Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: Altered DNA methylation underlies monocyte dysregulation and immune exhaustion memory in sepsis
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113894
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) scRNA-seq UMAP feature plots for transcription factor TCF7L2 motif enrichment and gene expression. Numbers indicate different cell clusters, as outlined in . (B) RT-qPCR for key exhaustion genes in BMMCs under PBS control or repetitive LPS stimulation in the presence of different concentrations of Wnt agonist 1. Expression levels were normalized to the geometric mean of Ube2l3 , Oaz1 , and Nktr (mean expression ± SD; n = 3–6; one-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test; ****p-adj < 0.0001; ***p-adj < 0.001; **p-adj < 0.01; *p-adj < 0.05; ns, not significant; differences are not significant unless otherwise specified; see for exact p values). (C) Flow cytometry mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) for exhaustion (CD38, MARCO, PD-L1, CXCR2) and macrophage (F4/80) markers relative to PBS control. Boxplots indicate median MFI values (n = 5–7; one-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test). (D) Gating strategy (top) and population statistics (bottom) for non-classical (Ly6C low ), intermediate (Ly6C int ), and classical (Ly6C high ) monocyte subtypes in cultured BMMCs (n = 6–13; one-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test). (E) NAD + levels in cultured BMMCs normalized to total protein levels (n = 3–6; one-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test). (F) Correlation heatmap for average DNA methylation levels at key exhaustion loci in cultured BMMCs (n = 3–9 for each condition). (G) UCSC browser track views of average DNA methylation at the Plac8 promoter (chr5: 100,572,230–100,572,607), Cebpa/g distal enhancer (chr7: 35,064,805–35,065,304), and Tcf7l2 intron (chr19: 55,768,986–55,769,585). ENCODE annotated promoters (red) and enhancers (orange) are depicted in the bottom track.
Article Snippet: For Panel 2, cells were stained with antibodies against Ly6C (Pacific Blue; Biolegend #128014), CD11b (BV650; BD Biosciences #563402), Ly6g (PE-Cy5.5; Elabscience #E-AB-F1108I), CXCR2 (Alexa Fluor 488; R&D Systems # FAB2164G), CD68 (APC-Fire750; Biolegend #137041), CD172a (BV510; BD Biosciences #740159), CX3CR1 (PE-Cy7; Biolegend #149016), F4/80 (BV711; BD Biosciences #565612), CD38 (BV750; BD Biosciences #747103), PD-L1 (BV421; BD Biosciences #564716), MARCO (Alexa Fluor 647; R&D Systems #FAB29561R), FAS (BV605; Biolegend #152612), MHCII (PerCP; Biolegend #107624), CD168 (PE; Novus #NBP1–76538PE), and TREM2 (Alexa Fluor 700; R&D Systems #FAB17291N).
Techniques: Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence, Cell Culture, DNA Methylation Assay