Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: PD-L2 regulates natural antibody and IL-10 secretion by B-1 cells
doi: 10.64898/2025.12.11.693708
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Comparison of sequences of the last 7 amino acids of the transmembrane (TM) domain and the whole cytoplasmic domain of PD-L2 for the indicated mouse strains, including C57BL/6J (B6), the corrected C57BL/6J (B6) strain with the X248W mutation and CAST/EiJ ( Mus musculus castaneus ), indicating amino acid numbering and amino acids identical between strains in green. (B) Diagram showing the amino acid sequence of the last 7 amino acids of the TM domain and the reconstituted cytoplasmic domain of PD-L2 X248W with residues conserved between different mammals in green (from ) and numbers showing amino acid positions. Upper panel: predicted phosphorylation sites Y252 and S257 are indicated in red with kinases that may phosphorylate these listed below. Lower panel: predicted binding partners to these two residues and P259 indicated below. Confidence scores of predicted kinases (from NetPhos 3.1) and binding partners (from Scansite 4.0): INSR (0.521), PKA (0.770); ITK (0.580), NEK10 (0.655), SHC1 (0.691), PKA (0.693), NEK2 (0.910), 14-3-3 (0.733), AURKA (0.703), SRC (0.619). (C) Histograms showing PD-L2 expression on B-1a (CD11b + CD5 + ) and B-1b (CD11b + CD5 - ) cells from peritoneal cavity of WT and PD-L2 X248W mice, pre-gated on live CD19 + cells. (D) Graphs of PD-L2 expression on B-1a and B-1b cells (n=10). (E, F) Flow cytometric analysis of PC1 (E) and CD73 (F) expression on peritoneal B-2 cells (CD19 + CD11b - ) showing example flow plots and graphs of frequencies of PC1 + and CD73 + B-2 cells from mice of the indicated genotypes. These gates were used to set gates for PC1 + and CD73 + B-1 cells in . Sample numbers: n=4 for PC1 in PD-L2ko and all CD73 analyses, 5 for PC1 in X248W and 6 for PC1 in WT. (G) Graphs showing frequency of IgG3-secreting B-1 cells (spot forming units, SFU) and amount of IgG3 production (spot size) determined using ELISpot assays on peritoneal B-1 cells from mice of the indicated genotypes incubated for 48 h (n=4 for PD-L2ko and WT, 5 for X248W). (H) Flow cytometric analysis of intracellular Blimp-1 detected with an antibody in B-2, B-1a and B-1b peritoneal cavity cells from a mouse expressing Blimp-1-GFP. Numbers indicate percentage of cells in gates. Each dot represents one mouse. Horizontal line indicates mean. Data pooled from 4 (D) or 2 (E-G) independent experiments. Mann-Whitney U test was used for statistical analysis; * 0.01 < p < 0.05 ** 0.001 < p < 0.01.
Article Snippet: Intracellular antibodies used, indicating antigen and fluorophore (clone): Blimp-1 APC (5E7) and IRF4 PE (IRF4.3E4) (both BioLegend), CstF-64 CL488 (rabbit polyclonal) (Proteintech); Isotype controls: Rat IgG2a APC isotype control (G013C12), rat IgG1 PE isotype control (G0114F7) (both BioLegend), rabbit IgG1 AF488 (EPR25A; BD Biosciences).
Techniques: Comparison, Mutagenesis, Sequencing, Phospho-proteomics, Binding Assay, Expressing, Enzyme-linked Immunospot, Incubation, MANN-WHITNEY