Journal: Science Advances
Article Title: BLIMP1 negatively regulates IL-2 signaling in T cells
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adx8105
Figure Lengend Snippet: Purified CD4 + T cells from frozen PBMCs of HDs and patients with acute ATL were ex vivo stimulated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 and IL-2 for 24 hours at 37°C and stained for flow cytometry. Cells were gated as CD3 + CD4 + CD25 + CCR4 + T cells (ATL-like T reg cells). ( A ) Schematic representation of the experiment ( B to K ). Created in BioRender. S. Roy (2025) https://BioRender.com/ae8e1h0 . Representative histograms with cumulative statistics for flow cytometry analysis of [(B) and (C)] CD25 and [(D) and (E)] CD122 expression. [(F) and (G)] Representative histograms and cumulative statistics for FOXP3 expression by flow cytometry. [(H) and (I)] Flow cytometric analysis of pSTAT5, pAKT, and pERK showing representative histograms and cumulative statistics. [(J) and (K)] Representative histograms and statistics for BLIMP1 expression by flow cytometry. Data are representative of means ± SEM from three independent experiments ( n = 4 to 5 individuals). Two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test was used for statistical analysis. ( L ) Schematic representation of PRDM1 overexpression in ATL cells. Created in BioRender. S. Roy (2025) https://BioRender.com/ae8e1h0 . ( M ) Histograms showing protein expression for BLIMP1, CD25, CD122, pSTAT5, pAKT, and pERK in ATL cells transduced with pLVX-EV (empty vector control) or pLVX- PRDM1 (vector expressing PRDM1 ). ( N ) Statistical analysis showing mean fluorescent intensity (MFI) for BLIMP1, CD25, CD122, pSTAT5, pAKT, and pERK, protein levels in ATL cells transduced with pLVX-EV (empty vector control) or pLVX- PRDM1 (vector expressing PRDM1 ). Data are representative of means ± SEM from two independent experiments ( n = 5 individuals). Two-tailed paired Student’s t test was used for statistical analysis.
Article Snippet: Purified CD4 + T cells were activated with plate-bound anti-mouse CD3 (2 μg/ml, #BE0001-1; clone 145-2C11, BioXCell) and soluble anti-mouse CD28 (1 μg/ml, #BE0015-1; clone 37.51, BioXCell) and cultured in RPMI 1640 medium (#11875093, Gibco) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (#100-106, GeminiBio), 2 mM l -glutamine (#25030-149, Gibco), penicillin (50 U/ml) + streptomycin (50 μg/ml) (#15070-063, Gibco), and 50 μM 2-mercaptoethanol (#21985-023, Gibco) for 72 hours in the presence of recombinant human IL-2 (100 IU/ml; #Ro 23-6019, Roche) at 37°C after which the cells were harvested and assayed.
Techniques: Purification, Ex Vivo, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Two Tailed Test, Over Expression, Transduction, Plasmid Preparation, Control