Journal: Cell Research
Article Title: PD-1 signaling negatively regulates the common cytokine receptor γ chain via MARCH5-mediated ubiquitination and degradation to suppress anti-tumor immunity
doi: 10.1038/s41422-023-00890-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: a γ c level is negatively correlated with PD-L1 level in human NSCLC tumor biopsies. Representative images from IHC staining of γ c and PD-L1 in human NSCLC tumor biopsies are shown (left panels). Quantification of PD-L1 and γ c staining intensities was performed by semi-quantitative scoring (right panel). n = 127 independent samples, R = –0.2966. Correlation coefficients were calculated using the Pearson test. Two-sided P -value was given. Scale bars, 100 μm. b PD-1 blockade increases γ c level in tumor tissues. B16F10 cells (5 × 10 5 ) were subcutaneously injected into C57BL/6J mice. CT26 cells (5 × 10 5 ) were subcutaneously injected into Balb/c mice. Mice were intraperitoneally injected with control or anti-PD-1 antibody (100 μg per mouse) every three days (four times in total) five days after inoculation of cells. After 17 days, tumor-bearing mice were euthanized and tumor tissues were analyzed. Representative images from IHC staining of γ c in tumor sections are shown. Scale bars, 100 μm. c PD-1 blockade increases γ c level in tumor-infiltrating CD8 + T cells. TILs were isolated from B16F10 tumor tissues (left panels) or CT26 tumor tissues (right panels), stained with the indicated antibodies and analyzed by flow cytometry. Graph shows mean ± SEM, n = 8 independent samples. Data were analyzed using Student’s unpaired t -test with GraphPad Prism 8. MFI, median fluorescence intensities. d PD-1 ligation down-regulates γ c level. Human CD8 + T cells or PD-1-expressing Jurkat (Jurkat-PD-1) cells were stimulated with plate-bound anti-CD3 (1 μg/mL) and solubilized anti-CD28 (5 μg/mL) in the presence of plate-bound hPD-L1-Fc fusion protein or control hIgG1 (2 μg/mL) for 3 days. The cells were stained with the indicated antibodies and analyzed by flow cytometry. Graph shows mean ± SEM, n = 3 technical repeats. Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA with GraphPad Prism 8. e The level of γ c is down-regulated after PD-1 ligation. Human CD8 + T cells were stimulated with plate-bound anti-CD3 (1 μg/mL) and solubilized anti-CD28 (5 μg/mL) in the presence of plate-bound hPD-L1-Fc fusion protein or control hIgG1 (2 μg/mL) for 3 days before immunoblotting analysis with the indicated antibodies. f PD-1 ligation down-regulates γ c level. Left panels: Jurkat cells transduced with empty vector (Jurkat-EV) or Jurkat-PD-1 cells were analyzed by immunoblots with the indicated antibodies. Middle panels: Jurkat-EV and Jurkat-PD-1 cells were stimulated with plate-bound anti-CD3 (1 μg/mL) and solubilized anti-CD28 (5 μg/mL) in the presence of plate-bound hPD-L1-Fc fusion protein or control hIgG1 (2 μg/mL) as indicated for 3 days before immunoblotting analysis with the indicated antibodies. Right panels: Jurkat-PD-1 cells were stimulated with PHA (50 ng/mL) in the presence of plate-bound hPD-L1-Fc fusion protein or control hIgG1 (2 μg/mL) for the indicated times before immunoblotting analysis with the indicated antibodies. g Effects of PD-1 ligation on transcription of γ c . Human CD8 + T cells or Jurkat-PD-1 cells were stimulated with plate-bound anti-CD3 (1 μg/mL) and solubilized anti-CD28 (5 μg/mL) in the presence of plate-bound hPD-L1-Fc fusion protein or control hIgG1 (2 μg/mL) for 3 days before qPCR analysis of mRNA levels of the indicated genes. Graph shows mean ± SEM, n = 3 independent samples from one representative experiment. Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA with GraphPad Prism 8. The experiments in c – g were repeated for at least two times with similar results.
Article Snippet: Reagents and antibodies used in this study were purchased from the indicated companies: recombinant human PD-L1-Fc fusion protein (BPS Bioscience, Catalog #71104), recombinant mouse PD-L1-Fc fusion protein (Sino, Catalog #50010-M02H), anti-human CD3ε (clone OKT3, Biolegend, Catalog #317326), anti-human CD28 (clone CD28.2, Biolegend, Catalog #302934), anti-mouse CD3ε (clone 145-2C11, Biolegend, Catalog #100340), anti-mouse CD28 (clone 37.51, Biolegend, Catalog #102116), PHA (Sigma, Catalog #L8954), polybrene (Millipore, Catalog #3924803), SYBR (Bio-Rad, Catalog #1725125), cycloheximide (Sigma, Catalog #239763), MG132 (Sigma, Catalog #M8699), NH 4 Cl (Sigma, Catalog #254134), 3-MA (Sigma, Catalog #189490), Pitavastatin calcium (Aladdin, Catalog #P129617), Rosuvastatin calcium (Aladdin, Catalog #R129220), Simvastatin (Aladdin, Catalog #S129538), Lovastatin (Aladdin, Catalog #L107709), Fluvastatin Sodium (Aladdin, Catalog #F129852), human IL-2 (SL Pharm, Catalog #S19991010), human IL-7 (Peprotech, Catalog #200-07), mouse IL-7 (Peprotech, Catalog #217-17) and human IL-9 (Peprotech, Catalog #200-09).
Techniques: Immunohistochemistry, Staining, Injection, Control, Isolation, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence, Ligation, Expressing, Western Blot, Transduction, Plasmid Preparation