Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Article Title: Self-specific memory regulatory T cells protect embryos at implantation in mice
doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202413
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Treg ablation was achieved by anti-CD25 mAb treatment administered one day prior to the mating of CBA/J mice. Histograms depict the % of fetal resorption in the indicated groups. The results are shown as normalized to the mean resorption frequency of the PBS-treated CBA x DBA control group, which was set at 100%. Numbers above bars indicate the cumulative numbers of resorbed/viable fetuses and the numbers of mice per experimental condition on dpi 8. Two-tailed Mann-Whitney test: * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01. (B) Evaluation % of fetus resorption after fetal antigen preimmunization of the indicated mice with or without anti-CD25 mAb-induced Treg depletion at the time of the mating. BALB/cfemale first received anti-HA naïve CD4+CD25− Teffs from SFE donor mice (i.v.), and were then immunized by HA peptide (s.c., CFA condition). 2 months later, HA-immunized SFE-transferred BALB mice, similarly HA-immunized SFE mice and naïve SFE and BALB/c female were mated with pgkHA males directly or after Treg depletion by anti-CD25 treatment (- Treg condition). Viable fetuses or resorption sites were counted on dpi 8. (n = 2–4 mice per group). Two-tailed unpaired t-test: * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01.
Article Snippet: Para-aortic and brachial LNs were mechanically dissociated in PBS (3% FBS) and stained with FITC- or V500-labeled anti-CD4, APC-labeled anti-CD8, PerCP-labeled anti-Thy1.1/CD90.1, biotin-labeled anti-CD62L (all from BD Biosciences), PE-Cy7-labeled anti-CD25, FITC-labeled anti-CD44, PE-labeled anti-PD-L1, APC-labeled anti-CD103 or PE-labeled anti-GITR, APC-labeled anti-CTLA-4 and PE-Cy5-labeled anti-ICOS mAbs (all from eBiosciences) The PE-labeled clone 6.5 anti-clonotypic mAb specific to TCR-HA was produced in rats immunized with the soluble TCR (a kind gift from Dr. H. von Boehmer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute).
Techniques: Two Tailed Test, MANN-WHITNEY