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. 2022 Sep 26;13:5644. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33285-x

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Fig. 5 — a MC38-Vec./Scr., MC38-shUSP14/Vec., MC38-shUSP14/USP14, and MC38-shUSP14/C114A cells were cultured for 24 h with or without KYNU treatment. KYN and TRP levels in cell supernatants were determined by ELISA (n = 3 biological replicates). b MC38-Vec./Scr., MC38-shUSP14/Vec., MC38-shUSP14/USP14, and MC38-shUSP14/C114A cells were injected subcutaneously into C57BL/6 J mice at day 0. HPLC-MS/MS analysis was used to generate the tryptophan metabolomic profiles of mouse plasma at day 21, and the KYN/TRP ratio in the mouse plasma was calculated (n = 3 biological replicates). c Representative immunofluorescence images of the indicated mouse tumors stained with antibodies against KYN. Scale bars, 100 µm. d Quantification of the proliferation of splenic CD8⁺ T cells cultured in the supernatants of the indicated tumor cells. Unstimulated T cells were used as a negative control (n = 3 biological replicates). e IFN-γ secretion by splenic CD8⁺ T cells cultured in supernatants of the indicated tumor cells, measured by ELISA (n = 3 biological replicates). f, g The percentage of GzB⁺ cells in CD8⁺ T cells (f) and CD25⁺FOXP3⁺ cells in CD4⁺ T cells (g) isolated from the indicated tumors was measured by flow cytometry and analyzed by FlowJo software. h, i Representative images and quantification of GzB⁺CD8⁺ cells and FOXP3⁺CD4⁺ cells analyzed by IF staining in tumors (n = 3 biological replicates). The small red boxed areas were amplified images of cells. Multiple GzB⁺CD8⁺ cells and FOXP3⁺CD4⁺ cells were marked with red arrowheads. The far-right images in each panel were close-ups of the boxed region. Scale bars, 50 µm. j The percentage of GzB⁺CD8⁺ T cells and CD4⁺CD25⁺FOXP3⁺ T cells per milligram of the indicated tumors was measured by flow cytometry and analyzed by FlowJo software (n = 3 biological replicates). In a, b, e–g, i, and j, error bars represent the mean ± SD of three independent experiments, two-sided Student’s t-test. GzB Granzyme B. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.