Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Article Title: Unedited allogeneic iNKT cells show extended persistence in MHC-mismatched canine recipients
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101241
Figure Lengend Snippet: Comparative analysis of the canine, human, and murine (mu) iNKT TCRs and CD4/CD8 immunophenotypes (A) ClustalOmega identity and alignment of the amino acid sequence of the human TRAV10∗01 gene product (GenBank: AAB69005.1) and the predicted amino acid sequence of the canine TRAV10∗01 (IMGT: IMGT000004) accessed in the ImMunoGeneTics (IMGT) database. (B) Alignment of the human and predicted canine TRAV10-TRAJ18 germline junction defining iNKTs. (C) Canine and human circulating T cells labeled with PE-conjugated human CD1d tetramers loaded with PBS57 (huCD1d-tet/PBS57). (D) Frequency of circulating canine versus human iNKTs shown as percentage of T cells labeled by the huCD1d-tet/PBS57 reagent (canine, n = 18, mean = 0.042% ± 0.0.0063%; human, n = 12, mean = 0.074% ± 0.02120%; dog versus human, p = 0.102, unpaired t test). Error bars indicate SEM. (E) Canine, human, and murine CD3 + cells labeled with the indicated CD1d-tet/PBS57 reagent (murine iNKT frequency, n = 3; mean = 2.790% ± 0.459%). (F) Mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of PE-conjugated tetramers as a surrogate of iTCR affinity to CD1d in tet + cells. (G) CD4 + , CD8α + , and double-negative (DN) subsets in PB canine and human iNKTs and splenic murine iNKTs, classically used for iNKT ACT preclinical studies. (H) Summary of CD4/CD8 expression in canine and human iNKTs. Canine, n = 18, CD8α = 14.09% ± 9.344%, double-positive (DP) = 2.207% ± 0.5402%, CD4 = 26.46% ± 3.034%, DN = 57.75% ± 3.567%; human, n = 12, CD8a = 20.05% ± 2.456%, DP = 2.698% ± 1.147%, CD4 = 28.75% ± 3.629%, DN = 48.48% ± 3.767%; dog versus human, p > 0.05, unpaired t test. (I and J) Flow cytometric analysis of splenic (I) and lymph node (J) canine iNKTs (n = 4 dogs; iNKT frequency: spleen mean ± SEM 0.1% ± 0.029% [range 0.02%–0.21%]; lymph nodes mean ± SEM 0.038% ± 0.020% [range 0.006–0.120]).
Article Snippet: Anti-Canine CD3 FITC (clone CA17.2A12) , Bio-Rad , Cat# MCA1774F; RRID: AB_2291174.
Techniques: Sequencing, Labeling, Fluorescence, Expressing