Journal: Cancer immunology research
Article Title: Loss of miR-29a/b1 cluster reprograms the tumor microenvironment and contributes to immunosuppression in lung cancer
doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-1060
Figure Lengend Snippet: A. The PD1R1 control (ctrl) and miR-29a/b1 re-expressing tumors from Figure 4C were analyzed for Cd8a expression by qPCR. Rpl32 was used as an internal control. This qPCR was completed one time with 3 independent tumors. *p<0.05 by Welch’s t test. B. CD8 infiltration into PD1R1 control and miR-29 tumors was assayed by IHC staining. Staining was completed once on 3 mice/group, with 5 independent regions of the tumor imaged and CD8 signal quantified using ImageJ software. The CD8 signal per field of view (FOV) is depicted to the right. n = 3 mice/group, 5 ROIs/tumor. Scale bar = 100 μm. Zoom on inset = 2.5x. *p<0.05 by Welch’s t test. C. Tumors from B were also stained by IHC for Granzyme B. Representative images are shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. Zoom on inset = 2.0x. p = 0.0571 by Welch’s t test. D. A representative tumor lysate from the PD1R1-miR-29a/b1 and control tumors were processed via a Proteome Profiler that includes 111 various chemokines/cytokines. Colored boxes indicate those factors which were differentially expressed between the control and miR-29 tumors, with matching colored text to the right to indicate the specific markers. This was completed once. E. The analytes highlighted on the cytokine array in panel D were assayed via specific ELISAs in the PD1R1-miR-29a/b1 and control tumor replicates. p values are indicated as measured by unpaired t test. ELISAs were completed twice for CXCL9 and CXCL10, and once for the other hits. F. PD1R1-miR-29a/b1 and control tumor cell lines were treated with doxycycline for 24 hours to induce miR-29a/b1 expression, and cells were then collected for RNA. qPCR was performed to determine transcript levels of analytes identified from the array in D, and Rpl32 was used as an endogenous control. This was completed twice. *p<0.05 by unpaired t test.
Article Snippet: To follow up on potential hits from the cytokine array on multiple tumors per group, we utilized commercially available ELISAs specific for mouse CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11, CD93, IL1ra, CD105 (Catalog numbers in order: DY492, DY466, DY572, MCD930, MRA00, MNDG00; R&D Systems).
Techniques: Expressing, Control, Immunohistochemistry, Staining, Software