Fig. 1.
The in vivo distribution and migration pattern of tumor-specific memory CD8+ T cells during tumorigenesis. a Statistical summary of the proportions of CD45.1+CD44+ P14 cells (upper panel) and CD45.1+CD44+TCF1+TOX− TTSM cells (lower panel) in gated live lymphocytes from each compartment. BM bone marrow, nLNs nondraining lymph nodes, including axillary lymph nodes and submaxillary lymph nodes, TdLNs tumor-draining lymph nodes. n ≥ 4/group. b Flow cytometry analyses of TOX expression versus the indicated markers in CD45.1+CD44+TCF1+ donor P14 cells in TdLNs. c Experimental design of the parabiotic system. d Representative flow-cytometry plots of donor TTSM-derived CD44 + P14 cells in the TME, TdLNs, and PBMCs of the donor (D) and host/recipient (R) tumor-bearing parabionts (right panel). Donor-derived CD44+ P14 cells in the spleens, TdLNs, and PBMCs of donor- and recipient-infected parabionts are listed in the left panel. Numbers are frequencies. e The ratio of donor-derived CD44+ P14 cells from each indicated compartment in the recipient relative to the donor is summarized. f Flow-cytometry analyses of GFP (indicating TCF-1 expression) versus indicated exhaustion and effector cell-associated marker expression in CD45.1+CD44+ donor P14 cells from different compartments. n = 3/group. *p < 0.05 versus control, n.s. stands for not significant, paired two-tailed Student’s t test (d). Data are representative of 2 independent experiments (mean ± SEM)