Journal: Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Article Title: Breast cancer-induced immune suppression in the sentinel lymph node is effectively countered by CpG-B in conjunction with inhibition of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway
doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-000761
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of CpG±AG490 on pSTAT3 levels in BrC SLN-derived cDC and pDC. Phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (pSTAT3) levels (assessed by flow cytometric analysis) in the conventional DC population (phenotypically characterized by shared CD11c hi ) and the pDC subset measured in metastasis negative BrC SLN cell samples, cultured for 24 hours with medium, CpG or CpG+AG490. (A) Representative histogram plots of pSTAT3 fluorescence intensity (FI) levels in CD11c hi CDC (24 hours) from one of three individual BrC SLN cell samples are shown. Positive FI ranges according to fluorescence minus one control values are displayed with gray markers in each histogram. Both the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) values and percentage pSTAT3 positive cells are displayed in boxes. (B) MFI of pSTAT3 and percentage pSTAT3 positive cells (both at 24 hours of culture) of cDCs (top bar graphs) and pDCs (bottom bar graphs) in three individual BrC SLN cell samples. Bars represent mean with SEM, with mean pSTAT3 levels (±SEM) of each culture condition and corresponding p values displayed above the error bars. BrC, breast cancer; cDCs, conventional DCs; DC, dendritic cell; pDCs, plasmacytoid DCs; SLN, sentinel lymph node; STAT3i, STAT3 inhibitor.
Article Snippet: STAT3 phosphorylation (pSTAT3) was assessed by intracellular staining with the PE-conjugated mAb against pSTAT3 (pY705, clone 4/pSTAT3; BD Phosflow), following the manufacturer’s instructions.
Techniques: Derivative Assay, Cell Culture, Fluorescence, Control