Journal: Molecular Therapy Oncology
Article Title: Oncolytic virotherapy mobilizes tumor-resident, granzyme B-producing bystander CD4 + T cells to inhibit systemic microbial infection
doi: 10.1016/j.omton.2026.201187
Figure Lengend Snippet: OV-BYTE-boosted CD4 + T cells are destined for newly differentiated TCF-1 lo CD39 hi differentiation in the periphery (A) UMAP analysis of SM CD4 + cells upon PBS (left, 2,616 cells), NDV-WT (middle, 1,346 cells), or NDV-GP (right, 2,570 cells) treatment in tumors, separated by group. (B) Bar chart of proportions of each UMAP clusters shown in (A). Cell counts (n) for clusters 1–3 in each group are listed below. PBS group: cluster 1 ( n = 606), cluster 2 ( n = 1849), and cluster 3 ( n = 161); NDV-WT group: cluster 1 ( n = 252), cluster 2 ( n = 995), and cluster 3 ( n = 99); NDV-GP group: cluster 1 ( n = 165), cluster 2 ( n = 352), and cluster 3 ( n = 2053). (C) Volcano plot showing differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between cluster 3 and clusters 1 and 2 in (A). The plot displays both up-regulated and down-regulated genes, with the counts of each category provided to the right of the plot. (D) UMAP analysis of SM CD4 + cells upon PBS (navy blue dots, 6,230 cells), NDV-WT (yellow dots, 4,780 cells), or NDV-GP (red dots, 8,591 cells) treatment in spleens. (E) High (≥1,000, red dots) and low (≤1,000, gray dots) expression levels of the top 60 DEGs from (C) shown in the spleen UMAP plot, separated by group. (F) UMAP analysis of SM CD4 + cells upon PBS (navy blue dots, 2,171 cells), NDV-WT (yellow dots, 1,684 cells), or NDV-GP (red dots, 7,416 cells) treatment in lungs. (G) High (≥1,000, red dots) and low (≤1,000, gray dots) expression levels of the top 60 DEGs from (C) shown in the lung UMAP plot, separated by group. (H) Flow cytometry analysis of TCF-1/CD39 expression in SM CD4 + T cells from the PBS-, NDV-WT-, or NDV-GP-treated groups in the indicated organs. Numbers adjacent to the outlined areas indicate percentages of TCF-1 hi CD39 lo cells (blue) or TCF-1 lo CD39 hi cells (red) among SM CD4 + T cells. (I) Frequency of TCF-1 hi CD39 lo (blue) or TCF-1 lo CD39 hi (red) cells among total SM CD4 + T cells from the indicated organs of PBS-, NDV-WT-, and NDV-GP-treated groups. (J) Frequency of TCF-1 hi CD39 lo (blue) or TCF-1 lo CD39 hi (red) cells among endogenous LCMV GP 66-77 tetramer + CD4 + T cells from the indicated organs of PBS-, NDV-WT-, and NDV-GP-treated groups. (K) Frequency of TCF-1 hi CD39 lo (blue) or TCF-1 lo CD39 hi (red) cells among total OT-II CD4 + T cells from the indicated organs of PBS-, Ad5-WT-, and Ad5-OVA-treated groups. All data are representative of at least two independent experiments with at least five mice per group. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used in (C). ∗ p < 0.05 and ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001 by one-way ANOVA with Turkey’s test (I–K). Center values and error bars (I–K) indicate mean and SEM.
Article Snippet: For the analysis of endogenous CD4 + T cells, lymphocytes were stained with MHC-II LCMV GP 66-77 tetramer (ProImmune, TT3023-4 A) in an incubator at 37°C for 2 h prior to surface marker staining.
Techniques: Expressing, Flow Cytometry