Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Inhibitors of oncogenic Kras specifically prime CTLA4 blockade to transcriptionally reprogram Tregs and overcome resistance to suppress pancreas cancer
doi: 10.1101/2025.02.28.640711
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Schematic representation of orthotopic injection and MRTX1133 treatment of KPC1 mice. ( B-C ) Dot plots of genes used to define T cell subtypes (B) and UMAP of all cell types (left) and T cell subsets in Vehicle/ MRTX1133 treated (right) KPC1 PDAC determined by scRNA seq. analysis (C) (n=3 tumors/ group). (D) Relative abundance as a percentage of T cells (left) and CD45 + cells (right) in KPC1 PDAC determined by scRNA seq. (E-F) Violin plots for B2m , Muc1 (E) and Ido1 , Ptges2 (F) in ductal/ cancer cells and fibroblasts of KPC1 mice determined by scRNA seq.. (G) Schematic representation of orthotopic injection and RMC6236, MRTX1133, αCTLA4 and αPD1 treatments of KPC2 mice. (H-I) Kaplan-Meier survival curves of Veh/Iso (n=17), MRTX1133 (n=11), MRTX1133+αCTLA4 (n=11), MRTX1133+αPD1 (n=9) treated KPC2 mice (H) , Veh/Iso (n=6), RMC6236 (n=8), RMC6236+αCTLA4 (n=10), RMC6236+αPD1 (n=8) treated KPC2 mice (I) . (J-K) Representative H&E (top panel) and CD8-CD19-DAPI immunofluorescence images (bottom panel) from MRTX1133 treated age-matched KPC2 mice (J) , with αCTLA4 or αPD1 with quantification of tissue histology (K) . KPC2 tumors treated with Veh/Iso (n=3), MRTX1133 (n=11), MRTX1133+αCTLA4 (n=7), MRTX1133+αPD1 (n=7). (L) Pancreas/ tumor weights of age-matched KPC2 mice treated with Veh/Iso (n=10), MRTX1133 (n=13), MRTX1133+αCTLA4 (n=15), MRTX1133+αPD1 (n=15). (M) Quantification of CD8 and CD19 + cells from J (n=4-6 mice/group). (N-O) Representative H&E (top panel) and CD8-CD19-DAPI immunofluorescence images (bottom panel) from RMC6236 treated age-matched KPC2 mice with αCTLA4 or αPD1 (N) , with quantification of tissue histology (O) (n=3/group). (P) Pancreas/ tumor weights of age-matched KPC2 mice treated with Veh/Iso (n=8), RMC6236 (n=7), RMC6236+αCTLA4 (n=9), RMC6236+αPD1 (n=6). (Q) Quantification of CD8 and CD19 + cells from N (n=3-4 mice/group). Data are presented as mean in D , mean + SD in K, L, M, O, P, Q and as violin plots in E, F . Significance was determined by log-rank test in H and I , two-way ANOVA in K and O , Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn’s multiple comparisons test in L and CD19 comparisons in M , one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test in P, Q and CD8 comparisons in M . Scale bars-100μm. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, **** P < 0.0001; ns , not significant. See related figs. S1-S2.
Article Snippet: After blocking for 1h at RT using blocking buffer, the sections were further incubated with CD8 (D8A8Y) (Cell Signaling Technology, #85336S, 1:200) primary antibody for 3h at RT.
Techniques: Injection, Immunofluorescence