Fig. 4. NFkB signaling regulates CD8+ TRM transcriptional programming.
a, b Control or CA-IKK2ON mice were infected with X31(1000 pfu) and ±DOX day 5–30 p.i. Influenza-specific CD8+ T cells (Db-NP366–374 or Db-PA224–233 tetramers+) in the lung parenchyma (TRM). b Representative plots of CD69+ cells among lung NP366-374+ CD8+ T cells. Frequencies (%) and numbers (#) of NP366–374+ CD8+ T cells at day 10 (top graph) and day 30 (bottom) p.i. Day 10: n = 5, control; n = 6 CA-IKK2ON; Day 30: n = 10, control and CA-IKK2ON mice pooled from 3 independent experiments. c % and # of CD69+ (left and middle) and CD69− (right) cells among the lung NP366–374 specific CD8+ TRM at day 10 (left) and day 30 (right) p.i. Day 10, for %: n = 6 (Control and CA-IKK2ON); for #: n = 4 (control), n = 5 (CA-IKK2ON). For Day 30 CD69+/− cells: for % of n = 4, (control), n = 6 (CA-IKK2ON); for # n = 5 mice from 2 independent experiments. d Numbers of CD103+ cells among the CD69+ cells. NP specific (left) and PA specific (right) at day 30 p.i. For NP: n = 4, control; n = 6 CA-IKK2ON; For PA224: n = 5, control; n = 6 CA-IKK2ON mice from 2 independent experiments. e CXCR3 expression in CD69− and CD69+ populations among the NP-specific TRM at day 30 p.i. n = 3, control; n = 4, CA-IKK2ON mice from 2 independent experiments. f % and # of circulating NP specific CD8+ T cells at day 30 p.i. For %: n = 14, control; n = 6 CA-IKK2ON; For #: n = 9, control; n = 7 CA-IKK2ON mice from 3 independent experiments. g Expression of the indicated TRM-associated transcription factors and CD122 in influenza-specific CD8+ TRM at 30 d.p.i. Control: n = 7 (Runx3 and Nur77), n = 8 (Eomes), n = 5(CD122); for CA-IKK2ON and DN-IKK2ON n = 4 mice from 3 independent experiments. h Eomes and Runx3 expression was determined in CD69+/− cells among the NP-specific CD8+ TRM at 30 d.p.i. as indicated. CD69: n = 5, 7, 6 (control; CD69+, CD69−). Eomes: n = 11, control; CD69+/−: n = 6 mice pooled from 2 independent experiments. Bars represent mean values ± SD. P-values were determined by two-tailed unpaired t test, n.s. not significant. Source data provided as a source data file.