Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Topographical analysis of immune cell interactions reveals a biomechanical signature for immune cytolysis
doi: 10.1101/2023.04.16.537078
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Schematic diagram of a T cell-hydrogel contact on glass (left) with DAAM-particle functionalization strategy (right). (B) Left, representative 3-D projection (left) of a Lifeact-eGFP expressing OT-1 CTL interacting with a H-2K b -OVA/ICAM-1 coated DAAM particle (magenta). Right, super-localized triangulations of the particle are shown, with triangles shaded by mean curvature in the image at the far right. Positive (convex) curvatures are shaded blue-green while negative (concave) curvatures are shaded gold. (C) Representative world map projection of the triangulated particle in B, with mean curvature shown to the left and CTL Lifeact-eGFP intensity within 1 µm of the particle surface shown to the right. Regions of interest (ROIs, dotted lines) were defined by the boundary of substantial Lifeact-eGFP intensity. (D) Left, cross-section at the center of a representative CTL-bound particle with contact area labeled in blue. Right, corresponding radial profile about the perimeter of the particle. (E) Integrated compressed volume (left) and estimated compression force (right) of CTL-DAAM particle contacts compared to non-contact areas on particles (n = 61 synapses, n = 56 unindented spheres). **** denotes P ≤ 0.0001, calculated by unpaired Welch’s t-test. Error bars indicate standard deviation (SD). (F) Particle distortion and force estimates over time from a representative time-lapse in which contact is initiated at t ≈ 5 min (see Movie S1). (G) Temporal autocorrelations of mean curvature profiles within the synapse ROI, determined from 19 time-lapse videos. Blue traces were constructed from time-lapses with 3-minute/frame intervals, while red traces were constructed from 15 second/frame videos.
Article Snippet: For T cell assays, 2 × 10 5 ICAM-1 + beads were adhered overnight onto 170-μm imaging coverslips (Ibidi μ-Slide 8 Well) coated with biotin-poly-L-lysine, blocked with 0.5 % (m/v) bovine serum albumin in PBS, coated with 10 µg/mL streptavidin in blocking buffer, and then coated with 1 μg/mL biotinylated rat anti-ICAM-1 antibody (clone YN1/1.7.4, eBioscience, TFS 13-0541-85).
Techniques: Expressing, Labeling, Standard Deviation, Construct