Fig. 2. Expression kinetics and biodistribution of antigen in mice immunized with LV-CMV-nLuc or LV-β2m-nLuc.
a Lateral view of C57BL/6 mice (n = 3/experimental group and n = 2/control group), immunized i.m. with 5 × 107 TU of LV-CMV-nLuc, LV-β2m-nLuc, or LV-GFP as a negative control. Furimazine substrate (4 mg/kg) was injected i.p. right before imaging at 5, 7, 9, 12, and 14 dpi. Bioluminescence images indicate the location of nLuc. b Mean bioluminescence signal in C57BL/6 mice immunized i.m. with 5 × 107 TU of LV-CMV or LV-β2m encoding nLuc. c Representative bioluminescence images of tissues and organs of C57BL/6 mice (n = 3/experimental group and n = 2/control group) at 5 dpi with 5 × 107 TU of LV-CMV-nLuc, LV-β2m-nLuc, or LV-GFP as a negative control. LN lymph node. d Lateral view of C57BL/6 mice (n = 5) immunized i.m. with 5 × 107 TU of LV-β2m-nLuc and was imaged at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 12 dpi. e The mean bioluminescence signals of mice immunized with LV-β2m-nLuc. For (b) and (e), the dotted line represents the background level determined from mice immunized with LV-GFP and had received furimazine substrates upon imaging. Each point represents the mean bioluminescence signal (p/s/cm2/sr) per group, expressed as mean ± SEM. Smaller dots represent biological replicates.