above. Dead cells were removed with an EasySep Dead Cell Removal Kit
(Annexin V; StemCell). Cells were then stained with 1 μg TotalSeq-C
hashtag antibodies 1–10 (M1/42, 30-F11; Biolegend) and surface
antibodies against CD44 (IM7), CD8ɑ (53–6.7) and
H-2Kb-SIINFEKL and H-2Kb-SIYRYYGL tetramers for 30
minutes on ice. FACS sorting was performed on a FACS Aria III (BD
Biosciences) and CD44+ CD8α+ SIINFEKL+ and CD44+ CD8α+
SIYRYYGL+ T cells were sorted into separate tubes, counted and resuspended
in PBS (no calcium or magnesium) with 0.04% BSA. Approximately 65,000
SIINFEKL+ cells and 14,000 SIYRYYGL+ cells were loaded across two channels
of a Chromium single-cell 5’ chip (10X Genomics) according to
manufacturer’s instructions. Single cells were partitioned into
droplets with gel beads to form emulsions, after which cellular lysis and
barcoded reverse transcription of mRNA was performed. Paired 5’ gene
expression, hashtag barcode and V(D)J libraries were prepared using the
following kits from 10X Genomics and protocols provided by the manufacturer:
Chromium Next GEM Single Cell 5′ Library and Gel Bead Kit v1.1;
Chromium Single Cell V(D)J Enrichment Kit, Mouse T Cell. RNA expression
libraries were sequenced individually using HiSeq X (Illumina). VDJ and
hashtag barcode libraries were sequenced with HiSeq 2500 (Illumina).