A Fluorescence-Based Assay Using Engineered Lymphocytes for Screening Immunomodulatory Compounds

Published: November 30, 2023

Abstract

Source: Fouda, A., et al., A Fluorescence-based Lymphocyte Assay Suitable for High-throughput Screening of Small Molecules. J. Vis. Exp., (2017).

This video demonstrates the screening of immunomodulatory compounds via fluorescent-based assay. Transgenic mouse-derived T lymphocytes with green fluorescent protein expression cassettes are treated with these compounds. The enhanced and reduced GFP signals enable the identification of the compounds' stimulatory and inhibitory effects, respectively.

Protocol

1. Preparation of Splenocyte Medium and Flow-cytometry Buffer Perform all steps under a 70% ethanol-cleaned biological hood. Remove 70 mL of pre-warmed Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) 1640 1x medium (commercially available and supplied in filtered 500 ml volume sterile bottles) and place in a sterile tube. The removed medium will be used later in the protocol. Supplement the remaining 430 mL of RPMI 1640 1x with 50 ml inactivated fetal bovine serum (FBS), 5 mL penic…

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Materials

Nur77GFP mice The Jackson Laboratory Mouse strain No. 016617 An in house colony was established at our animal facility 
96 wells-U culture plates, sterile VWR International 10062-902 T-cell activation using the magnetic beads
70µm cell strainer, sterile Corning Inc. 352350 Generation of splenocytes cell suspension
5 ml polystyrene round bottom tubes, sterile Corning Inc. 352058 Generation of splenocytes cell suspension
50 ml polypropylene conical bottom tubes, sterile VWR International 89039-656  Generation of splenocytes cell suspension
10 ml syringe without needle, sterile Becton, Dickinson and Company 305482 To mash the spleen
5 ml cell culture dish, sterile Greiner Bio-One 627 160 To mash the spleen
Penicillin- Streptomycin (10,000 U/mL) WISENT Inc. 450-200-EL   Component of the splenocyte media
RPMI 1600 with sodium bicarbonate and L- glutamine WISENT Inc. 350-002-CL  Component of the splenocyte media
MEM non-essential amino acids WISENT Inc. 321-010-EL  Component of the splenocyte media
HEPES free acid 1 M WISENT Inc. 330-050-EL  Component of the splenocyte media
Sodium pyruvate solution (100mM) WISENT Inc. 600-110-EL  Component of the splenocyte media
Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)  WISENT Inc. 080-910  Component of the splenocyte media and flow-cytometry buffer
Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) WISENT Inc. 311-010-CL Component of flow-cytometry buffer
2-Mercaptoethanol (55mM) Thermo Fisher Scientific 21985-023 Component of the splenocyte media
T- Cells isolation kit Stemcell Technologies 19851 To isolate T cells
Mouse T-Activator CD3/CD28 superparamagnetic beads Thermo Fisher Scientific 11452D To activate T cells 
Cell isolation magnet Stemcell Technologies 18000 To isolate T cells and remove the magnetic beads 
Recombinant Murine IL-7 Peprotech 217-17  To support T-cell survival during activation
Anti-mouse CD3 antibody BD Pharmingen 561799 To stain T cells for flow-cytometry
Biomed FXp PerkinElmer Inc. A31842 To re-suspend cells after 24 hours incubation
Opera Phenix High Content Screening System PerkinElmer Inc. HH14000000 To analyze GFP/Hoechst signal

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A Fluorescence-Based Assay Using Engineered Lymphocytes for Screening Immunomodulatory Compounds. J. Vis. Exp. (Pending Publication), e21850, doi: (2023).

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