Journal: The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Article Title: XPR1 regulates fetal liver macrophage development, identity, and pyrenocyte clearance
doi: 10.1084/jem.20241587
Figure Lengend Snippet: Phenotypic and functional changes in Mrc1 Cre Xpr1 fl/fl animals. (A) Violin plots showing the expression of Mrc1 in the indicated clusters of E15.5 FL cells. Data refer to scRNA-seq data in . (B) Immunohistochemistry of E15.5 Xpr1 fl/fl control liver stained for IBA1 (cyan), CD206 (magenta), and CD31 (white). Insets: Single stainings shown of the outlined region in the overview image. Scale bar: 100 µm, inset 50 µm. Filled arrowheads show CD206 + macrophages, open arrowheads show CD206 + endothelial cells. (C) Representative flow cytometry plot of CD206 expression in liver macrophages extracted from E15.5 Xpr1 fl/fl embryos (pre-gated on CD45 + CD31 − Ly6G − F4/80 + CD11b + TER119 − cells). (D) Representative flow cytometry plots of Tim4 expression in liver macrophages extracted from E15.5 Xpr1 fl/fl and Mrc1 Cre Xpr1 fl/fl embryos (pre-gated on CD45 + Ly6G − F4/80 + cells). Data are representative of at least n = 5 per group. (E) Representative flow cytometry plots and graph showing the percentage (normalized to control) of pHrodo Red + FL macrophages (gated on CD45 + F4/80 + CD11b int cells) from Mrc1 Cre Xpr1 fl/fl and Xpr1 fl/fl FLs at E15.5, exposed in vitro to pHrodo Red Zymosan bioparticles for 90 min. Data shown are n = 3–6 per group and are pooled from two independent experiments. Statistical analysis was performed using the Student’s t test. (F) Heatmap of all 6,208 DEGs in the RNA-seq data of Xpr1 fl/fl and Mrc1 Cre Xpr1 fl/fl FL macrophages from . Genes indicated are the core KC-genes and KC-associated transcription factors identified in . (G) Gene ontology analysis for biological processes of the DEGs in the RNA-seq data of Xpr1 fl/fl and Mrc1 Cre Xpr1 fl/fl FL macrophages from . (H) Representative flow cytometry plots, frequencies, and numbers (mean ± SD) of Tim4 expression on KCs of adult Xpr1 fl/fl and Mrc1 Cre Xpr1 fl/fl mice (pre-gated on CD45 + Ly6G − F4/80 + cells). Data shown are n = 3–5 per group and are pooled from two independent experiments. Statistical analyses were performed using the Student’s t test. (I) Representative flow cytometry plots, frequencies, and numbers (mean ± SD) of KCs of adult Xpr1 fl/fl and Siglec1 Cre Xpr1 fl/fl mice (pre-gated on CD45 + Ly6G − F4/80 + cells). Data shown are n = 3 per group. Statistical analyses were performed using the Student’s t test. ( J–M ) Representative flow cytometry plots, frequencies, and numbers (mean ± SD) of (J) heart macrophages (Heart Macs) (pre-gated on CD45 + Ly6G − cells), (K) Langerhans cells (LCs) (pre-gated on CD45 + Ly6G − TCRβ − SiglecF − Langerin + cells), (L) kidney macrophages (Kidney Macs) (pre-gated on CD45 + Ly6G − CD3 − CD19 − B220 − CD49b − CD90 − cells), and (M) alveolar macrophages (AMs) (pre-gated on CD45 + Ly6G − CD3 − CD19 − B220 − CD49b − CD90 − cells) of adult Xpr1 fl/fl and Mrc1 Cre Xpr1 fl/fl mice. Data shown are n = 5 per group and are pooled from two independent experiments. Statistical analyses were performed using the Student’s t test. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, and ****P < 0.0001. ns, not significant.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used were F4/80 (clone BM8, 123101; BioLegend; clone CI:A3-1, MCA497A488; Bio-Rad), CD64 (clone AT152-9, MCA5997; Bio-Rad), IBA1 (ABIN2857032; Antibodies Online), TIM4 (AF2826; R&D Systems), CD31 (AF3628; R&D Systems), and CD206 (GTX42265; GeneTex).
Techniques: Functional Assay, Expressing, Immunohistochemistry, Control, Staining, Flow Cytometry, In Vitro, RNA Sequencing