Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Spatiotemporal Atlas of Pro-Inflammatory (NF-κB) and Anti-Inflammatory (STAT6) Signalling Using Reporter Mice during mRNA Vaccination
doi: 10.64898/2026.01.29.702227
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Luciferase activity was measured in RAW 264.7 cells transiently co-transfected with the p2xSTAT6 -GFP- luc2 construct and treated with 20 ng/ml cytokines for 24 h, 2 µg/ml LPS for 6 h, or vehicle (water). Data are mean ± SD (n = 4) of luciferase activity (RLU) normalized to total protein content. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01 versus vehicle (one-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s test). (B) Representative fluorescence microscopy images showing GFP expression in HT-29 cells transfected with the p2xSTAT6-GFP-luc2 construct and a constitutively expressing tdTomato plasmid and treated with 20 ng/ml IL-4, 100 ng/ml LPS, or vehicle (water) for 24 h. Scale bar: 50 µm. (C) Schematic representation of the STAT6-STOP and STAT6- luc2 reporter mouse models. The transgene, shown before and after excision of the STOP sequence, was inserted into chromosome 7 (Chr7) of reporter mice by homologous recombination, The mouse line carrying the STOP cassette is referred to as STAT6-STOP. Breeding with B6.C-Tg(CMV-cre)1Cgn/J mice (Cre) leads to Cre-mediated excision of the STOP sequence, generating the STAT6- luc2 line. Abbreviations: 5HR, 3HR:homologous regions for chromosomal integration; MAR: Matrix Attachment Regions; 2XSTAT6: STAT6 promoter; STOP: POLR2 (RNA polymerase II) termination signal; loxP: locus of X-over P1; GFP: green fluorescent protein; luc2 : optimized firefly luciferase 2; IRES: internal ribosome entry site; Frt: Flp recombination target sites. On the right, representative pseudocolor images of ventral luciferase emission from STAT6-STOP and STAT6-luc2 female mice are shown according to the indicated scale bar.
Article Snippet: RAW 264.7 and HT-29 cell lines were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and cultured in cultured in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM; Gibco, Cat.11965-092) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Gibco, Cat. A5209502), 1 mM Sodium Pyruvate (Gibco, Cat.11360070) and 1% Antibiotic-Antimycotic (Gibco, Cat. 15240-062), and maintained at 37 °C in a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO 2 .
Techniques: Luciferase, Activity Assay, Transfection, Construct, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Expressing, Plasmid Preparation, Sequencing, Homologous Recombination