Murine melanoma cell lines B16F10 (CRL-6475; ATCC) were cultured in RPMI 1640 (2 mM glutamine, 100 μg/mL streptomycin, 10% FBS, 100 U/mL penicillin, and 1 M HEPES). Prior to the use, the cells with 70-80% confluence were detached with trypsin-EDTA (0.25%) and washed with PBS twice. For the melanoma models, C57BL/6 mice were subcutaneously (
s.c.) inoculated with 1 × 10
6 cells of B16F10. After 7 days of tumor-cell injection, the mice were further divided in three groups and
s.c. injected with PBS, FimH (2.5 mg/kg), or LPS (1 mg/kg) at the distance of the tumor (21 (
link)). Total tumors were excised in a sterile dish containing 5 mL of RPMI-1640 media at room temperature (RT) and minced into small pieces using fine scissors. After filtering through a 70-μm cell strainer, the cell suspension was mixed with 10 mL of Ficoll-Paque media and then gently layered on 10 mL of fresh Ficoll-Paque media and centrifuged (1025 ×
g, 20 min, 20°C) with slow acceleration and the brakes turned off (23 (
link)). The lymphomononuclear layer was collected and cultured for 40 min at 37°C. After three washes, the adherent cells remaining in the plate were detached by using Accutase
® Cell Detachment Solution (BioLegend, San Diego, California, USA) and washed for further analysis.
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