Dr. Pramod Nehete und Frau Bharti Nehete für Makaken Blut und PBMC-Proben; Diese Arbeit wurde teilweise durch Mittel aus NIH AI 46969 unterstützt, und alle Zellkulturmedien wurden von der Zentralen Media Laboratory hergestellt, die von NIH CA finanziert wird 16672.

1) Zellpräparation und antigene Stimulation, 2) Surface Marker-Färbung, 3) Intrazelluläre Zytokinfärbung und 4) Durchflusszytometrie: Die Verfahren für die detaillierte phänotypische und funktionelle Analysen von insgesamt sowie Speicherprodukte Teilmengen von T-Zellen lassen sich in vier Teile geteilt werden Analysen. 1. Handy Vorbereitung und Antigenstimulation <ol><li> Beide frisch isolierten als auch kryokonserviert peripheren mononukleären Blutzellen (PBMC) wurden in diesem Protokoll verwendet. Die PBMC wurden aus heparinisiertem oder Citrat-venöse Blutproben von Rhesusaffen durch Dichtegradientenzentrifugation Sedimentation mit Ficoll-Hypaque (Histopaquen-1077, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) isoliert. Aliquots von PBMC wurden eingefroren gelagert in 90% FCS und 10% DMSO in flüssigem Stickstoff. </li><li> Bei Verwendung der kryokonservierten PBMC wurden die Ampullen von gefrorenen PBMC aus flüssigem Stickstoff entnommen und schnell in einem 37 C Wasserbad aufgetaut, vorsichtig gemischt, gewaschen mit RPMI-1640 (HyClone Labors, Logan, UT), um die Einfriermedium und entfernen in komplettem Medium resuspendiert [CM; RPMI-1640 ergänzen mit 10% Hitze-inaktiviertem FCS (HyClone Labors), 2 mM L-Glutamin (Sigma-Aldrich), 100U/ml Penicillin / Streptomycin (Invitrogen), und kultiviert in 6 - well-Zellkulturplatten über Nacht bei 37 ° C in einer befeuchteten 5% CO 2-Atmosphäre. Am nächsten Morgen wurden Anzahl der lebensfähigen Zellen durch den Trypan-Blau-Farbstoff Ausschluss-Verfahren ermittelt und in CM resuspendiert. </li><li> Die Zellen wurden unterschiedlich für unspezifische gegen Antigen-spezifische Stimulation durch Zytokin-Analysen gefolgt behandelt: (a) Für nicht-spezifische Stimulation mit Phorbol 12-myristat 13-Acetat (PMA) und Ionomycin (I) (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO), Aliquots von Zellen in einem Volumen von 0,1 ml (1,0 x 10 6 Zellen / well) wurden in die einzelnen Vertiefungen der 96-well-Zellkulturplatten (BD Biosciences, Franklin See, NJ) beschichtet. Die PMA und Ionomycin wurden bei einer Endkonzentration von 50ng/ml und 500ng/ml eingesetzt, bzw.. Die endgültige Gesamtvolumen für 96-Well-Zellkultur Platte 0.2ml/well: (b) zur Antigen-spezifischen Stimulation, 1,0 x 10 6 Zellen in einem Volumen von 1,0 ml wurden in einzelnen Vertiefungen der 24-well-Zellkulturplatten (BD Biosciences vernickelt , Franklin See, NJ), wo die Brunnen wurden vorbehandelt wie zuvor mit der Modifikation 9 beschrieben. Kurz gesagt, wurden die 24-well-Zellkulturplatten mit 2,5 pg / ml / well Ziege anti-Maus IgG (H + L) (Kierkegaard und Perry Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD) in 50 mM Tris-Lösung (pH 8,6) für 4 ° C Übernachtung. Am nächsten Morgen die Platten zweimal mit sterilem PBS und kostimulatorischen mAb CD49d, Klon 9F10 (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) wurden gewaschen wurden bei 10 pg / ml / well, gefolgt von Inkubation für 1 Stunde bei 37 ° C. Nach der Inkubation wurden die Platten zweimal mit sterilem PBS bei Raumtemperatur gewaschen. Die Antigene von Interesse (einschließlich Cocktail aus sechs HIV-Envelope-Peptiden 8 wurden bei einer Endkonzentration von 10μg/ml jedes Peptids aufgenommen. Zusätzliche Bohrungen mit Zellen in CM allein als negative Kontrolle wurden vorbereitet. Die endgültige Gesamtvolumen für jedes Well der 24 -Well-Platte wurden 1,0 ml. </li><li> Die Zellen wurden für 6 Stunden bei 37 ° C in einer befeuchteten 5% CO 2-Atmosphäre. Brefeldin A (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) wurde die Kultur bei 10μg/ml für die letzten 4,5 Stunden Stimulation aufgenommen. Anschließend wurden die Zellen in 5 ml Polypropylen-Röhrchen überführt und mit kaltem (4 ° C) fließen Waschpuffer (Dulbecco PBS (DPBS, Ca 2 / Mg 2-frei; Life Technologies, Rockville, MD) mit 2% hitzeinaktiviertem FCS), und dann für die Färbung mit den verschiedenen Fluoreszenz-markierten Antikörpern verarbeitet. </li></ol> 2. Immunfluoreszenz Oberflächenmarker Färbung <ol><li> Stimulierten Zellen wurden zunächst mit 1UL Live / Dead fixierbar aqua fluoreszierenden Reaktivfarbstoff bei 4 ° C gefärbt im Dunkeln für 30 Minuten, wäscht einmal mit kalten Fluss Waschpuffer. </li><li> Dann werden die folgenden entsprechend titriert Fluoreszenz-markierten monoklonalen Antikörpern, die Zellen wurden hinzugefügt: anti-CD3 PE-Cy7 (SP34-2), anti-CD8 Alexa700 (RPA-T8), anti-CD28 PerCP-Cy5.5 (L293) , anti-CD95 APC (DX2) und anti CD4 Pacific Blue (OKT4), alle von BD Biosciences (Franklin See, NJ), außer CD4 Pacific Blue (OKT4) von eBioscience (San Diego, CA). Die Zellen wurden für 30 Minuten bei 4 ° C im Dunkeln inkubiert. </li><li> Für jedes Experiment sowohl Entschädigung Kontrollen und Fluoreszenz minus eins (FMO) steuert 10,11 ausgenutzt wurden. Compensation Kontrollen wurden verwendet, um das Übergreifen coeffecients der einzelnen Flecken in anderen Detektoren zu bestimmen. Für die Kompensation Kontrollen wurden ein kompletter Satz von Rohren mit Zellsuspensionen von einem Affen mit fluoreszierenden konjugierten mAb einzeln als einzigen Farbflecken gefärbt. FMO ist eine mehrfarbige Färbung Kombination, die alle Reagenzien, aber der eine von Interesse enthält, und wird verwendet, um die Grenze zwischen bestimmeneinen positiven und negativen Bevölkerung durch Duplizieren Autofluoreszenz Ebene und Daten in vollem Umfang gefärbten Probe. </li><li> Gefärbte Zellen wurden dann mit kaltem Fluß Waschpuffer gewaschen und fixiert Fixierung / Permeabilisierung-Lösung (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) für mindestens 10 Minuten (in diesem Stadium können die Zellen über Nacht bei 4 ° C gelagert werden in der Dunkelheit) bevor intrazelluläre Zytokin-Färbung. </li></ol> 3. Intrazelluläre Zytokinfärbung <ol><li> Fixierten Zellen wurden mit Durchfluss-Waschpuffer gewaschen und dann Perm / Wash-Puffer (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) wurde entsprechend den Anweisungen des Herstellers aufgenommen. Kurz gesagt, wurden die Zellen in 0,1 ml des 1X Perm / Wash-Puffer für 10 Minuten bei 4 ° C im Dunkeln inkubiert. </li><li> Anschließend wurden die Zellen mit inkubiert die entsprechend titriert FITC-markierten anti-IFN-γ (B27) und PE-markierten Anti-IL-2 (MQ1-17H12) für 60 Minuten bei 4 ° C im Dunkeln. </li><li> Anschließend wurden die Zellen zwei weitere Male mit der Permeabilisierung Lösung gewaschen </li><li> Nach dem letzten Waschen wurden die Zellen in 1% Paraformaldehyd in DPBS re-suspendiert und Durchflusszytometrie-Analyse innerhalb von 24 Stunden. </li></ol> 4. Durchflusszytometrie <ol><li> Oder Cyan ADP (Dako, Carpinteria, CA); Die gefärbten Zellen wurden auf einem LSR II Durchflusszytometer (San Jose, CA BD Biosciences) erworben. FACS-Daten wurden mit Hilfe FlowJo Software (Tree Star, Ashland, OR) analysiert. </li><li> Abbildung. 1 zeigt die Gating System für die Analyse der verschiedenen T-Zell-Subsets aus einer repräsentativen Tier eingesetzt. Die Lymphozyten wurden zunächst gated via forward scatter (FSC) versus side scatter (SSC), und dann leben Lymphozyten wurden basierend auf SSC und Aqua-negative Population identifiziert. Die T-Zellen wurden dann positiv CD3-Expression durch den Nachweis der CD4 + CD8-(CD4 + T-Zellen), gefolgt identifiziert und CD4-CD8 + (CD8 + T-Zellen) Populationen innerhalb des CD3 + T-Zell-Population. Die CD4 + und CD8 + T-Zellen wurden weiter in verschiedene Untergruppen auf der Basis von CD28 und CD95 Expression als naiv (Tn, CD28 + CD95-), zentralen Speicher (TCM, CD28 + CD95 +) und Effektor-Memory-(TEM, CD28-CD95 +) Zellen unterschieden in der Literatur beschriebenen 5, 10. </li><li> Abbildung. 2 zeigt, wie die verschiedenen Untergruppen der CD4 + und CD8 + T-Zellen für die funktionelle Kapazität in Bezug auf die Produktion von Zytokinen (INF-γ und / oder IL-2) in Reaktion auf die Stimulation mit PMA und Ionomycin (PMA + I) bewertet wurden. </li></ol> 5. Vertreter FACS-Daten PBMC Zusammensetzung in Rhesusaffen wurde mittels FACS-Analyse. Abbildung 1 zeigt die Gating System für die Analyse der verschiedenen T-Zell-Subsets aus einer repräsentativen Tier eingesetzt. Die Lymphozyten wurden zunächst gated via forward scatter (FSC) versus side scatter (SSC), und dann leben Lymphozyten wurden basierend auf SSC und Aqua-negative Population identifiziert. Die T-Zellen wurden dann durch CD3 Expression identifiziert. CD4 + CD8-(CD4 + T-Zellen) und CD4-CD8 + (CD8 + T-Zellen) Populationen innerhalb des CD3 + T-Zell-Population wurden ebenfalls bestimmt. Wie in Abbildung 2 gezeigt, wurden die CD4 + und CD8 + T-Zellen weiter in verschiedene Untergruppen auf der Basis von CD28 und CD95 Expression als naiv (Tn, CD28 + CD95-), zentralen Speicher (TCM, CD28 + CD95 +) und Effektor-Memory (Tem unterscheiden, CD28-CD95 +) Zellen. Abbildung 2A zeigt INF-γ und IL-2-Produktion in unstimulierten und PMA / Ionomycin stimuliert CD4 + T-Zellen und Teilmengen und 2B zeigt INF-γ und IL-2-Produktion in unstimulierten und PMA / Ionomycin stimuliert CD8 + T-Zellen und Teilmengen Beachten Sie die unterschiedlichen Zytokin-Profile, hervorgerufen durch Stimulation in jeder Teilmenge. <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/1743/1743fig1.jpg"><img src="/files/ftp_upload/1743/1743fig1tmb.jpg" alt="Abbildung 1" border="0" /></a> Abbildung 1. Gating-Strategie für die durchflusszytometrische Analyse von PBMC Zusammensetzung in Rhesusaffen verwendet macqaues <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/1743/1743fig2a.jpg"><img src="/files/ftp_upload/1743/1743fig2atmb.jpg" alt="Abbildung 2a" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/1743/1743fig2b.jpg"><img src="/files/ftp_upload/1743/1743fig2btmb.jpg" alt="Abbildung 2b" border="0" /></a> Abbildung 2. (A) Zytokin-Produktion Profil des gesamten CD4 + T-Zellen und Teilmengen. (B) Zytokin-Produktion Profil des gesamten CD8 + T-Zellen und Untergruppen.

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Lösung und Puffer <ul><li> Ficoll-Hypaque (Histopaquen-1077, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) </li><li> RPMI-1640 Medium (HyClone Labors, Logan, UT) </li><li> Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), (HyClone Labors, Logan, UT) </li><li> L-Glutamin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) </li><li> Penicillin / Streptomycin (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) </li><li> Trypanblau-Reagenz (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) </li><li> 50 mM Tris, pH 8,6, filtriert und bei 4 ° C </li><li> Dulbecco PBS (DPBS, Ca2/Mg2-free; Life Technologies, Rockville, MD) </li><li> Flow-Waschpuffer: DPBS Ergänzung mit 2% FBS, Lagerung bei 4 ° C </li><li> BD Cytofix / Cytoperm Fixation / Permeabilisierung Solution Kit (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li></ul> Activation Agenten <ul><li> Phorbol 12-myristat 13-Acetat (PMA) (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) </li><li> Ionomycin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) </li><li> Kostimulatorischen mAb CD49d, Klon 9F10 (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li><li> Affinity gereinigte Antikörper F (ab) 2-Fragmente von Goat Anti-Mouse IgG (H + L) (Kierkegaard und Perry Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD) </li><li> Spezifische Aktivierung Agenten könnten Peptid-Pools, einzelnes Peptid oder Protein ganze </li></ul> Zytokinsekretion Inhibitoren <ul><li> Brefedin A (BFA, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) </li><li> Golgi-Plug können alternativ verwendet werden (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li></ul> Antibodies <ul><li> Live / Dead fixierbar aqua Fluoreszenzfarbstoff-Kit (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) </li><li> CD3 PE-Cy7 (SP34-2), (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li><li> CD4 Pacific Blue (OKT4), (eBiosciences (San Diego, CA) </li><li> CD8 Alexa700 (RPA-T8), (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li><li> CD28 PerCP-Cy5.5 (L293), (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li><li> CD95 APC (DX2), (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li><li> IFN-FITC (B27), (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li><li> IL-2 PE (MQ1-17H12), (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) </li></ul>

multicolor flow cytometry analyses of cellular immune response in rhesus macaques

Die Rhesusaffen-Modell ist derzeit das beste verfügbare Modell für HIV-AIDS in Bezug auf das Verständnis der Pathogenese sowie für die Entwicklung von Impfstoffen und Therapeutika<sup&gt; 1,2,3</sup&gt;. Hier beschreiben wir eine Methode für die detaillierte phänotypische und funktionelle Analysen von zellulären Immunantworten, insbesondere intrazelluläre Zytokin-Produktion von CD4 + und CD8 + T-Zellen als auch die individuelle Erinnerung Teilmengen. Wir erhalten präzise quantitative und qualitative Maßnahmen für die Produktion von Interferon-gamma (INF-) und Interleukin (IL) -2 in beiden CD4 + und CD8 + T-Zellen aus dem Rhesusaffen PBMC mit PMA und Ionomycin (PMA + I) stimuliert. Das Zytokin-Profile wurden verschiedene in den verschiedenen Untergruppen von Speicherzellen. Darüber hinaus lieferte dieses Protokoll uns die Empfindlichkeit auch kleinere Fraktionen von Antigen-spezifischen CD4 + demonstrieren und CD8 + T-Zell-Subsets innerhalb der PBMC-Proben von Rhesusaffen mit einer HIV-Envelope-Peptid-Cocktail-Impfstoff in unserem Labor entwickelt immunisiert. Die Multicolor-Durchflusszytometrie-Technik ist ein leistungsfähiges Werkzeug, um genau zu identifizieren verschiedene Populationen von T-Zellen<sup&gt; 4,5</sup&gt; Mit Zytokin-produzierende Funktion<sup&gt; 6</sup&gt; Folgende unspezifische oder Antigen-spezifische Stimulation<sup&gt; 5,7</sup&gt;.

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Multicolor Flow Cytometry Analyses of Cellular Immune Response in Rhesus Macaques

Wir demonstrieren den Nutzen des multicolor Durchflusszytometrie für detaillierte phänotypische und funktionelle Charakterisierung von insgesamt sowie Speicherprodukte Teilmengen von CD4 + und CD8 + T-Zellen in Rhesusaffen, das ideale Modell für HIV / AIDS-Impfstoff-Studien.

Multicolor Durchflusszytometrie Analysen der zellulären Immunantwort in Rhesusaffen

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21.0K Aufrufe.  MD Anderson Cancer Center - University of Texas. Wir demonstrieren den Nutzen des multicolor Durchflusszytometrie für detaillierte phänotypische und funktionelle Charakterisierung von insgesamt sowie Speicherprodukte Teilmengen von CD4 + und CD8 + T-Zellen in Rhesusaffen, das ideale Modell für HIV / AIDS-Impfstoff-Studien.

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Measuring Calpain Activity in Fixed and Living Cells by Flow Cytometry

Calpains are ubiquitous intracellular, calcium-sensitive, neutral cysteine proteases 1. Calpains play crucial roles in many physiological processes, including signaling, cytoskeletal remodeling, regulation of gene expression, apoptosis and cell cycle progression 1. Calpains have been implicated in many pathologies including muscular dystrophies, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis 1. Calpain regulation is complex and incompletely understood. mRNA and protein levels correlate poorly with activity, limiting the use of gene or protein expression techniques to measure calpain activity. This video protocol details a flow cytometric assay developed in our laboratory for measuring calpain activity in fixed and living cells. This method uses the fluorescent substrate BOC-LM-CMAC, which is cleaved specifically by calpain, to measure calpain activity. 2 In this video, calpain activity in fixed and living murine 32Dkit leukemia cells, alone or as part of a splenocyte population is measured using an LSRII (BD Bioscience). 32Dkit cells are shown to have elevated activity compared to normal splenocytes.

This article will detail the protocol for measuring calpain activity in fixed and living cells using flow cytometry.

Mess-Calpain Aktivität in fixierten und lebenden Zellen mittels Durchflusszytometrie

Calpains are ubiquitous intracellular, calcium-sensitive, neutral cysteine proteases 1. Calpains play crucial roles in many physiological processes, ...

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Seven Steps to Stellate Cells

Hepatic stellate cells are liver-resident cells of star-like morphology and are located in the space of Disse between liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and hepatocytes1,2. Stellate cells are derived from bone marrow precursors and store up to 80% of the total body vitamin A1, 2. Upon activation, stellate cells differentiate into myofibroblasts to produce extracellular matrix, thus contributing to liver fibrosis3. Based on their ability to contract, myofibroblastic stellate cells can regulate the vascular tone associated with portal hypertension4. Recently, we demonstrated that hepatic stellate cells are potent antigen presenting cells and can activate NKT cells as well as conventional T lymphocytes5. 

 Here we present a method for the efficient preparation of hepatic stellate cells from mouse liver. Due to their perisinusoidal localization, the isolation of hepatic stellate cells is a multi-step process. In order to render stellate cells accessible to isolation from the space of Disse, mouse livers are perfused in situ with the digestive enzymes Pronase E and Collagenase P. Following perfusion, the liver tissue is subjected to additional enzymatic treatment with Pronase E and Collagenase P in vitro. Subsequently, the method takes advantage of the massive amount of vitamin A-storing lipid droplets in hepatic stellate cells. This feature allows the separation of stellate cells from other hepatic cell types by centrifugation on an 8% Nycodenz gradient. The protocol described here yields a highly pure and homogenous population of stellate cells. Purity of preparations can be assessed by staining for the marker molecule glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), prior to analysis by fluorescence microscopy or flow cytometry. Further, light microscopy reveals the unique appearance of star-shaped hepatic stellate cells that harbor high amounts of lipid droplets. 


 Taken together, we present a detailed protocol for the efficient isolation of hepatic stellate cells, including representative images of their morphological appearance and GFAP expression that help to define the stellate cell entity.

Here we describe a method for the isolation of hepatic stellate cells from mouse liver. For stellate cell purification, mouse livers are digested in situ and in vitro by pronase-collagenase treatment prior to density gradient centrifugation. This technique yields highly pure hepatic stellate cells.

Seven Steps to Cells Stellate

Hepatic stellate cells are liver-resident  cells of star-like morphology and are located in the space of Disse between  liver sinusoidal endothelial cells ...

Flow Cytometry Analysis of Immune Cells Within Murine Aortas

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process of medium and large size vessels that is characterized by the formation of plaques consisting of foam cells, immune cells, vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells, platelets, extracellular matrix, and a lipid-rich core with extensive necrosis and fibrosis of surrounding tissues.1 The innate and adaptive arms of the immune response are involved in the initiation, development and persistence of atherosclerosis.2, 3 There is a significant body of evidence that different subsets of the immune cells, such as macrophages, dendritic cells, T and B lymphocytes, are present within the aortas of healthy and atherosclerosis-prone mice4. Additionally, immune cells are found in the surrounding aortic adventitia which suggests an important role of this tissue in atherogenesis.2
For some time, the quantitative detection of different types of immune cells, their activation status, and the cellular composition within the aortic wall was limited by RT-PCR and immunohistochemical methods for the study of atherosclerosis. Few attempts were made to perform flow cytometry using human aortas, and a number of problems, such as a high autofluorescence, have been reported5,6. Human atherosclerotic plaques were digested with collagenase 1, and free cells were collected and stained for CD14+/CD11c+ to highlight macrophage-derived foam cells. In this study, a "mock" channel was used to avoid false-positive staining.6 Necrotic materials accumulating during the digestion process give rise in a large amount of debris that generates a high autofluorescence in aortic samples. To resolve this problem, a panel of negative and positive controls has been proposed, but only double staining could be applied in these samples. We have developed a new flow cytometry-based method7 to analyze the immune cell composition and characterize the activation, proliferation, differentiation of immune cells in healthy and atherosclerosis-prone aorta. This method allows the investigation of the immune cell composition of the aortic wall and opens possibilities to use a broad spectrum of immunological methods for investigations of immune aspects of this disease.

This paper presents a flow cytometry-based method to investigate the immune composition of aortas. The paper also illustrates an additional technique that allows examining surrounding adventitia and vessel wall separately. This method opens possibilities to perform phenotypical analyses of aortic leukocytes and apply several immunological assays for atherosclerosis studies.

Durchflusszytometrie-Analyse von Immunzellen innerhalb Murine Aorten

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process of medium and large size vessels that is characterized by the formation of plaques consisting of foam ...

Human In Vitro Suppression as Screening Tool for the Recognition of an Early State of Immune Imbalance

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical mediators of immune tolerance to self-antigens. In addition, they are crucial regulators of the immune response following an infection. Despite efforts to identify unique surface marker on Tregs, the only unique feature is their ability to suppress the proliferation and function of effector T cells. While it is clear that only in vitro assays can be used in assessing human Treg function, this becomes problematic when assessing the results from cross-sectional studies where healthy cells and cells isolated from subjects with autoimmune diseases (like Type 1 Diabetes-T1D) need to be compared. There is a great variability among laboratories in the number and type of responder T cells, nature and strength of stimulation, Treg:responder ratios and the number and type of antigen-presenting cells (APC) used in human in vitro suppression assays. This variability makes comparison between studies measuring Treg function difficult. The Treg field needs a standardized suppression assay that will work well with both healthy subjects and those with autoimmune diseases. We have developed an in vitro suppression assay that shows very little intra-assay variability in the stimulation of T cells isolated from healthy volunteers compared to subjects with underlying autoimmune destruction of pancreatic &beta;-cells. The main goal of this piece is to describe an in vitro human suppression assay that allows comparison between different subject groups. Additionally, this assay has the potential to delineate a small loss in nTreg function and anticipate further loss in the future, thus identifying subjects who could benefit from preventive immunomodulatory therapy1. Below, we provide thorough description of the steps involved in this procedure. We hope to contribute to the standardization of the in vitro suppression assay used to measure Treg function. In addition, we offer this assay as a tool to recognize an early state of immune imbalance and a potential functional biomarker for T1D.

Human In Vitro Suppression as Screening Tool for the Recognition of an Early State of Immune Imbalance

Tregs are potent suppressors of the immune system. There is a lack of unique surface markers to define them, hence, definitions of Tregs are primarily functional. Here we describe an optimized in vitro assay capable of identifying immune imbalance in subjects at risk to develop T1D.

Mensch In Vitro Suppression als Screening-Tool für die Anerkennung von Early State of Immune Imbalance

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical mediators of immune tolerance to self-antigens. In addition, they are crucial regulators of the immune response ...

Detection of Fluorescent Nanoparticle Interactions with Primary Immune Cell Subpopulations by Flow Cytometry

Engineered nanoparticles are endowed with very promising properties for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. This work describes a fast and reliable method of analysis by flow cytometry to study nanoparticle interaction with immune cells. Primary immune cells can be easily purified from human or mouse tissues by antibody-mediated magnetic isolation. In the first instance, the different cell populations running in a flow cytometer can be distinguished by the forward-scattered light (FSC), which is proportional to cell size, and the side-scattered light (SSC), related to cell internal complexity. Furthermore, fluorescently labeled antibodies against specific cell surface receptors permit the identification of several subpopulations within the same sample. Often, all these features vary when cells are boosted by external stimuli that change their physiological and morphological state. Here, 50 nm FITC-SiO2 nanoparticles are used as a model to identify the internalization of nanostructured materials in human blood immune cells. The cell fluorescence and side-scattered light increase after incubation with nanoparticles allowed us to define time and concentration dependence of nanoparticle-cell interaction. Moreover, such protocol can be extended to investigate Rhodamine-SiO2 nanoparticle interaction with primary microglia, the central nervous system resident immune cells, isolated from mutant mice that specifically express the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in the monocyte/macrophage lineage. Finally, flow cytometry data related to nanoparticle internalization into the cells have been confirmed by confocal microscopy.

Analysis of nanoparticle interaction with defined subpopulations of immune cells by flow cytometry.

Detektion von fluoreszierenden Nanopartikel Wechselwirkungen mit primären Immun-Zell-Subpopulationen durch Durchflusszytometrie

Engineered nanoparticles are endowed with very promising properties for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. This work describes a fast and reliable ...

In Vitro Analysis of Myd88-mediated Cellular Immune Response to West Nile Virus Mutant Strain Infection

An attenuated West Nile virus (WNV), a nonstructural (NS) 4B-P38G mutant, induced higher innate cytokine and T cell responses than the wild-type WNV in mice. Recently, myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) signaling was shown to be important for initial T cell priming and memory T cell development during WNV NS4B-P38G mutant infection. In this study, two flow cytometry-based methods &#8211; an in vitro T cell priming assay and an intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) &#8211; were utilized to assess dendritic cells (DCs) and T cell functions. In the T cell priming assay, cell proliferation was analyzed by flow cytometry following co-culture of DCs from both groups of mice with carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE) - labeled CD4+ T cells of OTII transgenic mice. This approach provided an accurate determination of the percentage of proliferating CD4+ T cells with significantly improved overall sensitivity than the traditional assays with radioactive reagents. A microcentrifuge tube system was used in both cell culture and cytokine staining procedures of the ICS protocol. Compared to the traditional tissue culture plate-based system, this modified procedure was easier to perform at biosafety level (BL) 3 facilities. Moreover, WNV- infected cells were treated with paraformaldehyde in both assays, which enabled further analysis outside BL3 facilities. Overall, these in vitro immunological assays can be used to efficiently assess cell-mediated immune responses during WNV infection.

In Vitro Analysis of Myd88-mediated Cellular Immune Response to West Nile Virus Mutant Strain Infection

Two flow cytometry-based methods &#8211; an in vitro T cell priming assay and intracellular cytokine staining were utilized to measure antigen presenting capacity of dendritic cells and antigen-specific T cell responses to a West Nile virus mutant infection in mice.

In-vitro-Analyse Myd88-vermittelte zelluläre Immunantwort gegen das West-Nil-Virus-Infektion Mutantenstamm

An attenuated West Nile virus (WNV), a nonstructural (NS) 4B-P38G mutant, induced higher innate cytokine and T cell responses than the wild-type WNV in ...

Analysis of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-specific CD8+ T-cells in Rhesus Macaques by Peptide-MHC-I Tetramer Staining

Peptide-major histocompatibility complex class I (pMHC-I) tetramers have been an invaluable tool to study CD8+ T-cell responses. Because these reagents directly bind to T-cell receptors on the surface of CD8+ T-lymphocytes, fluorochrome-labeled pMHC-I tetramers enable the accurate detection of antigen (Ag)-specific CD8+ T-cells without the need for in vitro re-stimulation. Moreover, when combined with multi-color flow cytometry, pMHC-I tetramer staining can reveal key aspects of Ag-specific CD8+ T-cells, including differentiation stage, memory phenotype, and activation status. These types of analyses have been especially useful in the field of HIV immunology where CD8+ T-cells can affect progression to AIDS. Experimental infection of rhesus macaques with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) provides an invaluable tool to study cellular immunity against the AIDS virus. As a result, considerable progress has been made in defining and characterizing T-cell responses in this animal model. Here we present an optimized protocol for enumerating SIV-specific CD8+ T-cells in rhesus macaques by pMHC-I tetramer staining. Our assay permits the simultaneous quantification and memory phenotyping of two pMHC-I tetramer+ CD8+ T-cell populations per test, which might be useful for tracking SIV-specific CD8+ T-cell responses generated by vaccination or SIV infection. Considering the relevance of nonhuman primates in biomedical research, this methodology is applicable for studying CD8+ T-cell responses in multiple disease settings.

Analysis of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-specific CD8+ T-cells in Rhesus Macaques by Peptide-MHC-I Tetramer Staining

Here, we present an optimized protocol for enumerating and characterizing rhesus macaque CD8+ T cells against the AIDS virus. This article is useful not only to the field of HIV immunology, but also to other areas of biomedical research where CD8+ T cell responses are known to affect disease outcome.

Analysis of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-spezifischen CD8<sup&gt; +</sup&gt; T-Zellen in Rhesusaffen von Peptid-MHC-I Tetramerfärbung

Peptide-major histocompatibility complex class I (pMHC-I) tetramers have been an invaluable tool to study CD8+ T-cell responses. Because these reagents ...

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Immune Synapse in the Human System Using Imaging Flow Cytometry

The immune synapse is the area of communication between T cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs). T cells polarize surface receptors and proteins towards the immune synapse to assure a stable binding and signal exchange. Classical confocal, TIRF, or super-resolution microscopy have been used to study the immune synapse. Since these methods require manual image acquisition and time-consuming quantification, the imaging of rare events is challenging. Here, we describe a workflow that enables the morphological analysis of tens of thousands of cells. Immune synapses are induced between primary human T cells in pan-leukocyte preparations and Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB)-loaded Raji cells as APCs. Image acquisition is performed with imaging flow cytometry, also called In-Flow microscopy, which combines features of a flow cytometer and a fluorescence microscope. A complete gating strategy for identifying T cell/APC couples and analyzing the immune synapses is provided. As this workflow allows the analysis of immune synapses in unpurified pan-leukocyte preparations and hence requires only a small volume of blood (i.e., 1 mL), it can be applied to samples from patients. Importantly, several samples can be prepared, measured, and analyzed in parallel.

Here, we describe a complete workflow for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of immune synapses between primary human T cells and antigen-presenting cells. The method is based on imaging flow cytometry, which allows the acquisition and evaluation of several thousand cell images within a relatively short period of time.

Qualitative und Quantitative Analyse der immun Synapse im menschlichen System mit Hilfe von Imaging Durchflusszytometrie

The immune synapse is the area of communication between T cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs). T cells polarize surface receptors and proteins ...

Isolation and In Vitro Culture of Murine and Human Alveolar Macrophages

Alveolar macrophages are terminally differentiated, lung-resident macrophages of prenatal origin. Alveolar macrophages are unique in their long life and their important role in lung development and function, as well as their lung-localized responses to infection and inflammation. To date, no unified method for identification, isolation, and handling of alveolar macrophages from humans and mice exists. Such a method is needed for studies on these important innate immune cells in various experimental settings. The method described here, which can be easily adopted by any laboratory, is a simplified approach to harvesting alveolar macrophages from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or from lung tissue and maintaining them in vitro. Because alveolar macrophages primarily occur as adherent cells in the alveoli, the focus of this method is on dislodging them prior to harvest and identification. The lung is a highly vascularized organ, and various cell types of myeloid and lymphoid origin inhabit, interact, and are influenced by the lung microenvironment. By using the set of surface markers described here, researchers can easily and unambiguously distinguish alveolar macrophages from other leukocytes, and purify them for downstream applications. The culture method developed herein supports both human and mouse alveolar macrophages for in vitro growth, and is compatible with cellular and molecular studies.

Isolation and In Vitro Culture of Murine and Human Alveolar Macrophages

This communication describes methodologies for isolation and culture of alveolar macrophages from humans and murine models for experimental purposes.

Isolation und In-vitro- Kultur von murinen und menschlichen alveoläre Makrophagen

Alveolar macrophages are terminally differentiated, lung-resident macrophages of prenatal origin. Alveolar macrophages are unique in their long life and ...

Single-cell Quantitation of mRNA and Surface Protein Expression in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-infected CD4+ T Cells Isolated from Rhesus macaques

Single-cell analysis is an important tool for dissecting heterogeneous populations of cells. The identification and isolation of rare cells can be difficult. To overcome this challenge, a methodology combining indexed flow cytometry and high-throughput multiplexed quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was developed. The objective was to identify and characterize simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected cells present within rhesus macaques. Through quantitation of surface protein by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and mRNA by qPCR, virus-infected cells are identified by viral gene expression, which is combined with host gene and protein measurements to create a multidimensional profile. We term the approach, targeted Single-Cell Proteo-transcriptional Evaluation, or tSCEPTRE. To perform the method, viable cells are stained with fluorescent antibodies specific for surface markers used for FACS isolation of a cell subset and/or downstream phenotypic analysis. Single cells are sorted followed by immediate lysis, multiplex reverse transcription (RT), PCR pre-amplification, and high throughput qPCR of up to 96 transcripts. FACS measurements are recorded at the time of sorting and subsequently linked to the gene expression data by well position to create a combined protein and transcriptional profile. To study SIV-infected cells directly ex vivo, cells were identified by qPCR detection of multiple viral RNA species. The combination of viral transcripts and the quantity of each provide a framework for classifying cells into distinct stages of the viral life cycle (e.g., productive versus non-productive). Moreover, tSCEPTRE of SIV+ cells were compared to uninfected cells isolated from the same specimen to assess differentially expressed host genes and proteins. The analysis revealed previously unappreciated viral RNA expression heterogeneity among infected cells as well as in vivo SIV-mediated post-transcriptional gene regulation with single-cell resolution. The tSCEPTRE method is relevant for the analysis of any cell population amenable to identification by expression of surface protein marker(s), host or pathogen gene(s), or combinations thereof.

Single-cell Quantitation of mRNA and Surface Protein Expression in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-infected CD4+ T Cells Isolated from Rhesus macaques

Described is a methodology to quantitate the expression of 96 genes and 18 surface proteins by single cells ex vivo, allowing for the identification of differentially expressed genes and proteins in virus-infected cells relative to uninfected cells. We apply the approach to study SIV-infected CD4+ T cells isolated from rhesus macaques.

Einzellige Quantifizierung der mRNA und Oberfläche Protein-Expression in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-infizierten CD4+ T Zellen isoliert von Rhesus-Makaken