Figure 3.
Myeloid cells from PIK3CA H1047R tumors are recruited by Ccl2 and inhibit CD8+ T cell proliferation. (A) Gene expression in control or PIK3CA H1047R MC38 cells in vitro. (B) Ccl2 transcript abundance after treatment with phospho-inositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 measured by quantitative PCR. Data are mean±SD. (C) Tumor volume over time for PIK3CA H1047R or control tumors with single-guide RNA (sgRNA) for Ccl2 or control guide growing in mice treated with programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) blockade. Data are mean±SEM; n=5 animals per group. (D) Proliferation of CD8+ splenocytes measured by cell trace violet after coculture for 3 days with bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs), anti-CD3, and CD45+ cells from control or PIK3CA H1047R tumors. Experimental design (left), representative histograms (center), and quantification (right). Data are mean±SD. (E) Proliferation of CD8+ splenocytes measured by cell trace violet after coculture for 3 days with BMDCs, anti-CD3, and F4/80+ or Ccr2hi populations sorted from PIK3CA H1047R tumor. Experimental design (left), representative histograms (center), and quantification (right). Data are mean±SD. *P<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001.
