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. 2020 Sep 28;11:4882. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18648-6

Fig. 3. STAT5 regulates Il9 chromatin accessibility.

Fig. 3

Naive CD4+ T cells were isolated from the spleen and differentiated into Th9 and Th17 cells for 5 days. ChIP assay and chromatin accessibility assay were performed on day 5. shRNA-expressing retrovirus was transduced on day 1. For cytokine production analysis, cells were stimulated with PMA/Ionomycin for 5 h and monensin was added for the last 2 h. ac Kinetic analysis of chromatin accessibility, transcription factors, and chromatin modification markers binding on Il9 promoter locus in Th9 cells during Th9 differentiation. d FACS analysis of IL-9 and pSTAT5 expression in Th9 cells transduced with control (Scr), STAT5a-specific, or STAT5b-specific shRNA; cells were gated on transduced CD4+ live cells. e Chromatin accessibility analysis of Il9 gene locus in Th9 cells transduced with Scr-shRNA or STAT5a-shRNA retrovirus. f, g H3K27me3 modification and BATF binding at the Il9 gene locus in Th9 cells transduced with Scr-shRNA or STAT5a-shRNA retrovirus on day 5. h, i FACS analysis of IL-9 and IL-17 expression on day 5 in Th17 cells transduced with control vector or caSTAT5 retrovirus; cells were gated on transduced CD4+ live cells. j Chromatin accessibility analysis of Il9 gene locus in Th17 cells that transduced with control vector or caSTAT5 retrovirus; transduced cells were sorted on day 5. k The binding of BATF on Il9 gene locus in Th17 cells that transduced with control vector or caSTAT5 retrovirus; transduced cells were sorted on day 5. Date are mean ± SEM of three mice per experiment and representative of two independent experiments. The p-values for a and b are compared to D0 for chromatin accessibility and STAT5 binding; D1 for other transcription factors and chromatin modification markers binding. One-way ANOVA with a post hoc Tukey’s test was used to generate p-values for all multiple comparisons in b. An unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test was used for comparisons in a, d, e, h, j, and k. See also Supplementary Fig. 3.