Regulatory T cells promote enhanced survival by protecting
MDSC-IL13 function. (A) Kaplan-Meier survival curve of Balb/c
GVHD mice given MDSC-IL13s (6e6) and/or freshly isolated regulatory T
cells (2e6). Whole T cells (WTCs) vs M13, P =
.0022; WTCs vs Tregs, P = .0083; WTCs vs M13 plus
Tregs, P < .0001; M13 vs Tregs, P
= not significant; M13 vs M13 plus Tregs, P =
.0064; Tregs vs M13 plus Tregs, P = .0047. Data
are a combination of 3 independent experiments, n = 30 per group.
(B) GVHD animals were treated as in panel A with MDSC-IL13s from
IDOL-transgenic donors with or without Tregs. On day 5, animals were
shaved and given 3 mg of D-luciferin intraperitoneally; BLI was
performed after 5 minutes. (C) Summary BLI data, day 5, indicating the
radiance values for the region of interest shown in Figure 6B. No MDSCs vs IDOL MDSCs,
P < .0001; no MDSCs vs IDOL plus Tregs,
P = .0006; IDOL vs IDOL plus Tregs,
P = .0022. Data are from n ≥ 12 per
group, representative of 2 independent experiments. (D) After whole-body
imaging, animals were euthanized and organs explanted to dishes
containing D-luciferin in solution for imaging as indicated. (E) Day 5
summary data of organ explants, n = 5 per group.
**P < .01. mLN, mesenteric lymph
node; pLN, peripheral LN; sm int, small intestine.