Journal: Cancer Discovery
Article Title: Intrinsic Properties of the Lymph Node Render It Immunologically Susceptible to Metastasis
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-1847
Figure Lengend Snippet: Sequestration of IL2 by Tregs permits survival of tumor cells in the LN. A, Experimental design to isolate OT-I from the tdLN of 6694c2-OVA tumor–bearing Foxp3 DTR mice treated with PBS, DT, or DT + anti-IL2 and coculture them with M167M1-OVA tumor cells. B and C , Representative images ( B ) and normalized killing ( C ) of M167M1-OVA-mCherry cells cocultured 1:1 with OT-I cells isolated from PBS, DT, and DT + anti-IL2 groups. Scale bar, 400 μm. D, Experimental setup: tdLNs were harvested from a patient with PDAC at rapid autopsy, sliced into 2-mm cubes, and cultured for 24 hours in media ± rIL2. CD8 + T cells were isolated from tdLN samples and incubated with αCD3 pulsed P815 cells. E, F, and G, Quantification of annexin V staining in P815 target cells after incubation with CD8 + T cells derived from control tdLNs or tdLNs exposed to rIL2 ( E ), representative plot ( F ) and quantification ( G ) of GZMB substrate (delivered GZMB, GranToxiLux Kit) within target cells that were incubated with CD8 + T cells from control or rIL2-exposed tdLNs. H, Representative images of LLC-OVA tumor growth in LNs from Foxp3 DTR mice treated, from left to right, with vehicle control, DT, DT + anti-CD8, DT + anti-IL2, rIL2, and rIL2 with anti-CD8. Scale bar, 3 mm. I and J, Quantification of OVA-mCherry MFI ( I ) and YFP + /mCherry + tumor area per LN ( J ) across groups. K, Barplots representing the frequency of LLC-OVA tumor growth in LNs across groups ( n = 10 per group). L and M, Limiting dilution plots comparing the frequency of 6694c2-OVA ( L ) and LLC-OVA ( M ) tumor formation in the LN after intra-LN injection (black line) or in the lungs after intravenous injection (red line). Shaded area represents the 95% confidence interval. Statistical differences between tumor formation efficiency after LN injection vs. intravenous injection are listed for each cell line [color of the P value indicates which injection method was more efficient at forming tumors (red = intravenous, black = intra-LN)]. Statistical significance was assessed using generalized linear models for multiple regressions followed by Bonferroni multiple comparisons correction. Total n = 80 mice, 20 per condition. Barplots represent the fold difference between the efficiency of tumor formation after intra-LN injection compared with intravenous injection using parental cells (left), OVA + cells (middle), and OVA + cells in Treg-depleted mice (right). Dotted line represents no fold difference. Statistical differences determined with unpaired two-tailed Student t test ( E and G ), one-way ANOVA with Tukey HSD correction for multiple comparisons ( C , I , and J ), Fisher exact test corrected for multiple comparisons ( K ) or as described above. Ctrl, control; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity; n.s. not significant. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001; ****, P < 0.0001. ( A and D, Created with BioRender.com .)
Article Snippet: P815 mastocytoma cells were generously provided by Michael Betts, originally from the ATCC.
Techniques: Isolation, Cell Culture, Incubation, Staining, Derivative Assay, Control, Injection, Two Tailed Test, Fluorescence