Journal: Cancer Discovery
Article Title: A TLR3 Ligand Reestablishes Chemotherapeutic Responses in the Context of FPR1 Deficiency
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-20-0465
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2. Compensation of Fpr1 deficiency in DCs with NOD or TLR agonists. A, WT and Fpr1−/− iniDCs were differentiated into de-iniDCs with the characteristics of primary DCs, which were then incubated with soluble OVA, in the presence of the indicated NOD or TLR agonists, at different concentrations (briefly, 2-fold serial dilutions of maximum 4 μg/mL for C123-IE-DAP, MDP, LPS-B5, pIC, Pam3CSK4, and R848; 2 μg/mL for FLA-BS and 2 μmol/L for ODN1826) for 6 hours, and cocultured with B3Z cells for another 18 hours in the presence of the same treatments following the washing step. B, The coculture supernatant was collected for ELISA quantification of IL2 secretion. IL2 concentration was normalized both between the lowest and highest values from the standard and between the untreated Fpr1−/− de-iniDCs and WT de-iniDCs. Data are represented as bar charts (mean ± SD, n = 3). *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 (multiple Welch t test with Bonferroni correction) as compared with WT-untreated de-iniDCs. #, P < 0.05; ##, P < 0.01; ###, P < 0.0001 (multiple Welch t test with Bonferroni correction) as compared with Fpr1−/−-untreated de-iniDCs. C, Cas9-expressing iniDCs were transiently transfected with specific gRNA to Fpr1 alone, Tlr3 alone, or their combinations for single/double gene knockouts. A nontarget control gRNA was used as an internal control. Dex/Dox were removed from the culture system during transfection and recovery of cells to differentiate iniDC_Cas9 cells into primary de-iniDC_Cas9 DCs. De-iniDC_Cas9 DCs were treated with 0.5 μg/mL of pIC overnight, before pulsing with OVA in the presence of pIC, and cocultured with B3Z hybridoma cells. IL2 secretion was measured as a read-out for antigen cross-presentation capacity. Results from one experiment involving 6 mice/ group. Data are represented as mean ± SEM over time. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ****, P < 0.0001 as compared with PBS-treated tumors. ###, P < 0.001; ####, P < 0.0001 as compared with WT DCs. **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001; ****, P < 0.0001 (Sidak multiple comparisons test) as compared with untargeted control group. ####, P < 0.0001 (two-way ANOVA test for multiple comparisons) as compared with Fpr1−/−-untreated de-iniDCs. D, Immunocompetent C57BL/6 mice were inoculated s.c. with WT murine MCA205 cells. When tumor became palpable, mice received i.t. injection of antigen-pulsed de-iniDC_Cas9 DCs (PBS, as WT control) or Fpr1−/− de-iniDC_Cas9 DCs every 4 days (Fpr1−/− DCs). In addition, 50 μg/mice pIC or an equivalent volume of PBS was i.p. injected on the same day, 1 day, 4 days, 1 week, and 2 weeks after de-iniDC administrations. Data are represented as mean ± SEM over time (n = 6 per group). **, P < 0.01; ****, P < 0.0001 as compared with PBS. ####, P < 0.0001 as compared with Fpr1−/− DCs.
Article Snippet: WT and Fpr1−/− mice were sacrificed, and tumors were harvested and placed in ice-cold RPMI (1 mL) in GentleMACS C tubes (Miltenyi Biotec).
Techniques: Incubation, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Concentration Assay, Expressing, Transfection, Control, Injection