Journal: Journal for immunotherapy of cancer
Article Title: Tumor-intrinsic TTLL12 drives resistance to cancer immunotherapy via modulating myeloid-derived suppressor cells.
doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-010873
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6 TTLL12 promotes chemokine CCL9 secretion in colorectal cancer. (A) The workflow to identify the cytokines bridging the connection between tumor TTLL12 and MDSCs in the tumor microenvironment. (B) The heatmap of 33 candidate proteins with p<0.01 and secretory ability predicted by the Human Protein Atlas database. (C) ELISA analysis in the supernatant of CT26 shNC and CT26 shTTLL12 cells. Values are represented as mean±SEM. P values were determined by two-tailed t-tests, ***p<0.001. (D) qRT-PCR analysis of CT26 shNC and CT26 shTTLL12 cells. Values are represented as mean±SEM. P values were determined by two-tailed t-tests, ***p<0.001. (E) Tumor image from the immunocompetent Balb/c mice subcutaneously implanted with CT26-control cells, TTLL12-overexpressing CT26 cells as well as TTLL12-overexpressing CT26 cells with CCL9 silence. (F–G) Tumor volume (F) and tumor weight (G) in Balb/c mice. n=5 mice for each group. Values are represented as mean±SEM. P values calculated by two-way ANOVA, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001. (H) Quantification of CCL9 concentration in tumors. Values are represented as mean±SEM. P values calculated by two-way ANOVA, ****p<0.0001. (I) Flow cytometry analysis to test the MDSCs infiltration in tumors. Values are represented as mean±SEM. P values calculated by two-way ANOVA, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001. ANOVA, analysis of variance; MDSC, myeloid-derived suppressor cells; qRT-PCR, quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; TTLL12, tubulin tyrosine ligase 12.
Article Snippet: The concentrations of CCL9 in mice were measured by using a Mouse CCL9 ELISA Kit from Boster (Wuhan, China), following the manufacturer’s instructions.
Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Two Tailed Test, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, Concentration Assay, Flow Cytometry, Derivative Assay, Reverse Transcription, Polymerase Chain Reaction