Journal: The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: Galectin-1–driven T cell exclusion in the tumor endothelium promotes immunotherapy resistance
doi: 10.1172/JCI129025
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Kaplan-Meier analysis of overall survival of patients with HNSCC according to Gal1 gene expression (n = 518 patients, TCGA data set). P = 0.0016. (B) ELISA results for secreted levels of Gal1 in murine HNSCC cells (MOC1, MEERL, and MOC2) after 24 hours of normoxia or hypoxia (0.5% O2). (C) Immunoblots show Gal1 deletion with CRISPR/Cas9 in MOC1, MOC2, and MEERL cells and stable lentiviral overexpression of Gal1 in MOC1 (MOC1 + Gal1) cells. (D) Tumor growth curves for C57BL/6 mice subcutaneously implanted with 1 × 106 MOC1 vector control cells (MOC1-Vec) or MOC1 Gal1-overexpressing cells (MOC1-Gal1) (n = 5 mice). (E) Tumor growth curves for C57BL/6 mice subcutaneously implanted with 2.5 × 105 MOC2 Gal1 WT or Gal1-KO cells (n = 5 mice). (F) Tumor growth curves for C57BL/6 mice subcutaneously implanted with 1 × 106 MEERL Gal1 WT or Gal1-KO cells (n = 5 mice/group). (G) Quantification of lung metastases foci after subcutaneous implantation of each cell line. The number of nodules per lung area was quantified by H&E staining (scale bars: 500 μm). In the graph, each dot represents 1 mouse, and the bar indicates the mean. (H) Quantification of LN metastases in mice bearing either MOC2 Gal1 WT or Gal1-KO tumors. (I) Quantification and representative histologic images of metastatic foci in lungs after subcutaneous implantation of MOC2 Gal1 WT or Gal1-KO cells, measured at comparable primary tumor sizes. Scale bars: 250 μm. (J) Quantification of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in MOC2 Gal1 WT and Gal1-KO tumors at sizes of approximately 100 mm3 and 300 mm3, after enzymatic dissociation and flow cytometric analyses. (K) Flow cytometric analyses of CD44 and CD62L markers on CD3+ T cells from MOC2 Gal1 WT and Gal1-KO tumors. **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001. Overall survival was summarized using Kaplan-Meier curves, and groups were compared using log-rank tests (A); repeated-measures ANOVA was used for tumor growth measurement over time (D–F); and a 2-tailed Student’s t test was used for comparisons of single treatment with the control (B, G, and I–K).
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used to detect specific proteins: Gal1 (1:1000; catalog AF1245 [mouse], catalog AF1152, R&D Systems), pSTAT1 (1:1000; catalog 7647, Cell Signaling Technology), STAT1 (1:1000; catalog 9172, Cell Signaling Technology), pJAK (1:1000; catalog 3771, Cell Signaling Technology), total JAK2 (1:1000; catalog 3230, Cell Signaling Technology), and β-actin (1:5000; sc-47778 HRP, Santa Cruz Biotechnology).
Techniques: Gene Expression, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Western Blot, CRISPR, Over Expression, Plasmid Preparation, Control, Staining