Monocytes or DCs (10,000 cells/200 μl/well) were cocultured with autologous CD4
+ T cells at a ratio of 1:10 in U-bottom 96-well plates and stimulated with (20 μg/ml) γ-irradiated
M. tuberculosis or
M. tuberculosis-derived cell wall, cell membrane, or cytoplasmic fractions (10 μg/ml) for 5 days. After 5 days, cell-free supernatants were collected, and T cells were activated with
phorbol myristate acetate (50 ng/ml) and
ionomycin (500 ng/ml, Sigma-Aldrich, France), along with
GolgiStop (BD Biosciences), for 4 h. For the analysis of IL-17
+CD4
+ T cells and IL-10
+CD4
+ T cells in the cocultures, surface staining was performed with fluorescence-conjugated mAbs to CD4. Then, cells were fixed, permeabilized using
intracellular staining kit (eBioscience), and incubated at 4°C with fluorescence-conjugated mAbs to IL-17A, IL-10, pSTAT3, and RORC. Samples were acquired by using LSR II (BD Biosciences) flow cytometry, and data were analyzed by
BD FACS DIVA software (BD Biosciences).
For the analysis of FoxP3
+CD4
+ T in the cocultures, surface staining was performed with fluorescence-conjugated mAb to CD4. Then, cells were fixed, permeabilized using
intracellular staining kit (eBioscience), and incubated at 4°C with fluorescence-conjugated mAb to FoxP3.
For the analysis of PD-1 on CD4
+ T cells, surface staining was performed with fluorescence-conjugated mAbs to CD4 and PD-1.
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