Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Rituximab-IgG2 is a phagocytic enhancer in antibody-based immunotherapy of B-cell lymphoma by altering CD47 expression
doi: 10.1101/2024.06.18.599534
Figure Lengend Snippet: CD47 expression was evaluated in Granta-519 cells after incubation with STR (6 h) or treatment with RTX isotypes (1.5 μg/mL) (30 min). a) Representative histograms of CD47 expression in Granta-519 cells after treatment with RTX-IgG1, RTX-IgG2, RTX-IgG3, or STR. Grey dashed line indicates the level of CD47 on untreated cells (UT). b) Bar graph representation of fold change (left Y axis) and percentage difference (right Y axis) in CD47 expression on Granta-519 cells induced by STR or RTX isotypes, normalized to CD47 expression on UT. To obtain the fold change values, mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of treated samples was first adjusted by subtracting MFI of isotype controls and then normalized to the MFI of UT samples. The percentage difference was calculated by the following formula: ((MFI treated sample – MFI UT )*100)/MFI UT ). Results show mean fold change ± SEM of three independent experiments, each with three biological replicates. Statistical analysis by one-way ANOVA with Tukey-Kramer post-hoc test. c) Confocal microscopy images of CD47 expression in untreated, RTX-IgG1, RTX IgG2 and STR-treated Granta-519 cells. Cells were counterstained with Hoescht 33342 nucleus stain. Disruptions in CD47 cell surface pattern are indicated by white arrows. Scale bar: 10 μm.
Article Snippet: For cell surface staining, the following mAbs were used: APC-conjugated mouse IgG2a anti-human CD20 (clone LT20, cat. no. H12155A, EuroBioScience, Friesoythe, Germany), PE-conjugated mouse IgG1 anti-human CD47 (clone CC2C6, cat. no. 323108, Biolegend), PE-conjugated mouse IgG2a anti-human CD59 (clone p282 (H19), cat. no. 304707, Biolegend), recombinant human IgG1 anti-human PD-L1 (cat. no. hpdl1-mab1, InvivoGen), APC-conjugated mouse anti-human IgG secondary Ab (cat. no. 562025, BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), APC-conjugated mouse IgG2a anti-human SIRP-α Ab (clone 15-414, cat. no. 372109, Biolegend), FITC-conjugated mouse IgG2b anti-human CD32 Ab (clone IV.3, cat. no. 60012Fl.1, StemCell Technologies, Vancouver, BC, Canada).
Techniques: Expressing, Incubation, Fluorescence, Confocal Microscopy, Staining