Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: Inhibition of the Na + -glucose transporter SGLT2 reduces glucose uptake and IFNγ release from activated human CD4 + T cells
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1576216
Figure Lengend Snippet: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) is expressed in activated human CD4 + T cell. (A) The cellular metabolic activity of resting and activated cells in presence of GLUT1 inhibitor, WZB 117 or SGLTs inhibitor, phlorizin was normalized to that of activated CD4 + T cells without drug treatment in 5.6 mmol/L or 16.7 mmol/L glucose (N= 4-9). Data are presented as box and whisker plot: box as 25–75 percentiles, whiskers determined with Tukey’s method, black lines in the boxes as median. Statistics: one sample t-test when compared to activated cell group. (B) Relative gene expression levels of facilitated glucose transporters (GLUTs) and Na + -dependent glucose transporters (SGLTs) in activated CD4 + T cells at 5.6 mmol/L glucose (N=7) determined by RNAseq analysis. TPM, transcripts per million. Data represent mean ± SEM. ND, not detected. (C) Representative Western blot image of SGLT2 protein in activated CD4 + T cells in the absence or presence of insulin (INS, 3 nmol/L) at 16.7 mmol/L glucose, HEPG2 cell line and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC). The stain-free blot image below represents total proteins loaded for each sample. Quantification of SGLT2 band intensity as normalized volume value, which represents each chemiluminescent signal (band) that is properly total protein normalized to the stain-free signal in its corresponding lane (N=3, 16.7 mmol/L glucose). (D) Representative immunofluorescence co-staining of SGLT2 (green) and DAPI (blue) in activated CD4 + T cells in the absence or presence of insulin (INS, 3 nmol/L) at 16.7 mmol/L glucose. Scale bar: 10 µm. N, number of donors.
Article Snippet: Membranes were blocked with EveryBlot blocking buffer (BioRad, 12010020) for 20 min at room temperature (RT) and then incubated overnight at 4°C with a rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT2 antibody (ProteinTech, 24654-1-AP, 1:500).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Whisker Assay, Gene Expression, Western Blot, Staining, Immunofluorescence