Journal: PLOS ONE
Article Title: Involvement of an IgE/Mast cell/B cell amplification loop in abdominal aortic aneurysm progression
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295408
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Cross-sections of AAAs were coloured with Perl’s+DAB staining and nucleus were counter-stained with nuclear fast red. TLOs (circled with dashed line) are found at proximity of haematomas (arrowheads). Scale bar: 500 μm. (B) Consecutive sections were stained for CD20 (magenta), IgE (green), CD117 (red) and DAPI (grey). B cells (CD20 + and DAPI + ) appear in light pink, autofluorescent red blood cells (low intensity in the CD20 channel and DAPI - ) appear in magenta, and MCs (CD117 + IgE + ) appear in yellow. Scale bar: 250 μm. (C) Magnified inset highlighting the close proximity of IgE + TLOs (dashed circle), red blood cells (white arrowheads) and MCs (blue arrows). (D) Magnified inset highlighting MCs (blue arrows) at proximity to intramural haematoma. (E-F) Adventitia from NAA organ donors and AAA patients were digested and analysed by flow cytometry after the addition of fluorescent count beads. Singlet, not autofluorescent, live CD45 + cells were selected, and MCs were identified as CD3 - CD19 - FcεRIa + CD117 + cells (E). The number of MCs (F, left) and activated (CD107a hi ) MCs (F, right) was calculated in each sample. Error bars represent mean +/- standard error; Mann-Whitney test (***, p < 0.001). (G-H) Cross-sections of AAAs were stained for CD20 (magenta), IgE (green), and tryptase (red). MCs (tryptase + IgE + ) were detected around TLOs. Scale bar: 100 μm. The magnified inset (H) shows a degranulating tryptase + MC at proximity of a TLO.
Article Snippet: Alternatively, sections were incubated with retrieval reagent (R&D Systems), then immunostained using antibodies against IgE (goat polyclonal, Vector Laboratories), MC tryptase (rabbit monoclonal, clone EPR8476, abcam; or mouse monoclonal, clone AA1, abcam), CD20 (mouse monoclonal, clone L26, Dako; or goat polyclonal, Thermofisher), CD117 (rabbit polyclonal, Dako), or glycophorin A (rabbit monoclonal, clone EPR8200, abcam).
Techniques: Staining, Flow Cytometry, MANN-WHITNEY