Fig. 2. Intestinal tumors of Stat1∆IECApcMin mice lack IDO1+ Paneth cells.
a IHC staining for IDO1 (upper panel) and double ISH for Ido1 and Lgr5 mRNA (lower panel) in Stat1flox/flox ApcMin and Stat1∆IEC ApcMin colon tumors. IDO1+ cells are indicated by arrowheads. Scale bars indicate 20 µm. b Quantification of IDO1+ tumor cells in IHC-stained tumors of Stat1flox/flox ApcMin (si and colon: 13 tumors, 4 mice) and Stat1∆IEC ApcMin (si: 12 tumors, 5 mice; colon: 13 tumors, 4 mice) mice. c IF staining for IDO1 and Lysozyme (LYZ1) in Stat1flox/flox ApcMin and Stat1∆IEC ApcMin colon tumors. Single fluorescent channels and composites are shown. Positive or double-positive cells are indicated by arrowheads. Scale bars indicate 50 or 10 µm (high-magnification insets). d Quantification of LYZ1+ tumor cells of Stat1flox/flox ApcMin (si and colon: 12 tumors, 4 mice) and Stat1∆IEC ApcMin (si: 8 tumors, colon 12 tumors, 4 mice each) tumors. e, f Quantification of percentages of LYZ1+ IDO1+ tumor cells between IDO1+ (e) and LYZ1+ (f) tumor cells of Stat1flox/flox ApcMin tumors. g IF staining for IDO1 and MMP7 in Stat1flox/flox ApcMin and Stat1∆IEC ApcMin colon tumors. Single fluorescent channels and composites are shown. Positive or double-positive cells are indicated by arrowheads. Scale bars indicate 50 µm. h IF staining for IDO1, MMP7, and E-Cadherin in Stat1flox/flox ApcMin tumors of the small intestine and colon. Triple-positive cells are indicated by arrowheads. Scale bars indicate 50 µm. i, j Quantification of IDO1+ (i) and MMP7+ (j) tumor cells in IF-stained tumors of Stat1flox/flox ApcMin (si: 7 tumors, 3 mice; colon: 12 tumors, 3 mice) and Stat1∆IEC ApcMin (si: 9 tumors, 3 mice; colon: 11 tumors, 3 mice) mice. k, l Quantification of percentages of MMP7+ IDO1+ tumor cells between IDO1+ (k) and MMP7+ (l) tumor cells of Stat1flox/flox ApcMin tumors. m, n IHC staining (m) and quantification (n) of IDO1+ Paneth cells in early and advanced Stat1flox/flox ApcMin tumors (si and colon: 12 early adenomas, 5 mice each and 13 advanced tumors, 4 mice each). Scale bars indicate 50 µm. si: small intestine. n.d.: not detectable. Bars represent mean ± SEM.