Journal: Journal of Translational Medicine
Article Title: A novel immunocytokine promotes T cell– and cytokine-induced killer cell-mediated antitumor immunity via a non-MHC-restricted mechanism in glioblastoma
doi: 10.1186/s12967-025-07321-5
Figure Lengend Snippet: αBC-hIL15 induces immune activation. PBMCs were co-cultured with 100 ng/ml of αBC, αBC-hIL15, or mIgG2a isotype, with PBS as the control. αBC-hIL15 promotes PBMC proliferation and activation, specifically expands T cells, drives differentiation toward CD8 + and TEM phenotypes, reduces Tregs, and does not increase T cell exhaustion. A . Representative images of PBMC treated with mIgG2a, αBC(h), or αBC-hIL15. Media was used as a negative control. Scale bar, 100 μm. B . Fold expansion of T cells. Data are mean ± SD. two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test; **** p < 0.0001. C . Cell viability was measured by trypan blue exclusion test. Data are mean ± SD. Two-way ANOVA with Tukey multiple comparison was performed, n = 3 independent experiments; **** p < 0.0001. D-L. Flow cytometry was used to determine the function of αBC(h), αBC-hIL15, or mIgG2a isotype on PBMCs, with PBS as the control. The data are presented as mean values ± SD; n = 3 independent experiments. D . The proportions of CD3 + T cells were evaluated on days 0, 1, 7, and 14. Additionally, PBMCs treated with PBS or mIgG2a were completely depleted by day 14. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s correction; * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01. The proportions of T cells, NK cells, and CIK cells in PBMCs were evaluated on days 0, 1, 7, and 14. Two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test, Student’s t-test; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001. E . The proportions of CD3 + CD69 + T cells were evaluated at 1,12, 24 and 48 h. Two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test; **** p < 0.0001. F . The proportions of CD3 + CD25 + T cells were evaluated on days 0, 1, 7, and 14. G . The ratio of CD8+/CD4 + T cells in PBMCs was evaluated on day 7. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s correction; ** p < 0.01, *** P < 0.001. H . The proportion of T EM of T cells was evaluated on day 7. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s correction; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. I . The proportion of T SCM of T cells was evaluated on day 7. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s correction; **** p < 0.0001. J . The proportion of Treg of CD4 + T cells was evaluated on day 7. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s correction; **** p < 0.0001. K . Pie charts were used to represent the proportions of four subpopulations within CD3 + cells on days 1, 7, and 14: PD-1 + TIM-3+ (blue), PD-1–TIM-3+ (orange), PD-1 + TIM-3– (gray), and PD-1–TIM-3– (yellow). Data are presented as mean. L . The expression of PD-1 and TIM-3 was evaluated on day 7. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s correction; ns, non-significant. * p < 0.05
Article Snippet: 96-well ELISA plates were coated with 2 μg/mL of B7-H3-6×His fusion proteins overnight, then 5% blocking solution of nonfat powdered milk (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA) was added into each well and incubated at 37 °C for 1 h. After blocking, αBC-h(m)IL15 was added to the ELISA plate and incubated for 2 h. The unconjugated antibodies were washed off, and the bound antibodies were detected using horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-coupled goat anti-mouse IgG2a antibody (Proteintech, USA).
Techniques: Activation Assay, Cell Culture, Control, Negative Control, Comparison, Flow Cytometry, Expressing