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. 2021 Sep 30;12:5725. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25967-9

Fig. 5. Sympathetic modulation of CCL2 expression via β-ARs as a peripheral Neuro-Endocrine-Immune pathway for tumor regulation.

Fig. 5

A Immunofluorescence staining of β1- Adrenergic Receptor (AR), β2-AR, β3-AR, CCL2, CD45, and DAPI in liver tumor tissues from DEN + CCl4-induced tumor-bearing mice under SE or EE-feeding condition. Original magnification 20 × 10, Scale bar, 100 μm. B Immunohistochemical staining of CCL2 in the tumor tissue from DEN + CCl4-induced tumor-bearing mice under Standard Environment (SE) and Enriched Enrichment (EE) feeding condition with or without β-AR blockade (β-block, treated with SR59230A + propranolol). The relative CCL2 expression was quantified by Image J analysis (n = 6 for each group). Original magnification 20 ×10, Scale bar, 100 μm. All data are presented as the mean ± SEM, and analyzed by two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test. C Immunohistochemical staining of CCL2 in the tumor tissue from Hepa1-6 tumor-bearing mice under SE- or EE-feeding condition with or without β-AR blockade. The relative CCL2 expression was quantified by Image J analysis (n = 7 for each group). Original magnification 20 × 10, Scale bar, 100 μm. All data are presented as the mean ± SEM, and analyzed by two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test. D Levels of CCL2 in serum from DEN + CCl4-induced tumor-bearing mice under SE- or EE-feeding condition with or without β-AR blockade (n = 4 for each group). All data are presented as the mean ± SEM, and analyzed by two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test. E ELISA analysis of CCL2 in the liver from DEN + CCl4-induced tumor-bearing mice under SE or EE-feeding condition with or without β-AR blockade (Vehicle + SE: n = 6, Vehicle+EE: n = 6, β-block+SE: n = 4, β-block+EE: n = 5). All data are presented as the mean ± SEM, and analyzed by two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test. F mRNA expression of CCL2 in the liver from DEN + CCl4-induced tumor-bearing mice under SE- or EE-feeding condition with or without β-AR blockade (n = 5 for each group). All data are presented as the mean ± SEM, and analyzed by two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test. G–I Mostly tumor cells (CD45-), immune cells (CD45+), TAMs cells (CD45+CD11b+F4/80+Ly6G) and G-MDSCs (CD45+ CD11b+F4/80Ly6G+) in the tumor microenvironment were sorted from subcutaneous Hepa1-6 tumor-bearing mice by flow cytometry after indicated treatments. mRNA expression of CCL2 were determined in tumor cells and immune cells G, TAMs H) and G-MDSCs I. n = 5 for each group. All data are presented as the mean ± SEM, and analyzed by two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test.