Journal: Science translational medicine
Article Title: Graft-derived extracellular vesicles transported across subcapsular sinus macrophages elicit B cell alloimmunity after transplantation
doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb0122
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Planimetric view of donor Langerhans cells on epidermis of skin allografts and quantification on successive PODs. Images representative of six grafts per variable. Magnification, ×100. (B) Horizontal view of donor DCs (red) in dermal laminas of skin allografts. On POD 1, donor DCs accumulated inside lymphatics (arrows, inset). Images are representative of four grafts per group. Quantification by flow cytometry of donor DCs in dermal cell suspensions of skin allografts. Three to six grafts per group. Magnification, ×200 and ×400. (C) Vertical section of a skin allograft (POD 3) showing a dermal lymphatic vessel (blue) clogged with donor cells (green), with dendritic morphology, some coexpressing CD326 (inset). Dotted line indicates epidermal-dermal junction. Image representative of four allografts. X200, X400. EpCAM, Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule. (D) ImageStream of recipient DCs and B cells from LNs draining skin allografts on POD 2 cross-dressed with donor H2Kb and H2Db. Magnification, ×60; 20,000 cells. (E) Quantification by ImageStream in graft-dLNs of recipient DCs and B cells cross-dressed with donor H2Kb and H2Db after transplantation of allogeneic or syngeneic skin set as background (BKGD) staining. Each dot represents a recipient. (F) IEM images of recipient DCs and B cells, FACS-sorted from graft-dLNs on POD 2, cross-dressed with EVs carrying donor-derived H2Kb/IAb and CD63 (inset). N, nucleus. Magnification, ×2,500 to 10,000. Representative images of 60 to 80 immunogold-labeled cells. In (A), (B), and (F), results were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, followed by Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison test. Error bars represent means ± SD. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, and ****P < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: A targeting vector was designed to contain the mouse CMV, followed by a loxP -flanked stop sequence [three copies of the SV40 polyadenylate poly(A) signal], TagRFP complementary DNA (cDNA) (Evrogen) fused to mouse CD63 cDNA (Sino Biological Inc.), and the phosphoglycerate kinase polyA signal.
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Transplantation Assay, Staining, Derivative Assay, Labeling