Journal: Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Article Title: Thromboxane receptor activation in dendritic cells mitigates sepsis by suppressing S100a8/a9-mediated neutrophil recruitment
doi: 10.1038/s41392-026-02592-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: Deletion of S100a9 in DCs alleviates CLP-induced sepsis in mice. a Survival analysis of CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice ( n = 20–26 mice per group). b , c Plasma cytokine levels of proinflammatory (IL-1β) and anti-inflammatory (IL-10) cytokines in CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice ( n = 8 mice per group). d Representative flow plots showing the percentages of DCs in the spleens of CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice. Quantification of DC percentages ( e ) and absolute numbers ( f ) in the spleens of CLP-challenged mice from ( d ) ( n = 6–8 mice). g Representative flow plots showing the percentages of neutrophils in the spleens of CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice. Quantification of neutrophil percentages ( h ) and absolute numbers ( i ) in the spleens of CLP-challenged mice from ( g ) ( n = 6–8 mice). j Representative immunofluorescence images showing the expression of neutrophil elastase (NE) and Ly6G in lung sections from CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice. Scale bars, 50 and 25 μm. k Quantification of NE-positive neutrophils in the lungs of ( j ) (n = 7–8 mice per group). l Western blot analysis of citH3 (NET marker) in the lungs of CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice after CLP challenge. m Quantification of protein levels in ( l ) ( n = 7 per group). n Quantitative analysis of neutrophil infiltration via measurement of MPO activity in lung tissue from CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice ( n = 6 mice per group). o Lung vascular permeability detected by EBD leakage in CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice ( n = 6 mice per group). Lung wet/dry weight ratio ( p ) (n = 8 mice per group) and BALF protein levels ( q ) ( n = 8 mice per group) in CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice. r Representative histology images of lung tissue from CLP-challenged CD11c Cre , TP flox/flox CD11c Cre , S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre , and TP flox/flox S100a9 flox/flox CD11c Cre mice. Scale bars, 50 μm. s Lung histology scores from ( r ) ( n = 7–9 mice per group). t Schematic illustration showing that ablation of S100a9 abolishes the enhanced neutrophil recruitment driven by TP-deficient DCs (Created with BioRender.com). Statistical significance was evaluated by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test for multiple comparisons ( b , c , e , f , h , i , k , m – q , s ) or the log-rank test ( a )
Article Snippet: After incubation with 5% bovine saline albumin in PBS for 30 min, the samples were incubated with primary antibodies against Ly6G/Ly6C (Invitrogen, Cat# 14-5931-82) and neutrophil elastase (ABclonal, Cat# A13015) for 12 h at 4 °C, followed by washing with PBS and incubation with Alexa Fluor 594- (Invitrogen, Cat# A-21207) or Alexa Fluor 488- (Invitrogen, Cat# A11008) for 2 h in the dark at room temperature.
Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Immunofluorescence, Expressing, Western Blot, Marker, Activity Assay, Permeability