Journal: The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: Cxcr3 promotes protection from colorectal cancer liver metastasis by driving NK cell infiltration and plasticity
doi: 10.1172/JCI184036
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Experimental scheme of macrophage-NK cell coculture in vitro. ( B ) Lef,: representative contour plot of CD49a and CD49b expression by NK cells upon 72 hours coculture with macrophages purified from HL and LM with or without TGF-β-RI inhibitor (SB431542, 2.5 nM). Right, fold change (F.C.) of frequency ± SEM of CD49a + cells among NK cells cultured with macrophages from HL, MFL, or LM relative to NK cells cultured alone (IL-15 * P = 0.03, IL-15+TGF-β-RI inhibitor * P = 0.044, 2-tailed Student’s t test in HL Mac versus LM Mac in IL-15 and LM Mac in IL-15 versus IL-15+ TGF-β-RI inhibitor). 3 experiments were performed in duplicate. ( C ) Left, percent of migration of splenic NK cells in response to supernatants collected from MC38- or SL4-derived LM macrophages and no chemokine control (NC) (n > 3, * P = 0.01, **** P < 0.0001, 1-way ANOVA). Right, percent of migration in response to MC38-derived MFL, LM macrophage supernatants and NC ( n > 3, **** P < 0.0001, 1-way ANOVA). ( D ) Fold change of CD49a (left) and frequency of CD49a + CD69 + cells (right) in NK cells cultured alone or with LM-derived macrophages from MC38 and SL4 LM ( n = 5, * P < 0.02, **** P < 0.0001, 1-way ANOVA). ( E and F ) Top, experimental workflow of in vivo treatment with anti-CSF1R and with MC-21. ( E ) Bottom, representative contour plots show ILC1, CD49a + and CD49a – NK cells in LM of control mAb (Rat IgG2a)-treated and anti-CSF1R-treated tumor-bearing mice. Numbers in plots indicate frequency among NK1.1 + NKp46 + cells. Histogram plots show mean frequency ± SEM ( n = 9 total mice in 2 independent experiments, CD49a + NK ** P = 0.003, CD49a – NK * P = 0.02, 2-tailed Student’s t test). ( F ) Bottom, representative contour plots show ILC1, CD49a + , and CD49a – NK cells in LM of control mAb (Rat IgG2a)-treated and MC-21–treated tumor-bearing mice. Numbers in plots indicate frequency among NK1.1 + NKp46 + cells. Histogram plots show mean frequency ± SEM ( n = 4, 2 independent experiments were performed).
Article Snippet: To deplete F4/80 hi MAM tumor-bearing mice were treated i.p. with anti-CSF1R (CD115, clone AFS98, BioXcell) or control Rat IgG2a (clone 2A3, BioXcell) mAbs as following: 60 mg/kg at day +7 intrasplenic injection, 30 mg/kg at days +10 and +13, and 20 mg/kg at day +16.
Techniques: In Vitro, Expressing, Purification, Cell Culture, Migration, Derivative Assay, Control, In Vivo