Journal: Theranostics
Article Title: T-cell functionality testing is highly relevant to developing novel immuno-tracers monitoring T cells in the context of immunotherapies and revealed CD7 as an attractive target
doi: 10.7150/thno.27275
Figure Lengend Snippet: Injection of OKT11 (anti-CD2)-F(ab´) 2 , but not T3-3A1 (anti-CD7)-F(ab´) 2 , impaired T-cell function in vivo . After injection of ML2-B7 tumor cells into the right flank and ML2-B15 tumor cells into the left flank, as well as total body irradiation, mice received 2×10 7 TCR2.5D6iRFP T CM . Comparable to the imaging experiments, three days after T CM injection, mice received 20 µg of OKT11 (anti-CD2)-F(ab´) 2 , T3-3A1 (anti-CD7)-F(ab´) 2 , or isotype-F(ab´) 2 (n = 6 for each group). Animals were sacrificed on day 11 after T-cell administration (Figure B). Unpaired t -test: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, and **** p < 0.0001. (A) Tumor growth kinetics of ML2-B7 (left side) and ML2-B15 control tumors (right side) for mice injected as indicated. The arrow indicates the time point of respective F(ab´) 2 injection. Tumor size is shown in mm 2 as mean ± SD over different days post intravenous T CM injection. (B) Weight of tumors and spleen 11 days after T CM injection for mice receiving different F(ab´) 2 constructs as indicated. The weight of the organs is shown in milligram as mean ± SD. (C) Percentage of human T cells in indicated organs analyzed by flow cytometry on day 11 post T CM injection. The percentage of CD45 + GFP - CD3 + cells of all 7-AAD - cells is depicted as mean ± SD for the indicated groups. (D) The percentage of TCR2.5D6iRFP + T CM of all 7-AAD - cells in indicated organs is shown as mean ± SD.
Article Snippet: Cells were stained with T3-3A1 (anti-CD7) antibody with and without pre-incubation of a polyclonal sheep anti-human CD7 antibody (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN).
Techniques: Injection, Cell Function Assay, In Vivo, Irradiation, Imaging, Control, Construct, Flow Cytometry