Journal: eLife
Article Title: Neutrophils promote CXCR3-dependent itch in the development of atopic dermatitis
doi: 10.7554/eLife.48448
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Exact permutation test (10,000 iterations, see Materials and methods) for significance of mean absolute log 2 fold change in gene expression at Day 8 (MC903 vs. ethanol) of custom-defined groups of genes for indicated categories (see ). ( B ) Log 2 fold change in gene expression (MC903 vs. ethanol) in mouse skin at indicated time points for key immune and mouse/human AD genes that were significantly differentially expressed for at least one time point in the MC903 model. Only genes from our initial list (see Materials and methods) differentially expressed at corrected p<0.05 and changing >2 fold between treatments for at least one condition are shown. Green bars = increased expression in MC903 relative to ethanol; magenta = decreased expression. Exact values and corrected p -values are reported in and Supplemental Data, respectively. D1 = 6 hr post-treatment; D2 = Day 2; D5 = Day 5; D8 = Day 8. ( C ) Scratching behavior of mice treated with MC903 or ethanol for indicated length of time (two-way ANOVA: **** p interaction <0.0001, F(2,409) = 13.25; Sidak’s multiple comparisons: p day 3 = 0.1309, n = 62,51 mice; * p day 5 = 0.0171, n = 69,56 mice; **** p day 8 < 0.0001, n = 92,85 mice). Exact values displayed in . ( D ) Log 2 fold change in gene expression of neutrophil chemoattractants (upper), Th2 cytokines (middle) and T cell chemoattractants (lower, from RNA-seq data). ( E ) Neutrophil counts in MC903- and ethanol-treated skin at indicated time points (two-way ANOVA: ** p treatment = 0.0023, F(1,102) = 9.82; Sidak’s multiple comparisons: p day 2 > 0.999, n = 4,4 mice; p day 3 = 0.9801, n = 5,5 mice; *** p day 5 = 0.0003, n = 6,8 mice; *** p day 8 = 0.0001, n = 40,38 mice). ( F ) Basophil counts in MC903- and ethanol-treated skin at indicated time points (two-way ANOVA: ** p treatment = 0.0051, F(1,102) = 8.17; Sidak’s multiple comparisons: p day 2 > 0.999, n = 4,4 mice; p day 3 = 0.8850, n = 5,5 mice; p day 5 = 0.0606, n = 6,8 mice; **** p day 8 < 0.0001, n = 40,38 mice). ( G ) CD4 + T cell counts in MC903- and ethanol-treated skin at indicated time points (two-way ANOVA: ** p time = 0.0042, F(1,44) = 9.10; p day 3 = 0.9998, n = 8,6 mice; p day 5 = 0.2223, n = 9,8 mice; ** p day 8 = 0.0021, n = 11,8 mice). Day 8 immune cell infiltrate represented as % of CD45 + cells in (see for all experimental conditions). Exact values displayed in and representative FACS plots for myeloid and T cell gating shown in and . For , data from mice receiving i.p. injection of PBS (see ) in addition to MC903 or EtOH are also included. ( H ) (Upper and Lower) Representative maximum intensity Z-projections from immunohistochemistry (IHC) of whole-mount mouse skin on Day 2 of the MC903 model. Skin was stained with neuronal marker beta-tubulin III (BTIII; green). Hair follicle autofluorescence is visible in the magenta channel. Images were acquired on a confocal using a 20x water objective. ( I ) Quantification of innervation (see Materials and methods) of mouse skin as determined from BTIII staining (*p=0.012; two-tailed t-test ( t = 3.114; df = 9); n = 7,4 images each from two mice per treatment). Day 1 IHC results as follows: 31.78 ± 18.39% (MC903) and 31.51 ± 16.43% (EtOH); p=0.988; two-tailed unpaired t-test; n = 6 images each from two mice per treatment. Exact values are reported in . ( J ) Quantification of CGRP + nerve fibers (see Materials and methods) in skin (**p=0.0083; two-tailed t-test ( t = 2.868; df = 25); n = 15, 12 images from three mice per treatment). Exact values are reported in . Representative images in . Figure 1—source data 1. Values displayed in the bar plot shown in . Figure 1—source data 2. Values displayed in the heat map shown in . Figure 1—source data 3. Values displayed in the bar plot shown in . Figure 1—source data 4. Values displayed in the bar plots shown in and . Figure 1—source data 5. Values displayed in the bar plots shown in and . Figure 1—source data 6. Values displayed in the heat map shown in . Figure 1—source data 7. Values displayed in the heat map shown in . Figure 1—source data 8. Values displayed in the heat map shown in . Figure 1—source data 9. Values displayed in the bar plot shown in .
Article Snippet: Antibody , CD45.2 Monoclonal Antibody (104), APC-Cy7, eBioscience; CD45.2-APC/Cy7 (104) (Mouse monoclonal, 1:200) , eBioscience , RRID: AB_1272175 ; Cat # 47-0454-82 , .
Techniques: Expressing, RNA Sequencing Assay, Injection, Immunohistochemistry, Staining, Marker, Two Tailed Test