Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Nrf2 regulates the activation-driven expansion of CD4 + T-cells by differentially modulating glucose and glutamine metabolism
doi: 10.1101/2024.04.18.590146
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A, B) The expression of (A) CD44 (n=8) and (B) CD25 (n=5) was measured in naïve CD4 + T-cells from WT, Keap1-KO, and Nrf2-KO mice activated in vitro as in . (C, D) OTII-WT, OTII-Keap1-KO, and OTII-Nrf2-KO mice were challenged with ovalbumin in vivo . The expression of (C) CD44, and (D) CD25 in CD4 + Vβ5.1 + (OTII) cells was measured (n=4-5). (E-G) The expression of Nur77 (E) after 4h, and phosphorylated Zap-70 (F) and ERK (G) after 24h was compared between WT, Keap1-KO, and Nrf2-KO CD4 + T-cells activated in vitro (n=3-6). (H) Heatmap of RNAseq analysis comparing the gene expression levels in Keap1-KO vs WT naïve CD4 + T-cells 24h post-activation (n=3). (I) Relative gene expression levels of IL-2 and IL-2ra in WT and Keap1-KO CD4 + T-cells 24h post-activation measured by qRT-PCR. Data are representative of three independent experiments. (J) Secreted IL-2 protein levels from the culture supernatants of WT, Keap1-KO, and Nrf2-KO CD4 + T-cells 48h post-activation were measured by ELISA (n=3). (K, L) Phosphorylation levels of STAT5 (K) and S6 proteins in WT, Keap1-KO, and Nrf2-KO CD4 + T-cells 24h post-activation are shown (n=5-7). Histogram overlays show representative data and graphs show mean ± SEM. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ****p<0.0001.
Article Snippet: The total CD4 T-cells were isolated using EasySep™ Mouse CD4 Positive Selection Kit II (STEMCELL Technologies).
Techniques: Expressing, In Vitro, In Vivo, Activation Assay, Quantitative RT-PCR, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay