Journal: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
Article Title: Anti-tumor effects of RTX-240: an engineered red blood cell expressing 4-1BB ligand and interleukin-15
doi: 10.1007/s00262-021-03001-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: Direct activation of CD8 + T cells and NK cells in vitro. ( a i) PBMCs were labeled with CTFR and incubated with the indicated treatments for 8 days, then analyzed by flow cytometry for: a memory CD8 + T cell numbers; b memory CD8 + T cell proliferation (percentage of cells that went through at least one division); c CD8 + effector memory differentiation; d NK cell numbers; e NK cell proliferation (percentage of cells that went through at least one division); f – i expression of the following molecules on NK cells: f TRAIL, g NKp44, h Granzyme B and i 4-1BB. j Purified NK cells were incubated in vitro overnight with the indicated treatments, then incubated with labeled K562 target cells for 4 h. Target cell killing was measured by flow cytometry. Bars indicate a – i SD of 3 biological replicates j or SD of 3 technical replicates. Flow plots are representative data from one donor. CTFR, CellTrace Far Red dye; GzmB, Granzyme B; IL-15TP, trans-presented interleukin-15; NK, natural killer; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cell; rIL-15, recombinant IL-15; SD, standard deviation
Article Snippet: For mRBC, 5 × 10 6 mRBCs were incubated with 1 μg of recombinant mouse 4-1BB human Fc chimera protein (R&D Systems™, Inc.) for 30 min.
Techniques: Activation Assay, In Vitro, Labeling, Incubation, Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Purification, Recombinant, Standard Deviation