antibody,46 (link) followed by goat
anti-mouse Ig-PE (Dako, Ely, UK) and was expressed as percentage positivity and/
or geometric mean fluorescence intensity. Cells stained with secondary antibody
only served as a negative control. Expression of CARs was detected using
supernatant derived from the 9e10 hybridoma (ECACC), which binds to residues
410-419 of human c-myc, followed by goat anti-mouse Ig-PE. Untransduced T-cells
acted as a negative control. CD8 expression was detected using PE-conjugated
PNIM0452 (Immunotech, Marseille, France). Phenotypic analysis of T-cells was
performed using anti-CCR7 (R&D systems FAB197F) and CD45RO (Biolegend
304210) antibodies. In some assays, populations were gated on CAR+cells detected using an antibody against CD124 (BD Pharmingen, 552178). To
assess integrin specificity of the A20 peptide, biotinylated peptide (Genscript,
Hong Kong Ltd) was diluted in PBS supplemented with MgCl2 and NaCl
(Sigma D8662) and incubated with cells on ice for 20 minutes before being
stained with streptavadin-PE (LifeTech S866) for a further 20 minutes on ice.
Flow cytometry was performed using a FACSCalibur cytometer with CellQuest Pro
software or Fortessa cytometer with FACSDiva software.