Figure 7.
CTCF has an early impact on TEFF and TMP gene expression in antigen-experienced CD8+ T cells. (A) Tracks of CTCF CUT&RUN, ATAC-seq, and Tcf1 ChIP-seq at the Tcf7 and Id3 gene loci linked to the incongruous sites (denoted with blue bars). The green bars denote ChrAcc− constitutive CTCF binding sites that function as boundary anchors for insulated neighborhoods. (B–G) Detection of TEFF- and TMP-characteristic proteins in CTV-labeled WT or Ctcf− CD45.2+GFP+CD8+ T cells within 60 h after in vivo activation by LCMV-Arm infection. B and C, intracellular detection of granzyme B; D and E, intracellular detection of GP33-stimulated IFN-γ production; F and G, intranuclear detection of Tcf1. In B, D, and F, representative dot plots showing percentage of actively dividing cells that expressed proteins of interest; in C, E, and G, half-stacked histographs showing gMFI of the proteins. (H) Detection of active caspase3/7 in CTV-labeled WT or Ctcf−/− CD8+ T cells within 60 h after in vivo activation. Cumulative data in B–H are means ± SD (right) from at least two independent experiments. *, P < 0.05; ***, P < 0.001 by two-tailed Student’s t test. gMFI, geometric mean fluorescence intensity.