Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: Sex- and time-dependent role of insulin regulated aminopeptidase in lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1466692
Figure Lengend Snippet: IRAP gene deletion may influence the LPS responsiveness of M2 macrophages in the spleen of male mice. (A) Representative flow cytometry dot plot showing the gating for CD45 + F4/80 + CD206 + M2 macrophages in the spleen, 48-hours following vehicle treatment. (B) The frequency (%) among live CD45 + cells of M2 macrophages in the spleen of male wildtype (WT; filled bars) and IRAP knockout (KO; empty bars) mice (aged 10-15 weeks) administered either vehicle (V; blue) or LPS (L; red) once for 4 hours (n=3) or 24 hours (n=3) or twice over 48 hours (n=6). (C) Quantification of the fold changes in mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) compared to the mean of vehicle controls of the activation markers CD40, CD80, CD86 and MHCII in M2 macrophages. Data from each timepoint was analyzed separately using a two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001 vehicle vs LPS, #p<0.05, ##p<0.01 WT vs KO. All data is presented as mean ± SEM.
Article Snippet: Antibodies used for immunocytochemistry experiments include BV786-CD45 (BD Bioscience #564225), TNF-α (Abcam #ab6671), IL-1β (Abcam #ab205924), IRAP (Cell Signaling #6918) and TLR4 (Abcam #ab13556).
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Knock-Out, Fluorescence, Activation Assay