Project description:Purpose: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized systems-based analysis of cellular pathways. The goal of this study is to compare the transcriptome of CNS-infiltrating OT-1 WT and Tox-deficient cells during effector phase (7 days after infection with LCMV-OVA)
Project description:Purpose: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized systems-based analysis of cellular pathways. The goal of this study is to compare the transcriptome of OT-1 cells during priming (3 days after infection) and during effector phase ( 7 days after infection) in ODC-OVA mice after LCMV-OVA and Lm-OVA infection
Project description:TOX is selectively expressed in tumor-infiltrating CD8 T cells however the role of TOX in peripheral CD8 T cells is not known. The goal of this study is to elucidate changes in chromatin accessibility determined by ATAC-seq between TOX-sufficient and TOX-deficient tumor infiltrating CD8 T cells isolated from murine tumors.
Project description:TOX is selectively expressed in tumor-infiltrating CD8 T cells however the role of TOX in peripheral CD8 T cells is not known. The two goals of this study are to elucidate transcriptional changes between TOX-sufficient and TOX-deficient tumor infiltrating CD8 T cells and to elucidate the molecular program induced by TOX overexpression in peripheral CD8 T cells.
Project description:After injecting OVA (grade V, sigma aldrich) for an hour, OVA-laden peritoneal cDC subsets had been sorted and co-cultured with OT-1 or OT-2 cells for 3 days. Then, mixture of cells, mainly expanded T cells and only a few cDCs, went through mRNA-sequencing.
Project description:Increases in terminally exhausted T cells in the tumor are associated with poor responses to immunotherapy, yet the mechanisms that promote progression to terminal exhaustion remain undefined. We profiled the chromatin landscape of subsets of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells using CUT&RUN. CD8 T cells were sorted from the murine B16 melanoma tumor using PD1 and Tim3 expression to define four subsets: PD1lo, PD1mid, PD1hi, and PD1hiTim3+. Additional control samples include paired CD44+ cells from the tumor-draining lymph node of tumor bearing mice, and OT-I effector CD8 T cells isolated from Vaccinia-ova infection. We performed CUT&RUN for H3K4me3, H3K27me3, H3K27ac, and H3K9ac, as well as the transcription factors Tox and Batf.
Project description:OT-1 T-cells were co-cultured either alone in T-cell media supplemented with IL-2 (50IU/mL IL-2), with OVA loaded macrophages, or with both OVA loaded macrophages and CT2A-TRP2-β2mKO tumor cells. Cells were cultured at a 5:1 T-cell to tumor ratio, and 2:1 T-cell to macrophage ratio. After 24 h of co-culture, CD8 T-cells were FACS sorted, and RNA extracted (RNeasy Mini Kit, Qiagen). RNA was analyzed on an nCounter MAX Analysis System (Nanostring) with the PanCancer Immune profiling panel (Nanostring) according to manufacturer instructions. Expression dat OT-1 T-cells were isolated from OT-1 mice by culturing OT-1 splenocytes in T-cell media supplemented with 50IU/mL IL-2 and 1 μM OVA SIINFEKL peptide (Anaspec) for 48 h. Cells were purified for CD8 T-cells as described above and subsequently cultured in TCM with 50IU/mL IL-2, splitting every 24h for a total of 4 days.
Project description:Emergence of IgE antibodies that bind allergens with high affinity is highly correlated with the severity of anaphylaxis. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms by which high-affinity IgE is generated remain poorly understood. To examine function of IL-13 derived from T cells in IgE producing B cell development, we transferred IL-13 sufficient or deficient OT-2 TH2 into IgE reporter (Verigem) mice followed by immunization with NP-OVA. At 7 day post immunization, NP specific IgE producing B cells were sorted and served to single cell transcriptome analysis.
Project description:Conditional ablation of FXR in T cells was achieved with CD4-Cre Nr1h4fl/fl mice. Twenty thousend congenically marked naive (CD44- CD62L+) WT and FXR KO T cells carrying the OT-I transgenic TCR were cotransferred into lymphoreplete hosts. Recipients were challenged with LCMV-OVA and allowed to feed Ad libitum (AL) or fasted (Fs) for 24h beginning at 6pm on D5 post-infection. Splenic CD44+ effector cells of each genotype were FACS-purified (double-sorted) at the end of the starvation period.
