Journal: The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Article Title: Regulatory T cells sabotage anti-tumor γδ T cells by creating IL-2–deficient environments
doi: 10.1084/jem.20252133
Figure Lengend Snippet: Treg cell depletion unleashes IFNγ-producing γδ T cell responses. (A) Schematic representation of the experimental approach. 1 × 10 6 of E0771 breast cancer cells were inoculated subcutaneously in the mammary fat pad of Foxp3-DTR mice. DTx in PBS was administered intraperitoneally on days 7, 9, 11 (50 μg/kg), and 14 (25 μg/kg) after tumor inoculation. (B) Percentages of Treg cells in tumors at day 15 after tumor inoculation ( n = 12 mice per group), represented as means ± SEM and analyzed by Mann–Whitney U test. (C) Tumor growth of PBS- or DTx-treated mice ( n = 14 mice per group). Means ± SEM, repeated measures two-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test. (D) Fold change of numbers of γδ T cells per milligram of tumor ( n = 22 control and 23 DTx mice), normalized over controls, represented as means ± SEM and analyzed by the Mann–Whitney U test. Data in B–D represent a pool of three independent experiments. (E) Unsupervised hierarchical clustering of tumor-infiltrating γδ T cells from PBS (pool of n = 3 mice) or DTx-treated mice (pool of n = 3 mice), based on spectral flow cytometry data. (F) Distribution of clusters across the individual mice ( n = 6). (G) Protein expression levels of different markers across clusters. Data in E–G represent one representative experiment out of >3 independent experiments. (H) Representative density plots (gated on γδ T cells) and quantification of IFNγ + γδ T cells in tumors ( n = 22 control and 23 DTx mice). Fold change of percentage, numbers per milligram, and mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) over controls are represented. (I) Fold change of percentage of IL-17A + γδ T cells and numbers per milligram in tumors ( n = 22 Control and 23 DTx mice). (J) γδ T cell polarization measured by the ratio of percentages of IFNγ + versus IL-17A + γδ T cells (γδIFN/γδ17) ( n = 18 control and 19 DTx mice). Data in H–J are a pool of three different experiments. (K) Representative density plots (gated on IFNγ + γδ T cells) and quantification of proliferation of tumor IFNγ + γδ T cells, measured by Ki-67 ( n = 5 control 7 DTx mice) and BrdU ( n = 7 mice per group) staining. One representative out of two independent experiments. (L) Fold change of percentages of IFNγ + γδ T cells in the tumor dLNs spleen of control and DTx-treated mice ( n = 22 control and 23 DTx mice). (M) Fold change of percentages of Vγ subsets (within γδ T cells) in the tumors ( n = 22 control and 23 DTx mice). Data in L and M are a pool of three different experiments. (N) Fold change of percentages of granzyme B + cells within γδ T cells in tumors ( n = 10 control and 12 DTx mice), one representative out of three independent experiments. Data in H-N represented as means ± SEM and analyzed by unpaired t test for normal distributions or Mann–Whitney U test for non-normal distributions. (O) Quantification of tumor cell death of E0771 cells over a 24-h killing assay in the presence of γδ T cells, Treg cells, or both, measured by percentage of annexin V + cells ( n = 3–4 replicates). Data are represented as means ± SEM and analyzed by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test. One representative out of two independent experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, and****P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: C57BL/6J Foxp3-DTR (B6.129 [Cg]-Foxp3tm3 [DTR/GFP] Ayr/J) (Foxp3-DTR [C57BL/6 background] [ ]) were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory and are backcrossed for at least eight generations to C57BL/6NTac mice, and NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid Il2rgtm1Wjl Tg(IL15)1Sz/SzJ (NSG-Tg[Hu-IL15] [NOD/ShiLtJ background]) were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory, and C57BL/6J FOXP3-hCD2/IL-17A-GFP (CD57BL/6 background) mice were bred in house from C57BL/6J FOXP3-hCD2 mice, kindly provided by Prof. Shohei Hori (University of Tokyo, Japan), and C57BL/6J IL-17A-GFP mice were obtained from Biocytogen.
Techniques: MANN-WHITNEY, Control, Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Fluorescence, Staining