Journal: Heliyon
Article Title: CB2R activation enhances tumor-associated macrophages-mediated phagocytosis of glioma cell
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40806
Figure Lengend Snippet: CB2R activation promotes TAMs-mediated phagocytosis of glioma cells. (A) Representative immunofluorescence images of the xenografted brain stained with GFP (green) and CD11b (red) in mice injected with Vehicle, JWH133 or AM630. White arrows indicated the phagocytes. Scale bar: 10 μm. (B) Representative flow cytometry plots depicting the phagocytosis of GFP-labeled glioma cells with CD11b-labeled TAMs in the presence of Vehicle, JWH133, or AM630. (C) The determination of the proportion of phagocytosed GFP cells in mice that received injections of Vehicle, JWH133, or AM630. (D) Quantification of the percentage of GFP and CD11b double-positive cells among all the sorted cells in mice injected with Vehicle, JWH133, or AM630. The format of mean ± SEM is used to display the data. Each group contains n = 6 mice. One-way ANOVA with the Bonferroni correction was used to determine ∗ P < 0.05, ∗∗ P < 0.01 and ∗∗∗∗ P < 0.0001 relative to the control group. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
Article Snippet: To determine the effect of CB2R manipulation on tumor growth with or without TMZ treatment, mice were treated with vehicle, TMZ (5 mg/kg, i.p., Selleckchem, S1237), AM630 (1.0 mg/kg, Tocris Bioscience, 1120), JWH133 (1.0 mg/kg, Tocris Bioscience, 1343), or the combination of TMZ and JWH133.
Techniques: Activation Assay, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Injection, Flow Cytometry, Labeling, Control