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. 2021 Jun 15;12:3622. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23330-6

Fig. 5. Chemical inhibition of Wip1 or genetic knockout of Ppm1d in neutrophils increased cytotoxic T-cell survival through p53-dependent induction of costimulatory ligands.

Fig. 5

a Proliferation of human cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Human donor blood CD8 + lymphocytes were not activated (Non-Act) or activated by incubation with CD3/28 beads (Act.) and cultured alone (NT), or coincubated with isolated human donor blood neutrophils pretreated for 6 h with vehicle (PBN) or 5 μM GSK2830371 (PBN + GSK) (n = 4 each condition). b Proliferation of murine cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Ppm1d+/+ peripheral blood Cd8+ lymphocytes were not activated (NT) or activated by incubation on CD3/28-coated plates (Act.) and cultured alone (NT), coincubated with Ppm1d+/+ neutrophils pretreated for 6 h with vehicle (WT PBN) or 5 μM GSK2830371 (WT PBN + GSK), or coincubated with Ppm1dKO2/KO2 neutrophils (KO PBN) (n = 4 each condition). c Expression of 4-1BBL mRNA (left panel) and OX40L mRNA (right panel) in neutrophils isolated from B16 tumors engrafted in Ppm1d+/+ mice (WT TAN) or Ppm1dKO2/KO2 mice (KO TAN), isolated from PB of Ppm1d+/+ mice and treated for with vehicle (WT PBN) or 5 μM GSK2830371 (WT PBN + GSK), or isolated from PB of Ppm1d KO2/KO2 mice (KO PBN) (n = 3 each condition). d Luciferase reporter assay of HCT116 p53+/+ and HCT116 p53−/− cells transfected with pGL3 vector expressing luciferase under regulation of the human TNFSF9 (4-1BBL) promoter (left panel, n = 8) or the human TNFSF4 (OX40 L) promoter (right panel, n = 4). e Relative levels of 4-1BBL mRNA (left panel) and OX40L mRNA (right panel) in PBN isolated from Ppm1d+/+ mice (WT), Ppm1dKO2/KO2 mice (KO), or Ppm1dKO2/KO2/Trp53KO/KO double-knockout mice (DKO) (n = 4 each genotype). f Tumor volume (left) and AUC (right) for growth of B16 F10 tumors in Ppm1dfl/fl (WT), Ppm1dKO2/KO2 (KO2), or Trp53/Ppm1d double-knockout (DKO) mice (n = 4 each genotype). g Expression of 4-1BBL (left panel) and OX40L (right panel) protein levels on the surface of PPM1DKO2/KO2 neutrophils isolated from bone marrow, spleen, and blood (n = 8 each, except LysM-Cre BM n = 6). h Tumor volume for growth of B16 F10 tumors in Ppm1dLysM-Cre mice after inactivation of 4-1BBL and OX-40L ligands on the surface of cells with serial injection of neutralizing anti-4-1BBL and anti-OX40L antibodies (n = 4 for each group, except Ppm1dfl/fl + α-IgG ctrl n = 7). Data are depicted as means ± SEM. Student’s unpaired t test (two-tailed) (panel d) and Mann–Whitney’s test (two-tailed) (panel g), one-way ANOVA (panels ac, e, f), or two-way ANOVA (h): *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001 (one representative experiment out of three is shown for panels f and h). Source data are provided as a Source Excel Data file.