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. 2023 Mar 27;20(5):489–511. doi: 10.1038/s41423-023-00989-z

Fig. 9.

Fig. 9

pMHCII-NP-induced formation of TR1-like and terminally differentiated TR1 cells from PD-1hiCXCR5hi precursors. A Cartoon showing the experimental approach used to track the development of TR1 cells from PD-1hiCXCR5hi precursors. Briefly, we transferred FACS-sorted PD-1hiCXCR5hi CD4+ T cells from the spleens of female NOD mice treated with 5 doses of BDC2.5 mi/I-Ag7-NPs (1.5 × 105) into female NOD.Scid hosts and treated the hosts with 10 additional doses of pMHCII-NPs. B UMAP-based feature plots for representative TFH-associated gene transcripts (and Foxp3) corresponding to the PD-1hiCXCR5hi CD4+ T cells used for transfer. C FACS profile of BDC2.5 mi/I-Ag7 tetramer+ CD4+ cells arising in PD-1hiCXCR5hi cell-transfused NOD.Scid hosts upon BDC2.5 mi/I-Ag7-NP treatment (10 doses over 5 weeks). The data correspond to cells pooled from 2 hosts from 1 experiment. D UMAP plots showing the Tet+ TFH, TR1-like and TR1 subsets within the BDC2.5 mi/I-Ag7 tetramer+ CD4+ cell pool from NOD.Scid hosts (C), after sorting and scRNAseq analysis. E Feature plots for representative TFH and TR1-associated gene transcripts in the UMAP dimensionality reduction analysis from (D). F FACS profiles for BDC2.5 mi/I-Ag7 tetramer+ CD4+ cells arising in PD-1hiCXCR5hi cell-transfused NOD.Scid hosts upon treatment with BDC2.5 mi/I-Ag7-NP (10 doses over 5 weeks) and the anti-CD25 mAb or rat IgG (10 doses of 500 μg i.p). The data correspond to cells pooled from 2 hosts for each treatment group from 1 experiment. The value shown corresponds to the percentage of tetramer+ cells within the CD4+ gate. G scRNAseq profiles for the tetramer+ cells from (F). Left, UMAP plots; right, relative percentages of TFH, TR1-like and TR1 cells within the tetramer+ cell pool. H FACS profiles for BDC2.5 mi/I-Ag7 tetramer+ CD4+ cells arising in NOD.Scid hosts transfused with PD-1hiCXCR5hi cells from NOD.Cd4-Cre or NOD.Cd4-Cre.Prdm1loxP/loxP mice upon treatment with BDC2.5 mi/I-Ag7-NPs (10 doses over 5 weeks). The data correspond to cells pooled from 2 hosts for each treatment group from 1 experiment. The value shown corresponds to the percentage of tetramer+ cells within the CD4+ gate. I scRNAseq profiles for the tetramer+ cells from (H). Left, UMAP plots; right, relative percentages of TFH, TR1-like and TR1 cells within the tetramer+ cell pool