Journal: The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Article Title: Suppression of melanoma by mice lacking MHC-II: Mechanisms and implications for cancer immunotherapy
doi: 10.1084/jem.20240797
Figure Lengend Snippet: Elevated cDC2 cross priming activity, cell counts, and MHC-I expression in H2-Aa cit/cit mice. (A) In vitro cross-priming by macrophages. Representative flow cytometric histogram plots of CTV-labeled naïve OT-I CD8 T cells after co-culture (3 days) with macrophages purified from draining lymph nodes on day 6 after inoculation of mice with B16F10-OVA tumors. Macrophages were sorted as Lin− CD45 + CD11b+ F4/80+. Inset: Ratio of peak area for G0, G1, G2, or G3/total peak area (G0+G1+G2+G3). (B and C) In vitro cross-priming by cDC2. CTV-labeled naïve OT-I CD8 T cells were co-cultured (3 days) with OVA (100 μg/ml) and cDC2 purified from Flt3L (100 ng/ml) induced WT or H2-Aa cit/cit BMDCs. (B) Representative flow cytometric histogram plots of CTV-labeled naïve OT-I CD8 T cells after co-culture. cDC2 were sorted as Lin− CD45 + Ly6C− CD11c+ CD11b hi Xcr1 lo . Right: Ratio of peak area for G0, G1, G2, G3, or G4/total peak area (G0+G1+G2+G3+G4). (C) ELISA analysis of IFNγ secreted by OT-I CD8 T cells after co-culture. (D) The total number of cDC1 in spleens of WT and H2-Aa cit/cit mice. (E) The frequencies of splenic cDC1 in mice of the indicated genotypes. (F) Representative flow cytometry plots of pre-cDC in the bone marrow. Bone marrow cells were gated on Lin− CD11c+ CD172a− Flt3+. Unc pre-cDC, uncommitted pre-cDC. (G) Intracellular Irf8 mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) in splenic cDC1. (H) Representative flow cytometry plots of the indicated cDC populations in mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) of WT and H2-Aa cit/cit mice. Cells were gated on Lin− CD45 + Ly6C− CD11c+. (I) The total number of cDC2 in MLN of WT and H2-Aa cit/cit mice. (J) MHC-I and CD80 MFI on cDC2. (K) Frequency of H2-K b -SIINFEKL tetramer positive tumor infiltrated CD8 T cells in WT or H2-Aa cit/cit mice on day 9 after s.c inoculation with B16F10-OVA cells. Data points represent individual mice (A–E, G, and I–K). Data are representative of two independent experiments (A–K). WT littermates (A–D and F–K) and WT C57BL/6J (E) from JAX were used as controls. Error bars indicate SD (A–E, G, and I–K). P values were determined by Student’s t test (A–E, G, and I–K). n = 3 per group (A–C, F, and G), n = 4 per group (D, E, and H−K). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ****P < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: To stain the progenitors of DC, bone marrow was isolated and stained with antibodies against lineage markers (CD3, CD19, NK1.1, and Ter-119), CD11c, Flt3 (clone A2F10; eBioscience), Sirpα, Ly6C, and Siglec-H (clone 551; BioLegend) at a 1:200 dilution for 1 h at 4°C.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Expressing, In Vitro, Labeling, Co-Culture Assay, Purification, Cell Culture, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence