Journal: Advanced Science
Article Title: Engineered Small Extracellular Vesicles Targeting Tumor‐Associated Endothelial Cells to Effectively Remodel the Glioma Microenvironment
doi: 10.1002/advs.202518490
Figure Lengend Snippet: sEVs Carrying cGAMP and Tumor Antigen Induce Strong Tumor Specific Immune Response. 23 days after tumor cell transplantation, mice were sacrificed, brain, spleen and lymph node were removed and analyzed. (A) Immune fluorescence staining analysis of proinflammatory (iNOS, green) and anti‐inflammatory (ARG1, red) immune cells in the tumor. Scale bar=100 µm. (B,C) Quantitative analysis of ARG1 + cells (B) and iNOS + cells (C). n=5 mice per group, one‐way ANOVA. (D) Number of tumor‐infiltrating immune cells. n=5 mice per group, one‐way ANOVA. (E) Elisa analysis of brain immune cells activation. Tumor infiltrated immune cells were isolated by 30/70% Percoll density gradient centrifugation. 5 × 10 5 cells were seeded in 96‐well plate and cultured for 48 h, the concentration of IFN‐γ in each supernatant was analyzed by ELISA. n=3 mice per group, one‐way ANOVA. (F‐M) Flow cytometry analysis of tumor infiltrated myeloid cells (F) and lymphocyte (K). Immune cells isolated from the tumors were treated with PMA (50 ng/ml), ionomycin (500 ng /ml) and GolgiPlug (1 µg/ml) for 4 h, then cells were successively stained with surface and intracellular antibodies, and analyzed by flow cytometry. The percentage of TNF‐α + (G) or IL‐10 + (H) myeloid cells were quantified, and the ratio of TNF‐α + to IL‐10 + myeloid cells was calculated (I). (J) Quantification of MHCII positive myeloid cells. (L, M) The percentages of CD4 + (L) or CD8 + (M) T cells in lymphocytes were quantified. G‐J, L, M, n=5 mice per group, one‐way ANOVA. (N, O) Tumor antigen specific immune response assay. CD8 + T cells were isolated from tumor infiltrated immune cells using CD8a Microbeads, and co‐cultured with dendritic cells pre‐pulsed with PEP‐3 peptide (N) or GL261‐EGFRvIII cell line (O) for 48 h, the release of IFN‐γ was analyzed by ELISA. n=4 mice per group, one‐way ANOVA. (P) Elisa analysis of peripheral immune cells activation. Peripheral immune cells were isolated from the spleen and lymph node of mice. 5 × 10 5 cells were seeded in 96‐well plate and cultured for 48 h, the concentration of IFN‐γ in each supernatant was analyzed by ELISA. n=5 mice per group, one‐way ANOVA. All results are expressed as mean ± SD, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p <0.001, **** p < 0.0001, ns=not significant.
Article Snippet: The supernatants from all cultures were collected, and the secretion of IFN‐γ was analyzed using a commercial mouse IFN‐γ ELISA kit (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA).
Techniques: Transplantation Assay, Fluorescence, Staining, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Activation Assay, Isolation, Gradient Centrifugation, Cell Culture, Concentration Assay, Flow Cytometry