Journal: Materials Today Bio
Article Title: Macrophage exosome-engineered nanoplatform with pH-responsive ratiometric photoacoustic and NIR-II fluorescence imaging for guided photothermal immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma
doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.103058
Figure Lengend Snippet: In vitro therapeutic effect of aCD47-CATE. (A) The cell viability of Hepa1-6 cells after different treatments (100 μg/mL), as determined by CCK-8 assay (n = 5). (B) Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images of TUNEL staining (red) in Hepa1-6 cells. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue). Scale bar = 50 μm. (C) Quantitative analysis of the TUNEL-positive cells from (B). Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). (D) Flow cytometry analysis of apoptosis in Hepa1-6 cells after different treatments (n = 3). (E) Flow cytometric analysis of the M1 macrophage marker CD80 in RAW264.7 cells after co-culture with conditioned media from the treated Hepa1-6 cells. (F) CLSM images showing the infiltration of CFDA-SE-labeled M1 macrophages (green) into Hepa1-6 tumor spheroids. Scale bar = 200 μm. (G) Quantitative analysis of the fluorescence intensity of infiltrated macrophages in (F). Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). ns P > 0.05; ∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01; ∗∗∗p < 0.001,∗∗∗∗p < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: RAW264.7 cells were labeled with 1 μM CFDA-SE (Medchemexpress), added to the 96-well plate, and co-cultured with the spheroids for 6 h. The cell pellet was aspirated, fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, stained with DAPI for 5 min, and observed under a fluorescence microscope (Leica, 3D thunder).
Techniques: In Vitro, CCK-8 Assay, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, TUNEL Assay, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Marker, Co-Culture Assay, Labeling, Fluorescence