Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Telocytes link epithelial nutrient sensing with amplification of the ILC2-tuft cell circuit
doi: 10.1101/2024.10.14.618111
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Gene-targeting strategy for the flox and reporter of Tslp (Flare-TSLP) mouse. Frt, target site for FLIPASE recombinase; IRES, internal ribosomal entry site; loxP , target site for Cre recombinase; pA, bovine growth hormone poly(A) tail; tdRFP, tandem-dimer red fluorescent protein, or tdTomato; UTR, untranslated region. (B) Representative imaging of jejunum ( top ) and ileum ( bottom ) of Flare-TSLP mice or non-reporter control mice. Red, TSLP-tdTomato; Green, PDGFRɑ; White, EPCAM; Blue, DAPI. 20x objective. Arrowheads indicate TSLP-tdTomato + cells. Scale bar, 50 µm. ( C )( D ) Flow cytometric analysis of endothelial and other stromal populations in jejunum and ileum small intestine lamina propria (siLP) in Flare-TSLP mice. ( C ) Percentage of total TSLP-tdTomato + in CD45 - population. ( D ) Percentage of endothelial cells and other stromal within TSLP-tdTomato + cells. Cells were stained with anti-CD31 and anti-Podoplanin (PDPN) antibodies. Lymphatic endothelial cells are CD45 - PDPN + CD31 + and fibroblasts are CD45 - PDPN + CD31 - . (E) RT-qPCR analysis of purified CD45 - EPCAM + cells, CD45 - EPCAM + SiglecF + tuft cells, CD45 - CD31 - PDPN + total stromal cells, CD45 - CD31 - PDPN + TSLP-tdTomato + cells, CD45 - CD31 + PDPN + lymphatic endothelial and CD45 + PDPN - hematopoietic cells from small intestinal epithelial fraction or siLP (whole tissue) of Flare-TSLP mice. Gene expression normalized to 18S . (F) Representative imaging of jejunum ( middle ) and ileum ( bottom ) of Flare-TSLP; Lgr5 -eGFP dual reporter mice or Flare-TSLP single reporter (Ctrl) mice ( top ). Red, TSLP-tdTomato; Green, Lgr5 -eGFP; White, EPCAM; Blue, DAPI. 20x objective. Scale bar, 50 µm. (G) Representative imaging of CD201 and CD34 expression in jejunum ( top ) and ileum ( bottom ) of Flare-TSLP mice. Red, TSLP-tdTomato; Green, CD201 ( left ) or CD34 ( right ); Blue, DAPI. 20x objective. Scale bar, 50 µm. (H) RT-qPCR analysis of purified TSLP-tdTomato + CD201 + CD31 - (telocytes), and TSLP-tdTomato + CD34 + CD31 - (trophocytes), CD201 + CD31 - , and CD34 + CD31 - stromal cells from siLP (whole tissue) of Flare-TSLP mice. Gene expression normalized to 18S . All data are biological replicates, n≥3. Data are representative of at least two independent experiments. Error bars indicate samples mean± SEM.
Article Snippet: Mouse TSLP antibody for flow cytometric analysis was labeled using Alexa FluorTM 488 Antibody Labeling Kit (ThermoFisher, Cat# A20181) following the manufacture protocol.
Techniques: Imaging, Control, Staining, Quantitative RT-PCR, Purification, Gene Expression, Expressing