Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Branched actin networks in innate immune cells mediate host microbiota homeostasis
doi: 10.1101/2024.07.18.604111
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) The level of Arpc5 and Arpc5l in C5 fl/fl , C5 HetVav or C5 1′Vav bone marrow extracts. ( B ) Lipocalin-2 (LPCN-2) faecal levels in the indicated mice. ( C ) H&E images of intestines (left) together with quantification of the histopathology score (middle) and disease activity index (DAI) (right). ( D ) Immunohistochemistry reveals the increased prevalence of macrophages (top) and neutrophils (bottom) in ileal sections in mice lacking Arpc5. ( E ) Loss of Arpc5 increases the size and cell counts of Mesenteric lymph nodes (mLNs) but not the inguinal lymph node (iLN). ( F ). Mice lacking Arpc5 have increased levels C-reactive protein (CRP) as well as phagocytes in their blood. ( G ) Quantification of the counts of neutrophils (NØs) and Ly6C hi/lo monocytes (MØs) in peripheral blood of the indicated mice. (H) Representative images together with the quantification of the counts of erythroid lineage and immature neutrophil (NØ) in the bone marrow of the indicated mice. ( I ) Quantification of the % of multipotent progenitors (MPP) among the lineage - Sca1 + c-Kit + (LSK) cells. MPP-Ly: lymphoid-biased MPPs; MPP-G/M: myeloid-biased MPPs; MPP-MkE: megakaryocyte and erythroid-biased MPPs; MPP: unbiased MPPs. ( J ) Representative image and weight of spleen in the indicated mice. ( K ) Bacterial colony forming units (CFU) in C5 HetVav or C5 1′Vav mice spleens. ( L ) Schematic of the bone marrow transplantation protocol: CD45.1_wild type mice were lethally irradiated and reconstituted with either CD45.2_controls (WT-Control) or CD45.2_C5 1′Vav (WT-C5 1′Vav ) bone marrow. H&E image of intestines of animals which received wild-type (WT-control) or C5 1′Vav (WT-C5 1′Vav ) bone marrow transplantation. Animals assessed in this figure were 8-15 week old mice n=7 of two independent experiments. Data shown as means ± SEM of at least three independent experiments, n=8. Statistical analysis was performed using Kruskal-Wallis test in B , Mann-Whitney test in C , E, F , H, J, K, L, one-way ANOVA in G and I, or multiple Mann-Whitney test in D . Significant p values are indicated on the graphs. C5 fl/fl (arpc5 fl/fl ), C5 HetVav (arpc5 HetVav ) and C5 1′Vav (arpc5 1′Vav ). ns = not significant.* = p-value < 0.05. ** = p-value < 0.01. *** = p-value < 0.001 and **** = p-value < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: Antibodies used for immunoblots: Arp3 (Sigma-Aldrich, A5979), ArpC1A (Atlas antibodies, HPA004334), ArpC1B (Bethyl Lab, A302-781A), ArpC2 (Abcam, ab133315), ArpC5 (Synaptic Systems, 305011), ArpC5L (Proteintech, 22025-a-AP), β -actin (Abcam, ab179467), anti-mouse IgG-IRDye® 800CW (LI-COR Biosciences, 926-32210) and anti-rabbit IgG-IRDye® 680RD (LI-COR Biosciences, 926-68071).
Techniques: Histopathology, Activity Assay, Immunohistochemistry, Transplantation Assay, Irradiation, Control, MANN-WHITNEY