Journal: Disease Models & Mechanisms
Article Title: Immunological dynamics in orthotopic compared with subcutaneous murine models of HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer
doi: 10.1242/dmm.052311
Figure Lengend Snippet: Distinct macrophage dynamics between murine models and human HPV-positive OPSCC during tumor progression. (A) Uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP) plot (left) of macrophages identified in the murine model (left) and from human HPV-positive OPSCC (right), showing showing the formation of seven and four subclusters, respectively. Each dot represents an individual cell, color-coded by cluster number. (B) Histogram (left three) depicting the percentage changes of macrophage subclusters among CD45-positive (CD45 + ) cells between different murine models (BOT vs SC) and different stages (early vs late) in SC and BOT models. Histogram (right) depicting the percentage changes of macrophage subclusters among CD45 + cells at different clinical stages in human HPV-positive OPSCC. (C) Representative merged immunofluorescence images of SC and BOT tumors harvested at days 15 and 25 post implantation (BOT-15 and BOT-25, and SC-15 and SC-25, respectively), stained for SPP1-positive (Spp1 + ) macrophages – i.e. staining against CD11B (cyan), F4/80 (yellow) and SPP1 (red). Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). A panoramic view is shown in the top-left panel (scale bars: 100 μm), with a region of interest (ROI) boxed. This ROI is shown magnified (×5) in the bottom-right corner, which depicts the corresponding merged image. Scale bars for the magnification: 50 μm. (D) Bar graph showing the number of SPP1 + macrophages per mm² tumor area for each group. Error bars present the mean±s.e.m. (five fields/mouse; n =3/group). Statistical significance was determined by two-way ANOVA with Tukey's post-hoc test: ** P <0.01. (E) Galaxy diagram showing the differentially regulated genes in macrophages obtained from BOT and SC models, categorized by known or predicted function(s), literature and sequence similarity. Circle sizes are proportional to the number of differentially expressed genes ( P <0.05).
Article Snippet: Sequential rounds of antibody staining were performed using primary antibodies targeting immune cell markers including CD45 (CST, #70257, 1:200), CD3 (CST, #78588, 1:200), CD8 (Abcam, #ab217344, 1:100), GZMB (CST, #44153, 1:100), CD4 (CST, #25229, 1:200), FOXP3 (CST, #12653, 1:200), TCRγδ (STEMCELL, #60104AD.1, 1:200), IL-17a (CST, #70257, 1:100), CD19 (Abcam, #ab245235, 1:1000), CD11b (Abcam, #ab133357, 1:1000), F4/80 (CST, #30325, 1:200), SPP1 (CST, #88742, 1:100), CD11c (CST, #97585, 1:100), Ly-6G (CST, #87048, 1:100) and CCL3 (CST, #85270, 1:200), according to panel design for each slide.
Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Staining, Sequencing