Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: Distinct TAM subset with cross-dressing capability determines the bifurcation of tumor immunity.
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115800
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 3. Acquisition of tumor antigens by TAMs via trogocytosis (A) Trogocytosis activity. BMDMs were co-cultured with CellMask-labeled MC38 cells for 1 h, and CellMask + BMDMs were analyzed using flow cytometry (mean ± SEM, n = 4). (B) Time-lapse imaging of BMDMs (tdTOMATO+; red) co-cultured with CellMask-labeled MC38 cells (green) during trogocytosis. (C) Comparison of trogocytic activity between tumor cells and macrophages (mean ± SEM, n = 3–6). (D and E) Phagocytosis vs. trogocytosis: CFSE-labeled CT26 cells (BALB/c) (live or UV irradiated) were co-cultured with B6-derived BMDMs for 8 h. Phagocytic (CFSE + ) and trogocytic (Kd + ) BMDMs were analyzed using flow cytometry. Representative (D) and summary (E) data are shown (mean ± SEM, n = 6). (F) Representative images of H2-Kb/SIINFEKL in TAMs from MC38-OVA-GFP, β2MKO MC38-OVA-GFP, or MC38-GFP stained with GFP (green), F4/80 (magenta), CD206 (cyan), and H2-Kb/SIINFEKL (red). White arrows indicate CD206 + F4/80 + H2-Kb/SIINFEKL + cells. Scale bar: 50 μm.
Article Snippet: An all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vector with tdTomato was created by replacing the GFP fragment of the pCas-Guide-EF1a-GFP vector (Origene, Rockville, MD, USA) with a tdTomato fragment amplified via PCR, using the BmgBI and ClaI sites.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Cell Culture, Labeling, Flow Cytometry, Imaging, Comparison, Irradiation, Derivative Assay, Staining