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. 2022 Nov 21;3(11):1351–1366. doi: 10.1038/s43018-022-00456-0

Fig. 7. Activation of T cells by PD-1 blockade enhances abscopal effects upon radiation therapy and CD47 blockade in a colon cancer model.

Fig. 7

a, Mouse colon cancer MC38 cells were engrafted into both flanks of C57Bl/6 immunocompetent syngeneic mice and only right-sided tumors were irradiated. b, Growth curves of MC38 allografts with the indicated treatments in irradiated and non-irradiated tumors. n = 1 experiment with n = 6 (control, anti-CD47 and RT) or n = 7 (RT + anti-CD47) mice. Irradiated tumors, ***P = 0.0006, ***P = 0.0006; non-irradiated tumors, **P = 0.0015, ***P = 0.0002. c, As in a with MC38 allografts in C57BL/6 mice except that CD8+ T cells were depleted with anti-CD8 antibody treatment. n = 1 experiment with n = 7 mice except RT + anti-CD47 (n = 8 mice). Irradiated tumors (control), ***P = 0.0002, ***P = 0.0002; irradiated tumors (CD8-depleted), ***P = 0.0006, ***P = 0.0006; non-irradiated tumors (control), ***P = 0.0003, ***P = 0.0003; non-irradiated tumors (CD8-depleted), ****P < 0.0001. d, Quantification of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in non-irradiated tumors from f. n = 1 experiment with n = 7 mice except RT + anti-CD47 (n = 8 mice). e, Growth curves of MC38 allografts with the indicated treatments in irradiated and non-irradiated tumors. n = 1 experiment with n = 7 (RT + anti-CD47) or n = 8 (RT + anti-CD47 + anti-PD-1) mice (two tumors per mouse). ****P < 0.0001. f, Quantification of tumor-infiltrating macrophages, M2-like macrophages, total T cells, CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells in non-irradiated tumors from e by flow cytometry. n = 1 experiment with n = 7 (RT + anti-CD47) or 8 (RT + anti-CD47 + anti-PD-1) mice. ***P = 0.0003, ***P = 0.0006, **P = 0.0078. Two-tailed Student’s t-tests following two-way ANOVA were performed in b (irradiated tumors, P < 0.0001; non-irradiated tumors, P < 0.0001), c (irradiated tumors, P < 0.0001; non-irradiated tumors, P < 0.0001) and e (irradiated tumors, P = 0.7841; non-irradiated tumors, P < 0.0001). Two-tailed Student’s t-tests following one-way ANOVA were performed in d (control, P = 0.0908; CD8-depleted, P = 0.4161). Two-tailed Student’s t-tests were performed for f. Error bars represent s.e.m. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001.

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