Journal: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research : CR
Article Title: Tumor-derived GLI1 promotes remodeling of the immune tumor microenvironment in melanoma
doi: 10.1186/s13046-024-03138-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: GLI1 expression in melanoma cells sustains expansion and recruitment of PMN-MDSCs in vitro. A Flow cytometry analysis of activated T cells and PMN-MDSCs co-cultures for 48 h at different ratios. The percentage of dead cells was determined by Viobility staining gated on CD3 + cells. Data represent mean ± SD of three independent experiments. ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; ns, not significant (one-way ANOVA). B Western blot of GLI1 in B16F10 and YUMM1.7 murine melanoma cells transduced with pBABE or pBABE-GLI1. ACTIN was used as loading control. C, D Proliferation assay in PMN-MDSCs cultured with CM for 72 h from B16F10 ( C ) and YUMM1.7 ( D ) cells transduced as indicated. Data represent mean ± SEM of at least three independent experiments. *** p < 0.001; **** p < 0.0001 (unpaired Student t test). E Schematic representation of PMN-MDSC invasion assay. PMN-MDSCs were seeded in the upper chamber and CM from B16F10 and YUMM1.7 cells transduced with pBABE or pBABE-GLI1 in the lower chamber. The number of invading cells was counted after 72 h. F-I Invasion assay in PMN-MDSCs recruited by CM from B16F10 ( F, G ) and YUMM1.7 ( H, I ) transduced as indicated. Data represent mean ± SEM of at least three independent experiments. *** p < 0.001 (unpaired Student t test). ( G ) and ( I ) are representative pictures of ( F ) and ( H ) respectively. J Schematic representation of PMN-MDSC culture conditions for cytokines and adenosine determination. PMN-MDSCs were first conditioned with CM from B16F10 cells transduced with pBABE or pBABE-GLI1 for 48 h. After refreshing, PMN-MDSCs were cultured for 24 h with their media and supernatants collected for Milliplex analysis and adenosine quantification. K-N Concentration (pg/mL) of cytokines IL-6 ( K ), IL-1β ( L ), TGFβ1 ( M ) and CCL4 ( N ) measured by Luminex assay in supernatants of PMN-MDSCs treated as indicated. O Quantification of adenosine (μM) in PMN-MDSC supernatants by fluorometric assay. Data represent mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01 (unpaired Student t test)
Article Snippet: Murine melanoma cell lines YUMM1.7 and YUMM5.2 were purchased from LGC Standards ( www.lgcstandards.com ) and cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM)-F12 (Euroclone, Milan, Italy) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Euroclone), 1% penicillin–streptomycin (P/S) solution (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) and 1% non-essential amino acids (Euroclone) at 37°C in a 5% CO 2 incubator.
Techniques: Expressing, In Vitro, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Western Blot, Transduction, Control, Proliferation Assay, Cell Culture, Invasion Assay, Concentration Assay, Luminex