Figure 6.
B cells containing tumor cell remnants migrate to the cervical draining LNs. Wild-type C57BL/6 mice were implanted with GL26 tumors and treated 14 days later with Ad-TK+Ad-Flt3L (Ad.TK/Flt3L), saline, or Ad.0. After 7 days, immune cells isolated from dLN were analyzed by flow cytometry. Representative dot plots and graphs show the content of B cells (CD19+/CD45+; A) and the percentage of CD40+ (CD19+/CD45+CD40+; B) and CD86+ B cells (CD19+/CD45+/CD86+; C) in the dLN. *P < .05 versus saline, ^P <.05 versus Ad.0 (one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey test). (D and E) GL26 cells were labeled with CellTracker Green and implanted in the striatum of C57BL/6 mice. Two days later, mice were treated with either saline or Ad-TK+Ad-Flt3L and immune cells were isolated from tumors and draining LNs 7 days later. Representative dot plots and graphs show the content of B cells associated with CellTracker Green+ tumor protein remnants within the tumors (D) and in the dLN (E). *P < .05 (Student's t test).