Journal: iScience
Article Title: SPARC regulation of PMN clearance protects from pristane-induced lupus and rheumatoid arthritis
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102510
Figure Lengend Snippet: Increased IL-17 production in arthritic paws from Sparc −/− mice (A−L) (A) Intracellular staining for IL-17, IFNγ, and TNF in CD4 + T cells from draining LN of naive and pristane-treated mice (130 days after treatment). Results are representative of three independent experiments (∗p < 0.05, Student's t test; error bars are mean ± SD). (B) Representative dot plots for the intracellular staining. (C) qPCR for IL-17A performed by digesting the whole paws of the indicated mice; results are normalized to GAPDH; representative of two other independent experiments; (∗p < 0.05, Student's t test; error bars are mean ± SD). (D) Intracellular staining for IL-17 in Th cells (CD45 + CD4 + ), PMN (CD45 + CD11b + Gr1 hi ), and other infiltrating cells (CD45 + CD11b − CD4 - ) of paws isolated and digested from mice 130 days after pristane injection. (∗p < 0.05, Student's t test; error bars are mean ± SD). (E) Production of IL-17 by γδTCR and CD4 cells. Representative plots. (F) IHC analysis for Gr-1 performed on paws obtained from WT and Sparc −/− mice. Scale bar, 500 μm. (G) Frequency of proliferating γδT cells when co-cultured with DC and PMN either from WT or Sparc −/− mice. This analysis highlights a direct capacity of Sparc −/− PMN (either naive or undergoing NETosis) of stimulating γδT cells, independent of the presence of DCs (∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01, Student's t test, mean ± SEM). (H) Arthritis score obtained evaluating arthritis-inducing antibody cocktail (ArthritoMab)-treated mice every 2 weeks (n = 17 mice/group pooled from two independent experiments, ∗p< 0.05) (I) Representative pictures of paws from WT and Sparc −/− at day 200 treated with ArthritoMab. (J) Frequency of PMN (mean ± SEM), (K) γδT cells (mean ± SEM), and (L) IL-17+ γδT cells (mean ± SEM) in mice treated with ArthritoMab (∗p < 0.05; ∗∗∗p < 0.001; Student's t test).
Article Snippet: Then cells were surface stained as above and fixed 20 min using the IC fixation buffer, followed by incubation with monoclonal antibodies against IL-17, IL-4, TNF, IFNγ, and resuspendend in Permeabilization Buffer (all from eBioscience).
Techniques: Staining, Isolation, Injection, Cell Culture