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. 2022 Oct 24;25(11):1446–1457. doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01183-6

Fig. 2. IFN-responsive oligodendrocytes localize to aged white matter close to CD8+ T cells.

Fig. 2

a, Immunofluorescence staining and quantification of C4b, Serpina3n, B2m and STAT1 in CC1+ oligodendrocytes in the white matter of 3- and 24-month-old mice (C4b+CC1+, 3-month, n = 3, 24-month, n = 5, *P = 0.0357; Serpina3n+CC1+, 3-month, n = 6, 24-month, n = 4, **P = 0.0095; B2m+CC1+, 3-month, n = 4, 24-month, n = 4, *P = 0.0286; STAT1+CC1+, 3-month, n = 5, 24-month, n = 5, **P = 0.0079; data are mean ± s.e.m.; P values are from a two-tailed Mann–Whitney U-test). Scale bar, 20 µm; for B2m, 10 µm. b, Immunofluorescence showing CD3+CD8+ T cells (indicated by arrowheads). Scale bar, 20 μm. Quantification of CD3+ T cells and CD8+ T cells in the gray (GM) and white (WM) matter of 3- and 24-month-old mice (n = 4 mice per group, 3-month WM versus 24-month WM, CD3+, ***P = 0.0003, CD8+, ***P = 0.0005; 24-month GM versus 24-month WM, CD3+, **P = 0.0050, CD8+, **P = 0.0032; data are mean ± s.e.m.; P values represent a two-sided Student’s t-test). c, Immunofluorescence of CD8+ T cells and STAT1+CC1+ oligodendrocytes in proximity in the white matter of 24-month-old mice. Scale bars, 20 μm. Bar plots show quantification of STAT1+ and STAT1CC1+ proximity to CD8+ T cells and vice versa (3 sections per mouse were selected; a total of 134 CD8+ T cells and 272 STAT1+CC1+ oligodendrocytes from 4 mice were analyzed). d, Quantification of the percentage of STAT1+CC1+ oligodendrocytes found in proximity to random cells compared with CD8+ T cells (n = 4 mice per group, **P = 0.0052; data are mean ± s.e.m; P value represents a two-sided paried Student’s t-test). e, Immunofluorescence staining and quantification of CD8+ T cells, CD4+ T cells, B2m+ and STAT1+CC1+ oligodendrocytes in the white matter of mice treated with anti-PD-1 and CTLA-4 (ICB) and isotype control antibodies (CTR) for 6 weeks starting at an age of 18 months (CD8+, n = 4, **P = 0.0011; CD4+, n = 3; STAT1+CC1+, n = 4, *P = 0.0244; B2m+CC1+, n = 4, *P = 0.0286; data are mean ± s.e.m.; P values represent a two-sided Student’s t-test (CD8+, STAT1+CC1+) or two-tailed Mann–Whitney U-test (CD4+, B2m+CC1+)). Scale bar, 20 µm. NS, not significant.

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