Journal: Journal of Clinical Apheresis
Article Title: Suppressive CD8 + T‐Cells Are Key Cellular Mediators of Extracorporeal Photopheresis
doi: 10.1002/jca.70094
Figure Lengend Snippet: Suppressive CD8+ T cells are increased in patients undergoing ECP. For all experiments PBMCs were isolated from whole blood obtained from healthy donors or patients undergoing ECP. (A) Flow cytometry was performed, and CD8+ suppressor cells were identified as indicated. (B–E) CD4+ CD25− cells were isolated from PBMCs, stained with CFSE, and incubated with CD8+ cells at the indicated ratios for 5–7 days. Flow cytometry was performed to identify CFSE dilute CD4+ cells (divided) and the % suppression was calculated by comparing the divided populations to CD4+ cells that were incubated in the absence of CD8+ cells (more details in the materials and methods). (B) CD8‐suppression assays in healthy donors versus ECP patients. (C) CD8‐suppression assays in paired samples obtained prior to the start of ECP (Baseline) or after 1 month of therapy. (D, E) Allo‐suppression assays. CD4+ CD25− cells were isolated from healthy donors or ECP patients. Each donor was paired with an ECP patient to allow for direct comparison between autologous and allogenic suppression results. (D) CD4+ CD25− cells from the healthy donors were incubated with CD8+ cells from the same healthy donor (auto) or a paired ECP patient (allo). (E) CD4+ CD25− cells from the ECP patients were incubated with CD8+ cells from a paired healthy donor (allo) or the same ECP patient (auto). Suppression of cell proliferation was evaluated as described above. Statistics were performed using Student's t ‐test with * indicating p < 0.05, ** indicating p < 0.01, and *** indicating p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: First, bulk CD8+ T cells were isolated by positive selection using the CD8+ T Cell Isolation Kit (Miltenyi Biotec, 130‐096‐495).
Techniques: Isolation, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Incubation, Comparison