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. 2022 Jul 12;13:4032. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31551-6

Fig. 6. Preliminary evaluation of minimized irAEs for SPIND2-mediated sono-immunotherapy.

Fig. 6

a, b Flow cytometry analysis of percentages of CD3+CD4+ Th cells (a), and CD3+CD8+ CTLs (b) in blood of mice (n = 4) at 30 day after systemic administrations of saline, SPIN0, SPIND2 (0.2 mL, 1.2 mg/mL) or free-drug mixture (8 mg/kg body weight for NLG919 and aPD-L1) with or without US irradiation (1.0 MHz, 1.2 W/cm2, 50% duty cycle, 10 min). Saline – US versus drug − US: P = 0.0023; saline − US versus drug + US: P = 0.0006; drug + US versus SPIND2 + US: P = 0.0071 for CD3+CD4+ Th cells (a); saline − US versus drug − US: P = 0.0004; saline − US versus drug + US: P = 0.0001; drug + US versus SPIND2 + US: P = 0.0093 for CD3+CD8+ CTLs (b). c, d Flow cytometry analysis of percentages of CD3+CD4+ Th cells (c), and CD3+CD8+ CTLs (d) in spleen of mice (n = 4) after different treatments for 30 days. Saline − US versus drug − US: P = 0.0008; saline − US versus drug + US: P = 0.0005; drug + US versus SPIND2 + US: P = 0.0015 for CD3+CD4+ Th cells (c); saline − US versus drug − US: P = 0.0001; saline  − US versus drug + US: P = 0.0002; drug + US versus SPIND2 + US: P = 0.0049 for CD3+CD8+ CTLs (d). e Representative H&E staining images of liver after 30 days of treatments in different groups (white arrows indicate the infiltrated lymphocytes). The experiments were repeated independently three times with similar results. f Heatmap to show relative fold of cytokine levels in serum of mice after different treatments for 30 days relative to those in saline control group. g, h Serum levels of ALT (g) and AST (h) in mice (n = 5) after different treatments for 30 days. Saline − US versus drug − US: P = 0.0010; saline − US versus drug + US: P = 0.0020; drug + US versus SPIND2 + US: P = 0.0054 for ALT (g); saline − US versus drug − US: P = 0.0001; saline − US versus drug + US: P < 0.0001; drug + US versus SPIND2 + US: P = 0.0013 for AST (h). i Summary comparison of the antitumor immunity and irAEs between SPIND2-mediated sono-immunotherapy and free-drug treatment. Data are presented as mean values ± SD. Statistical significance was calculated via two-tailed Student’s t test; **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.