| In vitro Demonstration and Quantification of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation
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2017-07-05
[Abstract] In the recent decade, neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been identified and confirmed as a new anti-microbial weapon of neutrophils. In this protocol, we describe easy methods to demonstrate NET formation by immunofluorescence staining of extracellular chromatin fiber with anti-DNA/Histone H1 antibody and quantification of NETs by using a non-cell-permeable DNA specific dye Sytox orange.
[摘要] 近十年来，嗜中性粒细胞胞外捕获物（NETs）已被鉴定并确认为一种新的抗微生物中性粒细胞武器。 在该方案中，我们描述了通过使用抗DNA /组蛋白H1抗体的细胞外染色质纤维的免疫荧光染色和通过使用非细胞可渗透的DNA特异性染料Sytox orange来定量NETs的简便方法来证明NET形成。
【背景】嗜中性粒细胞构成循环白细胞中最大的进化保守部分。他们通过各种机制建立了针对病原体的第一道防线，包括形成嗜中性粒细胞胞外捕获物（NETs）。在此过程中，活化的嗜中性粒细胞从细胞核中排出染色质纤维。入侵的病原体然后被捕获在染色质网络内并被高度浓缩的NET缠结的抗微生物蛋白如髓过氧化物酶（MPO）和弹性蛋白酶（Brinkmann等人，2004）杀死。然而，NETs是一把双刃剑;来自过度活化的嗜中性粒细胞的无限制的NET形成也可能导致严重的组织损伤，例如通过NET的组蛋白组分的细胞毒性作用（Saffarzadeh等人，2012）。中性粒细胞过度活化并具有增强的形成NETs的能力的病理状况的一个例子是系统性红斑狼疮。狼疮患者血清中针对双链DNA及其它组分的抗体水平升高（Knight and Kaplan，2012; Yu and ...
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| Efficient Production of Functional Human NKT Cells from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells − Reprogramming of Human Vα24+iNKT Cells
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2017-05-20
[Abstract] Antigen-specific T cell-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have been shown to re-differentiate into functional T cells and thus provide a potential source of T cells that could be useful for cancer immunotherapy. Human Vα24+ invariant natural killer T (Vα24+iNKT) cells are subset of T cells that are characterized by the expression of an invariant Vα24-Jα18 paired with Vβ11, that recognize glycolipids, such as α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer), presented by the MHC class I-like molecule CD1d. Vα24+iNKT cells capable of producing IFN-γ are reported to augment anti-tumor responses, which affects both NK cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes to eliminate MHC- and MHC+ tumor cells, respectively. Here we describe a ...
[摘要] 抗原特异性T细胞来源的诱导多能干细胞（iPSCs）已显示重新分化为功能性T细胞，从而提供可用于癌症免疫治疗的T细胞的潜在来源。不变性自然杀伤T（Vα24 + iNKT）细胞的人Vα24 + 细胞是T细胞的子集，其特征在于与Vβ11配对的不变Vα24-Jα18的表达，其识别糖脂，如α-半乳糖神经酰胺（α-GalCer），由MHC I类分子CD1d呈递。据报道能够产生IFN-γ的Vα24 + i / KT细胞增加抗肿瘤反应，其影响NK细胞和CD8 +细胞毒性T淋巴细胞以消除MHC - 和MHC + 肿瘤细胞。在这里，我们描述了将人Vα24 + iNKT细胞重编程到iPSC中的鲁棒方案，然后将其重新分化为Vα24 + iNKT细胞（iPS-Vα24功能的iNKT）。我们进一步提供了测定iPS-Vα24 + iNKT细胞活性的方案。背景 以前有报道说，针对晚期非小细胞肺癌（NSCLC）和头颈部癌症的Vα24 + iNKT细胞癌免疫治疗的临床试验显示疗效，耐受性良好（Motohashi et al。等人，2009; Yamasaki等人，2011）。然而，已知来自外周血单核细胞（PBMC）的Vα24 ...
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| Analysis of Mitochondrial Transfer in Direct Co-cultures of Human Monocyte-derived Macrophages (MDM) and Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC)
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2017-05-05
[Abstract] Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSC) are adult stem cells which have been shown to improve survival, enhance bacterial clearance and alleviate inflammation in pre-clinical models of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and sepsis. These diseases are characterised by uncontrolled inflammation often underpinned by bacterial infection. The mechanisms of MSC immunomodulatory effects are not fully understood yet. We sought to investigate MSC cell contact-dependent communication with alveolar macrophages (AM), professional phagocytes which play an important role in the lung inflammatory responses and anti-bacterial defence. With the use of a basic direct co-culture system, confocal microscopy and flow cytometry we visualised and effectively quantified MSC mitochondrial transfer to AM ...
[摘要] 间充质干/基质细胞（MSC）是成年干细胞，已被证明可以改善急性呼吸窘迫综合征（ARDS）和败血症临床前模型中的存活，增强细菌清除和减轻炎症。这些疾病的特征在于通常受细菌感染支持的不受控制的炎症。 MSC免疫调节作用的机制尚未完全了解。我们试图研究与肺泡巨噬细胞（AM），在肺炎症反应和抗菌防御中起重要作用的专业吞噬细胞的MSC细胞接触依赖性通信。通过使用基本的直接共培养系统，共聚焦显微镜和流式细胞术，我们通过隧道纳米管（TNT）显现并有效量化了MSC线粒体转移到AM。为了模拟人类AM，在粒细胞巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（GM-CSF）存在下，从人供体血液中分离原代单核细胞并分化成巨噬细胞（单核细胞衍生的巨噬细胞，MDM），从而允许适应AM样表型（de Almeida等人，2000; Guilliams等人，2013）。人骨髓衍生的MSC用线粒体特异性荧光染色标记，广泛洗涤，以1:20（MSC / ...
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