 .利用RT -PCR和基因扫描分析患者外周血单个核细胞的TCRVβ2 4个亚家族基因表达和克隆性 .9例正常人外周血作为对照 .结果　M5患者外周血中TRECs含量为 0 .76± 1.2 1/ 10 0 0CD3 细胞 ,明显低于正常人TRECs水平 (6 .84± 4 .71/ 10 0 0CD3 细胞 ,p <0 .0 5 ) .5例患者外周血T细胞表达不同数量Vβ亚家族 (2 - 16个 ) .基因扫描分析显示 4例病人外周血中的一些Vβ亚家族出现克隆性T细胞 ,Vβ1,Vβ15和Vβ2 1克隆性T细胞均分别见于 3例病人中 .结论　率先报道了AML -M5型患者胸腺近期输出naiveT细胞功能明显降低 ,尽管整体T细胞免疫功能低下 ,患者仍存在优势利用和克隆性增殖Vβ亚家族T细胞 ,提示其具有一定地对白血病细胞相关抗原产生特异性免疫反应的能力     

NOD/SCID小鼠抗原对脐血T细胞上TCRVβ亚家族基因克隆性的影响

目的：了解脐血单个核细胞（MNC）体外与NOD/SCID小鼠抗原共培养后, TCRVβ亚家族T细胞分布和克隆性增殖的特点.方法：将NOD/SCID小鼠外周血MNC、骨髓、胸腺及脾细胞反复冻融3次制成可溶性抗原, 分别与Ficoll-Hypaque法分离的脐血MNC共培养.第15天和第20天, 分别收集细胞提取RNA, 用RT-PCR扩增人TCRVβ亚家族基因, 并用基因扫描进行T细胞克隆性分析.结果：扩增前脐血T细胞表达大部分Vβ亚家族, 经NOD/SCID小鼠抗原诱导后, TCRVβ亚家族T细胞呈限制性表达, 某些Vβ亚家族基因（Vβ10、 11）呈寡克隆性增殖, 而某些Vβ亚家族基因（Vβ2、 15、 16、 19）呈寡克隆表达的趋势.结论：NOD/SCID小鼠抗原可刺激脐血T细胞选择性增殖, 提示在建立人源化NOD/SCID小鼠免疫模型时应考虑所存在的GVHR问题.     

vMIP-Ⅱ对SIV感染的食蟹猴TCRVβ基因表达的影响

目的检测感染SIV初期用病毒巨噬细胞炎症蛋白-Ⅱ（vMIP—Ⅱ）治疗的食蟹猴外周血T细胞TCRVβ优势表达,分析特异性Vβ亚家族表达水平的变化及T细胞克隆性质的改变。方法11只食蟹猴感染前后外周血PBMC样本共22例通过半定量RT-PCR技术分析其中14个TCRVβ亚家族T细胞的表达情况,运用基因扫描技术分析用药组与感染组差异表达的T细胞TCRVβ亚家族基因中CDR3的长度了解其克隆性。结果与感染前正常食蟹猴外周血T细胞的14个TCRVβ亚家族中表达（除去表达量极低的10个亚家族）相比较,感染后SIV组中部分样品Vβ7、8、14、16的表达量与感染前比较有上升趋势;vMIP-Ⅱ组中TCRVβ亚家族的表达量上升更加明显。基因扫描结果显示感染前、后标本中Vβ7亚家族的表达由多克隆向寡克隆变化的趋势。结论体内实验研究表明,SIV感染初期的食蟹猴体内部分TCRVβ亚家族有特异性的增生,且克隆性发生改变。vMIP—Ⅱ对此种Vβ亚家族的表达的增生有促进的作用,推测其促使特异性应答的免疫细胞的增生。     

慢性苯中毒患者外周血TCR Vδ亚家族T细胞分布和克隆性研究

目的:了解慢性苯中毒患者外周血T细胞的TCRV8基因谱系及其克隆性增殖情况.方法:利用RT-PCR方法扩增10例慢性苯中毒患者外周血单个核细胞中8个TCR Vδ基因的互补决定区3(CDR3),PCR产物进一步经荧光标记和基因扫描分析CDR3长度而确定T细胞的克隆性.结果:8例健康人平均表达(6.63±0.52)个Vδ亚家族,外周血中未检测到Vδ4和Vδ5亚家族,慢性苯中毒患者工人表达(1.10±0.57)个Vδ亚家族(1例重度苯中毒工人8个Vδ亚家族均未表达),外周血中未检测到Vδ1、Vδ3、Vδ4和Vδ8亚家族,与健康人比较有显著性差异(P<0.01).6例慢性苯中毒患者存在1～2个Vδα亚家族T细胞出现克隆性增殖.结论:慢性苯中毒患者外周血出现TCR Vδ亚家族倾斜性分布和克隆性增殖T细胞,这可能是苯中毒后所引起的机体特异性免疫反应.     

脐带血和成人外周血TCR Vγ和Vδ亚家族的分布和克隆性研究

目的探讨脐带血和健康成人外周血TCR Vγ和Vδ基因谱系的分布情况及克隆性特点。方法利用RT-PCR法检测16例脐带血和10例健康成人外周血单个核细胞TCRVγ(Ⅰ～Ⅲ)和Vδ(1～8)各亚家族的表达,了解各亚家族的分布和利用情况;阳性的PCR产物进一步经荧光素标记和基因扫描分析其CDR3长度,了解T细胞的克隆性。2例成人胸腺组织作为对照。结果脐带血T细胞的Vγ基因表达主要集中在VγⅠ和VγⅡ,而Vδ基因则平均表达(4.63±1.03)个亚家族,主要集中在Vδ1、2、3、8中表达。健康成人外周血T细胞除了1例不表达VγⅢ之外,其余均表达全部Vγ基因,而在Vδ基因中则平均表达(3.6±0.52)个亚家族,并以Vδ1、2和3为多见,Vδ4和Vδ5未能在外周血中检测到,而Vδ5和Vδ8的表达则明显低于脐带血(P=0.009,P=0.001);2例成人胸腺组织表达除Vδ4和Vδ6之外的其他Vγ和Vδ亚家族。基因扫描显示16例脐带血中有1例在VγⅠ和5例分别在Vδ2、Vδ4和Vδ6中出现寡克隆性,10例成人外周血中有9例在不同亚家族中出现克隆性T细胞,其余均呈多克隆性。结论脐带血TCRVγ和Vδ亚家族T细胞和健康成人外...     

识别肝癌抗原在TCRVβ7亚家族克隆转基因后的生物学作用

目的:研究将TCRVβ7基因转化到淋巴细胞后对肝癌细胞的生物学作用。方法：用RT－PCR的方法扩增出TCRVβ7基因,克隆到表达载体pLXSN上,用脂质体转染的方法,将重组载体导入淋巴细胞,然后淋巴细胞作用于肝癌细胞,淋巴细胞用流式细胞仪测表型,肝癌细胞作超微结构分析。结果：具有TCRVβ7基因表达的淋巴细胞显著增多,肝癌细胞出现凋亡。结论：TCRVβ7亚家族具有识别肝癌抗癌抗原的作用并能激活T细胞的杀伤肝癌细胞的功能。     

TCR Vβ7基因转染PBLs的表达及抗肝癌的作用

目的 :将TCRVβ7基因转化到淋巴细胞后研究肝癌细胞的生物学作用。 方法 :用RT PCR的方法扩增出TCRVβ7基因 ,克隆到表达载体pLXSN上 ,用脂质体转染的方法 ,将重组载体导入淋巴细胞 ,然后将淋巴细胞作用于肝癌细胞 ,淋巴细胞用流式细胞仪测表型和用激光共聚焦检测TCRVβ7 1基因的表达 ,肝癌细胞作超微结构分析。 结果 :TCRVβ7基因表达的跨膜蛋白显著增多 ,而且淋巴细胞增多 (P <0 0 5 ) ,肝癌细胞出现凋亡。结论 :TCRVβ7亚家族具有识别肝癌抗原的作用并能激活T细胞的杀伤肝癌细胞的功能。     

霉酚酸酯治疗GVHD及其分子机制的初步研究

初步探讨霉酚酸酯(MMF)治疗GVHD的分子机制。采用MMF每日1～2g,并应用RT-PCR扩增3例GVHD患者MMF使用前后外周血单个核细胞的TCR Vβ24个亚家族的CDR3,了解患者TCR VβT细胞的分布情况。结果表明,患者在GVHD发生前,有TCR Vβ3及其他亚家族基因表达,MMF治疗后,GVHD得以缓解,Vβ3不表达;当患者GVHD复发时,Vβ3基因又表达,治疗后不表达。MMF作用的分子机制可能与抑制TCR Vβ亚家族基因表达有关,TCR Vβ3可能是MMF作用的靶基因。     

脂肪源间充质干细胞治疗aGVHD分子机制的初步研究

目的初步探讨成人脂肪源间充质干细胞（adult adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells．AMSC）治疗急性移植物抗宿主病（acute graft-versus-host disease，aGVHD）的分子机制。方法3例行异基因造血干细胞移植术后发生aGVHD患者，以每公斤体质量2×10^6个细胞剂量静脉输注AMSC；应用RT-PCR扩增患者AMSC使用前后外周血单个核细胞的TCR Vβ 24个亚家族的CDR3，了解患者TCR Vβ T细胞的分布情况；应用尼龙毛柱分离外周血T淋巴细胞，再经CD8磁珠分选出CD8^＋ T淋巴细胞．应用流式细胞术检测发生aGVHD患者使用AMSC前后外周血CD8^＋T细胞亚群的变化。结果患者发生aGVHD时，有TCR Vβ3及其他亚家族基因表达，输注AMSC后，GVHD得以有效控制。Vβ3不表达；当患者GVHD复发时，Vβ3基因又表达，治疗后不表达；与输注AMSC前相比，输注AMSC后，CD8^＋T细胞中的CD8^＋CD28^-亚群显著上调（P〈0．05），同时．患者的aGVHD得以有效控制。结论AMSC治疗aGVHD的分子机制可能与其抑制TCR Vβ亚家族基因表达有关，TCR Vβ3可能是AMSC作用的靶基因；同时，AMSC治疗aGVHD的作用机制可能与其上调CD8^＋CD28^-T细胞亚群有关．CD8^＋T细胞可能是AMSC作用的靶细胞。     

Characterization of the CDR3 structure of the Vβ21 T cell clone in patients with P210(BCR-ABL)-positive chronic myeloid leukemia and B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

The clonally expanded T cells identified in most cancer patients that respond to tumor-associated antigen such as P210(BCR-ABL) protein have definite, specific antitumor cytotoxicity. T cell receptor (TCR) Vβ CDR3 repertoire diversity was analyzed in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and BCR-ABL(+) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) by GeneScan. A high frequency of oligoclonal expansion of the TCR Vβ21 subfamily was observed in the peripheral blood of CML and B-ALL patients. These clonally expanded Vβ21 T cells were correlated with the pathophysiologic process of CML. A conserved amino acid motif (SLxxV) was observed within the CDR3 region in only 3 patients with CML. Preferential usage of the Jβ segments was also observed in a minority of patients. The 3-dimensional structures of the CDR3 region containing the same motif or using the same Jβ segment displayed low similarity; on the contrary, the conformation of the CDR3 region containing no conserved motif in some T cell clones was highly similar. In conclusion, our findings indicate a high frequency of TCR Vβ21 subfamily expansion in p210(BCR-ABL)-positive CML and B-ALL patients. The characterization of the CDR3 structure was complex. Regrettably, at this time it was not possible to confirm that the Vβ21 T cell clones were derived from the stimulation of p210(BCR-ABL) protein.     

T Cell Repertoire Evolution after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation: An Organizational Perspective

High-throughput sequencing (HTS) of human T cell receptors has revealed a high level of complexity in the T cell repertoire, which makes it difficult to correlate T cell reconstitution with clinical outcomes. The associations identified thus far are of a broadly statistical nature, precluding precise modeling of outcomes based on T cell repertoire development following bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Previous work has demonstrated an inherent, mathematically definable order observed in the T cells from a diverse group of donors, which is perturbed in recipients following BMT. In this study, T cell receptor (TCR)-β sequences from HLA-matched related donor and recipient pairs are analyzed to further develop this methodology. TCR-β sequencing from unsorted and sorted T cell subsets isolated from the peripheral blood samples of BMT donors and recipients show conservation and symmetry of VJ segment usage in the clonal frequencies, linked to the organization of the gene segments along the TCR locus. This TCR-β VJ segment translational symmetry is preserved post-transplantation and even in cases of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD), suggesting that GVHD occurrence represents a polyclonal donor T cell response to recipient antigens. The complexity of the repertoire is significantly diminished after BMT, and the T cell clonal hierarchy is altered post-transplantation. Low-frequency donor clones tended to take on a higher rank in the recipients following BMT, especially in patients with aGVHD. Over time, the repertoire evolves to a more donor-like state in the recipients who did not develop GVHD as opposed to those who did. The results presented here support new methods of quantifying and characterizing post-transplantation T cell repertoire reconstitution.     

Quantitative analysis of T cell receptor diversity in clinical samples of human peripheral blood

The analysis of T cell receptor diversity provides a clinically relevant and sensitive marker of repertoire loss, gain, or skewing. Spectratyping is a broadly utilized technique to measure global TCR diversity by the analysis of the lengths of CDR3 fragments in each Vβ family. However the common use of large numbers of T cells to obtain a global view of TCR Vβ CDR3 diversity has restricted spectratyping analyses when limited T-cell numbers are available in clinical setting, such as following transplant regimens. We here demonstrate that one hundred thousand T cells are sufficient to obtain a robust, highly reproducible measure of the global TCR Vβ repertoire diversity among twenty Vβ families in human peripheral blood. We also show that use of lower cell number results not in a dwindling of observed diversity but rather in non-reproducible patterns in replicate spectratypes. Finally, we report here a simple to use but sensitive method to quantify repertoire divergence in patient samples by comparison to a standard repertoire profile we generated from fifteen normal donors. We provide examples using this method to statistically evaluate the changes in the global TCR Vβ repertoire diversity that may take place during T subset immune reconstitution after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or after immune modulating therapies.     

利用T细胞受体变异β基因谱系分析T细胞急性淋巴细胞白血病病人T细胞克隆性

目的:分析T细胞-急性淋巴细胞白血病(T-ALL)病人的T细胞克隆性.方法:利用RT-PCR方法分析6例T-ALL和10例正常人外周血单个核细胞中24个T细胞受体变异β(TCR Vβ)基因的CDR3长度,PCR产物再进一步进行基因扫描和序列分析.结果:3例病人的某些TCR Vβ亚家族T细胞呈单克隆或寡克隆性增殖,主要为Vβ2、3、6、9、21和24.其它3例及正常人均表现为多克隆性增殖T细胞.结论:部分T-ALL来自于TCR Vβ亚家族克隆性增殖T细胞.该方法有助于临床上检测微小残留病变.     

Amplification of TCRβ gene rearrangements from micromanipulated single cells: T cells rosetting around Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin's disease are polyclonal

Despite accounting for only a minor fraction of all cells in Hodgkin's lymphoma tissue, the Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells represent the malignant tumor cell clone in Hodgkin's disease (HD). By far the most abundant cell type in the tumor tissue are CD4⁺ T cells. Some of them intimately associate with HRS cells forming rosettes around them. This study addresses the question whether the rosetting phenomenon reflects a specific interaction between T and HRS cells by asking whether the rosettes are composed of T cells expressing a restricted TCR repertoire. Single rosetting T cells were micromanipulated from frozen sections of tumor tissue in two cases of nodular sclerosing HD and one case of lymphocyte predominant HD. TCR Vβ gene rearrangements were amplified from these single cells by PCR. Of 83 potentially functional Vβ gene rearrangements obtained altogether from the three cases, 81 were found to be clonally unrelated. Furthermore, they did not show signs of selection of the receptor chains for recognition of common epitopes: The usage of Vβ and Jβ gene segments as well as the distribution of complementarity-determining region (CDR) 3 lengths was similar to what was seen in a collection of 60 Vβ gene rearrangements from blood of healthy donors and no recurrent CDR3 amino acid motifs were found. These data suggest that the HRS cells attract CD4⁺ T cells nonspecifically.     

识别猪SLA的特异性人T细胞系TCR BV基因取用格局和CDR3结构多样性分析

不同T细胞克隆TCR分子的序列不同 ,所识别的抗原特异性也不同。其中第三互补决定区 (CDR3)变异最大 ,是TCR主要的抗原结合部位。本文采用荧光标记半定量PCR技术 ,用DNA测序仪作程序分析 ,了解猪细胞抗原致敏前后的人T细胞群和 5个T细胞系 2 4个TCRBV基因家族取用格局 ,并以TCRα链C区的基因片断作为内参对取用情况作定量估计。发现首次抗原致敏后培养 2周的T细胞除了BV2 4、BV8和BV10未能检测出 ,其它BV基因都有不同程度的取用。然而 ,5个细胞系的TCRBV基因呈现十分有限的取用格局 ,其中两个CD4+ T细胞系都取用BV12和BV14;3个CD8+ T细胞系中都优势取用BV1,有两个还取用BV19。CD4+ T细胞系和CD8+ T细胞系之间TCRBV无交叉取用 ,提示两类细胞识别的抗原表位存在差异。进一步用变性凝胶扫描分析上述T细胞系取用TCRBV中的CDR3的多样性 ,发现未经抗原致敏的T细胞BV的CDR3结构为多峰型且呈正态分布 ,表明涉及多种结构不同的细胞克隆 ;而抗原特异性T细胞系CDR3除了一个CD8+ T细胞系BV1有两个主峰外其它无例外地都显示单峰或者仅一个主峰 ,这从另一个角度证明建系T细胞的单克隆性。     

原发性血小板减少性紫癜患者T细胞受体Vβ亚家族基因的表达特点

目的：了解原发性血小板减少性紫癜（ITP）患者T细胞受体 Vβ亚家族基因表达特点。 方法： 采用反转录酶－多聚酶链反应（RT-PCR）方法检测5例ITP患者外周血T细胞TCR Vβ 24个亚家族基因表达情况，10例正常人作为对照。 结果： 正常人外周血T细胞表达全部24个TCR Vβ亚家族，而5例ITP患者外周血T细胞仅表达4-11个Vβ亚家族，主要为Vβ2（100％）和Vβ3（100％），其次为Vβ19（80％）和Vβ21（80％）部分。全部样本未检测出Vβ4、Vβ6、Vβ17、Vβ20、Vβ24亚家族表达。 结论： ITP患者外周血T细胞TCR Vβ基因谱系呈限制性表达，与其存在细胞免疫功能异常有关。     

HIV-1感染者CD4+T细胞受体基因多样性特点及其与病毒载量的相关性

目的 分析HIV-1感染者CD4+T细胞受体(TCR)基因的多样性特征及其与病毒载量的相关性.方法 应用抗CD4单克隆抗体从25份HIV-1感染者和10份HIV-1阴性对照样本外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)中分离CD4+T细胞,提取细胞总RNA,然后通过逆转录及巢式多聚酶链反应(nestedPCR)对TCR 22个Vβ基因家族的互补决定区3(CDR3)进行扩增,利用ABI3700测序仪对扩增的PCR产物进行扫描,定最分析HIV-1感染者TCRCDR3区多样性变化特征及其与病毒载量的相关性.结果 HIV-1感染者CD4+T细胞TCR CDR3区平均D(distance)值显著高于正常对照组(P＜0 05),TCR Vβ基因各家族CDR3长度谱型成寡克隆分布,TCR CDR3区的紊乱与病毒载量呈正相关(r=0 494,P＜0 05);HIV-1感染引起TCR多样性的改变不仅表现在不同Vβ基因家族上,而且也表现在CDR3长度上,其中感染者Vβ8、Vβ22、Vβ23基因家族的变化与正常人差异有统计学意义.结论 HIV-1感染能引起CD4+T细胞TCR基因多样性的减少及高斯(Gaussian)分布的破坏,TCR CDR3区的紊乱与病毒载量呈正相关.

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Objective To assess the impact of the virus on the complementary determining region 3 (CDR3) length diversity of T cell receptor(TCR) Vβ repertoires of CD4+ T lymphocytes and to explore its association with viral load in individuals with HIV-1 infection. Methods The TCR repertoire was examined using spectratyping of CDR3 length diversity within CD4+ T cells in HIV infected and healthy adults. Separation of CD4+ T cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( PBMCs) was carried out by using immunomagnetic beads coated with anti-CD4 antibody. Total RNAs from the purified CD4 + T lymphocytes were isolated and used to perform nested-PCR amplifications in CDR3 of 22 TCR gene families. CDR3 diversity and its association with viral load in individuals with HIV-1 infection were analyzed. Results An average diversity for all CDR3 profiles in CD4+ T cells from 25 HIV-infected individuals was significantly different as compared to 10 age-matched healthy donors (P＜0.05) with the HIV-infected individuals losing diversity in the CDR3 profiles. There was positive correlation between changes in TCR CDR3 diversity and viral load (r = 0. 494, P ＜ 0. 05). The changes in CDR3 length diversity of Vβ families in HIV-infected individuals, particular in Vβ8, Vβ22, Vβ23 were statistically different from the healthy controls. Conclusion HIV-1 infection might induce the loss of TCR Vp repertoire diversity and disrupt the CDR3 Gaussian distributions within CD4 + T cells. There should be positive correlation between changes in TCR CDR3 diversity and the viral load in HIV-1 infected patients.