At day 21 post tumor implantation, mice were sacrificed using a lethal dose of ketamine/xylazine cocktail. The brain and cervical lymph nodes (LN) were harvested and passed through a 40-μm strainer. A 30–37–60%
Percoll gradient (GE Healthcare, Buck-inghamshire, UK) was used to isolate immune cell populations from brain tumors and the draining lymph nodes (LNs). After centrifugation, the 37–60% interface contained lymphocytes, monocytes and microglia in the case of brain tumors, and contained lymphocytes and monocytes in the case of draining LNs.
For flow cytometric analysis, lymphocytes were stained with
CD8 PerCp-Cy5.5 Clone: 53–6.7 (eBioscience),
CD3 FITC Clone: 17A2 (eBioscience),
CD4 APCH7 Clone: GK1.5 (BD Biosciences),
FoxP3 PE Clone: NNRF-30 (eBioscience),
IFNγ BV421 Clone: XMG 1.2 (Biolegend),
LAG-3 APC Clone: C9B7W,
PD-1 PE-Cy7 Clone: J43 and fixable aqua L/D stain (Life Technologies). Appropriate isotype controls were used.
All flow cytometry experiments were performed on a LSRII (BD Biosciences) and analysis was performed using FlowJo software (TreeStar, Ashland, OR).
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