Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: CD47 predominates over CD24 as a macrophage immune checkpoint in cancer
doi: 10.1101/2024.11.25.625185
Figure Lengend Snippet: A, Histograms depicting cell surface expression of CD24 and CD47 by flow cytometry on mouse cancer cell lines. B, Correlation of CD24 and CD47 surface expression of cell lines shown in A by geometric MFI. Data shown as mean ± SD of 3 technical replicates. Simple linear regression was performed to assess correlation. C, Representative plots showing quantification of CD45+ phagocytic primary mouse macrophages co-cultured with CFSE+ KPCA.C. Co-cultures were exposed to vehicle control (PBS) or 10 ug/ml of monoclonal antibodies against mouse CD47, CD24, or the combination for 2 hours. Phagocytosis is represented as CD45+ macrophages that had engulfed CFSE+ KPCA.C cells as a percentage of the total macrophage population. D, Quantification of phagocytosis for cell lines in A . Cell lines are organized based on expression levels of each surface marker. Data represent mean ± SD of 3 technical replicates. E, Correlation of cell surface expression levels of CD47 and CD24 compared to phagocytosis upon treatment with the corresponding antibodies for each cell line. Data points depict mean ± SD from 3 replicates for each experiment. Correlation was assessed by simple linear regression. F, Representative microscopy images of GFP+ KPCA.C cells when co-cultured with primary mouse macrophages upon treatment with vehicle control (PBS), 10 ug/mL anti-CD47, 10 ug/mL anti-CD24, or the combination for 6.5 days. Top row depicts raw images of GFP+ fluorescence. Bottom row depicts purple GFP+ mask for above images used for quantification of cancer cell growth. Scale bar, 800 µm. G, Quantification of fluorescent well area from co-culture experiments for multiple cell lines after 6.5 days, organized by surface expression of CD24. Cancer cells were quantified by either green (KPCA.C, 3LL ΔNRAS, MC38) or red (238N1) fluorescent area based on their fluorophore expression. Data and means shown from one (3LL ΔNRAS, MC38) or two (238N1, KPCA.C) independent experiments with 3 technical replicates per experiment. D,G, statistical significance ns, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001 determined by two-way ANOVA with Holm-Sidak multiple comparison test.
Article Snippet: Antibodies used for experiments included: InVivoMAb anti-mouse/human/rat CD47 (IAP) clone MIAP410 (BioXCell BE0283), InVivoMAb anti-mouse CD24 clone M1/69 (BioXCell BE0360), InVivoMAb anti-human CD47 clone B6.H12 (BioXCell BE0019-1), anti-human CD24 clone ML5 (Biolegend 311102), anti-human CD24 clone SN3 (GeneTex GTX74945), cetuximab (Selleckchem A2000).
Techniques: Expressing, Flow Cytometry, Cell Culture, Control, Marker, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Co-Culture Assay, Comparison