Journal: Nature immunology
Article Title: CXCR4 signaling directs Igk recombination and the molecular mechanisms of late B lymphopoiesis
doi: 10.1038/s41590-019-0468-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: a , Genomic PCR of WT and floxed alleles for Cxcr4 deletion in tail DNA and flow sorted large pre-B cells from indicated mice with Gapdh as control (n=3). b , Flow cytometric analysis of different developmental stages of B lymphopoiesis in the BM of wild-type (WT), mb1 -cre +/− , Cxcr4 fl/fl and Cxcr4 fl/fl - mb1 -cre +/− littermate control mice (n=9). B cell progenitors are defined as B220 + CD19 + , pro-B cells as B220 + CD19 + CD43 + IgM − , large and small pre-B as B220 + CD19 + CD43 − IgM − FSC hi and B220 + CD19 + CD43 − IgM − FSC lo respectively and immature B cells as B220 + CD19 + CD43 − IgM + . FSC, forward scatter. c , Absolute number of cells per mouse at different stages of B cell development in BM of WT, mb1 -cre +/− , Cxcr4 fl/fl and Cxcr4 fl/fl - mb1 -cre +/− mice (n=9)(Imm B, Immature B cell; Mat B, mature B cells. * P <0.001 compared to all the controls (WT, mb1 -cre +/− , Cxcr4 fl/fl ). Data presented as average ± SD. d,e , Distribution of B cell progenitors in BM of Cxcr4 fl/fl (CXCR4 sufficient; d ) and Cxcr4 fl/fl - mb1 -cre +/− (CXCR4 deficient; e ) mice by confocal microscopy of corresponding BM sections (8μm thick femur) stained with antibodies to IL-7 (red), CXCL12 (blue), B220 (yellow), IgM (green) and DAPI (gray) (n=4). f , Percentage of B cell progenitors (B220 + ) in proximity to IL-7 −/lo CXCL12 + and IL-7 hi CXCL12 +/− stroma (n=4 independent image). Data are presented as mean±SD. Each dot represents average distance obtained from each image of indicated genotype. P values were calculated by unpaired t -test.
Article Snippet: For tissue staining, the sections were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde, blocked with 10% normal donkey serum and stained with primary antibodies to B220 (clone RA3-6B2, eBioscience and ab64100, Abcam), IgM (clone ll/41, eBioscience and FITC-conjugated Goat ant-mouse Jackson 115-097-020/115-096-075), Ki-67 (clone SP6, Ab16667, Lot#GR59808-1;, Abcam), IL-7 (M-19 polyclonal, sc1268, Lot#C2408,Santa Cruz Biotechnology), CXCL12 (FL-93 polyclonal, Santa Cruz Biotechnology and ab18919, Lot#GR116-13, Abcam) in various combinations and thereafter incubated with fluorochrome-conjugated secondary antibodies specific to the primary species and isotypes (Invitrogen).
Techniques: Control, Confocal Microscopy, Staining