Journal: Science Advances
Article Title: Tumor-specific delivery of clickable inhibitor for PD-L1 degradation and mitigating resistance of radioimmunotherapy
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adq3940
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Schematic illustration of pH-triggered extracellular delivery of D5B for PD-L1 degradation. ( B ) Representative IVIS fluorescence images of 4T1 tumor-bearing BALB/c mice in vivo. ( C ) Semiquantitative of PPa fluorescence intensity from (B) ( n = 3 mice). ( D ) High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)–determined pharmacokinetics of D5B-loaded PCP@D5B, PDP@D5B, and PBP@D5B nanoparticles or free D5B ( n = 3 mice). ( E ) HPLC-determined D5B distribution in the tumor mass after intravenous injection ( n = 3 mice). ( F ) Experimental schedule for antitumor study in vivo. it, intratumoral; iv, intravenous; sc, subcutaneous. ( G and H ) Averaged tumor growth curves (G), and (H) animal survival curves of 4T1 tumor-bearing mice (n = 6 mice). ( I and J ) Immunohistochemical (IHC) (I) and flow cytometry (J) examination of PD-L1 abundance 3 days after treatment ( n = 3 mice; scale bars, 50 μm). ( K ) Flow cytometry examination of tumor-infiltrating CD8 + and CD4 + T cells (gated on CD3 + CD45 + ) ( n = 5 mice). ( L ) Flow cytometry examination of tumor-infiltrating IFN-γ + CD8 + T cells (n = 5 mice). ( M and N ) Tumor mass normalized number of tumor-infiltrating CD8 + (M) and IFN-γ + CD8 + T cells (N) ( n = 5 mice). ( O ) Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) analysis of intratumoral IFN-γ cytokine secretion at 1, 3, and 7 days after treatment ( n = 3 mice). ( P ) IHC examination of PD-L1 abundance in the normal tissue 3 days after the treatment. ( Q ) Schematic description for tumor-specific delivery of D5B and PD-L1 inhibition with the pH e -activatable nanoparticles. All data are presented as the means ± SD. P values were determined by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test [(J) to (N)], repeated-measures two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test [(E), (G), and (O)], log-rank test (H), or unpaired Student’s t test (P). * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, and **** P < 0.0001. n.s., not significant.
Article Snippet: To stain intracellular proteins, the cell suspension was fixed and permeabilized with the commercial buffer Flow Cytometry Permeabilization/Wash Buffer I (R&D Systems), followed by intracellular staining with anti–IFN-γ–FITC.
Techniques: Fluorescence, In Vivo, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Injection, Immunohistochemical staining, Flow Cytometry, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Inhibition