Journal: Physiological Reports
Article Title: T cell‐expressed Ift88 is required for proper thymocyte differentiation in mice
doi: 10.14814/phy2.70120
Figure Lengend Snippet: Loss of Ift88 in thymic epithelial cells does not impact T cell development. (a) Whole mount image of SSTR3:GFP cilia reporter mice co‐stained with acetylated alpha tubulin and keratin 5 using a 60× objective (b, c) Thymus (b) and spleen (c) weight in Foxn1 cre+ Ift88 f/f or control mice at 8 weeks of age. (d, e) Representative FACS plots showing DN1‐DN4 thymocytes (d), and CD4+/CD8+ DP, CD4+ SP, and CD8+ SP thymocytes (e) in 8 week old Foxn1 cre+ Ift88 f/f or control mice. (f–h) Quantification of DN1‐DN4 thymocytes (f), DP thymocytes (g), and CD4+ and CD8+ SP thymocytes (h) in Foxn1 cre+ Ift88 f/f or control mice. (i) Representative FACS plots showing CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the spleen of Foxn1 cre+ Ift88 f/f or control mice at 8 weeks of age. (j) Quantification of CD4+ and CD8+ spleenocytes in Foxn1 cre+ Ift88 f/f or control mice. For each quantification (except spleen weight), N = 10 mice per group (Controls: 6M, 4F; Foxn1 cre+ Ift88 f/f : 7M, 3F). Two‐way ANOVA.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies were as follows: APC rat anti‐mouse CD25 (Catalog#: 101910, clone 3C7, BioLegend), PE rat anti‐mouse CD3 (Catalog#: 12–0031‐82, clone 145–2 c11, eBioscience), PE Cy7 rat anti‐mouse CD4 (Catalog#: 25–0041‐82, clone GK1.5, Invitrogen), Percpcy5.5 rat anti‐mouse CD8 (Catalog #: 45–0081‐82, clone 53–6.7, Invitrogen), BV786 rat anti‐mouse CD44 (Catalog#: 563736, clone IM7, BD Bioscience), BV605 hamster anti‐mouse TCRβ (Catalog#: 109241, H57‐ APC 597, BioLegend), FITC rat anti‐mouse CD45 (Catalog#: 2023‐08‐08, Clone 30‐F11, ThermoFisher Scientific), and Fixable Aqua Dead Cell Stain (Catalog#: L34957, Invitrogen).
Techniques: Staining, Control