Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: Distinct bidirectional regulation of LFA1 and α4β7 by Rap1 and integrin adaptors in T cells under shear flow
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112580
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) In vivo short homing assay with fluorescently labeled T cells from kindlin-3-deficient (Knd3-KO), talin1-deficient (Tln-KO), or Rap1a/b double-deficient (Rap1-KO) mice. Labeled T cells harvested from spleen (SPL), surface LN (SLN), mesenteric LN (MLN), and Peyer’s patches (PPs) were analyzed. The ratio against control T cells in tissues was calculated as homing efficiency. All experiments were performed in quadruplicate and statistically analyzed by Student’s t test. Data are mean ± SD. Total analyzed cell numbers are 96,883 cells (SPL), 24,600 cells (SLN), 25,771 cells (MLN), and 10,949 cells (PP). (B) Relative distributions of transferred Knd3-KO, Tln-KO, or Rap1-KO T cells in LNs. HEVs III, >30 μm (diameter); HEVs IV, 20–30 μm with branches; HEVs V, < 20 μm; and parenchyma (outside of vessels). For the control experiment, dyes were swapped. All experiments were performed in duplicate at minimum and statistically analyzed by chi-squared test. Total counted cell numbers were 2,667 for WT, 1,384 for Knd3-KO (left), 4,071 for WT, 397 for Tln-KO (center), 1,984 for WT, and 163 for Rap1-KO T cells (right). (C) Representative images of transferred T cell distribution in LN slices. Transferred WT T cells (blue) were distributed in HEV orders III, IV, V (green), and parenchyma. Knd3-KO T cells (red) were sparsely distributed, especially in narrow HEVs (order IV and V) and parenchyma. Bar, 30 μm. (D) Residual Knd3-KO T cells in HEVs were reduced by treatment with integrin-blocking Ab against integrin αL. Experiments were performed in duplicate and statistically analyzed by chi-squared test. Total cell numbers were 617 for Knd3-KO and 105 for Knd3-KO T cells with antibody blocking. (E) Detachment assay of WT, Knd3-KO, Tln-KO, or Rap1-KO T cells on 180 sites/μm 2 of ICAM1 at 2 and 5 dyn/cm 2 . Total numbers of input cells were 1,138 for the Knd3-KO control, 994 for Knd3-KO, 902 for the Tln-KO control, 721 for Tln-KO, 676 for the Rap1-KO control, and 805 for Rap1-KO T cells. All experiments were performed in triplicate at minimum and statistically analyzed by Student’s t test. (F) Detachment assay of WT, Knd3-KO, Tln-KO, or Rap1-KO T cells on 1,000 sites/μm 2 of ICAM1 at 2 and 5 dyn/cm 2 . The total numbers of input cells were 2,282 for the control, 1,754 for Knd3-KO, 2,236 for Tln-KO, and 2,060 for Rap1-KO T cells. All experiments were performed in quadruplicate and statistically analyzed by Student’s t test. Data are mean ± SD.
Article Snippet: Monoclonal Abs against αL (KBA), ICAM1 (YN1/1.7.4), MAdCAM1 (MECA-89), and L-selectin (MEL-14) were purified from supernatants of hybridomas (ATCC) for blocking experiments or flow cytometric analysis.
Techniques: In Vivo, Labeling, Control, Blocking Assay