Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: Massively HIV-1-infected macrophages exhibit a severely hampered ability to differentiate into osteoclasts
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1206099
Figure Lengend Snippet: Expression of tetraspanins CD9 and CD81 during osteoclast differentiation and HIV infection. The expression level of CD9 and CD81 was measured using flow cytometry (mean fluorescence intensity per cell, or MFI) at 6 days post-infection (dpi) using both HIV inoculums. The results are representative of two independent experiments performed using cells from different donors (A) . Osteoclasts and their precursors at 6 dpi of HIV infection with the low-inoculum (upper panel) and control (non-infected) (lower panel) were stained with DAPI (for cell nuclei), PE (for HIV-p24 capsid antigen), FITC (for CD81), and merged using immunofluorescence staining and deconvolution microscopy to examine changes in the cellular localization of tetraspanins during maturation and HIV infection (x400) (B) . Osteoclasts and their precursors at 6 dpi of HIV infection with the low-inoculum showing CD81 expression (green) and HIV-infected giant multinuclear cells (red, with nuclei in blue). (C) Yellow arrows show perinuclear structures resembling viral-containing compartments (VCC). Scale bars: 20 μm. *<0.05 indicates a statistically significant difference.
Article Snippet: Cells detached by Accutase ® (StemCell Technologies, United States), were stained for surface antigens for 30 min at 4°C with the following antibodies: APC anti-human CD206 (cat550889), PE anti-human CD80 (cat566992), FITC anti-human HLA DR (cat555560), FITC anti-human CD9 and mouse anti-human CD81 primary antibody (cat555675) (from BD Biosciences, United States), Alexa Fluor 488 goat anti-mouse IgG H&L secondary antibody (ab150117) and APC Anti-CCR5 antibody (ab176536) (from Abcam, United States).
Techniques: Expressing, Infection, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence, Staining, Immunofluorescence, Microscopy