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Immunohistochemical Analysis of ROR-γ in Prostate Cancer

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IHC was performed as previously described51 ,57 with the following modifications. Antigen retrival for sections of tissue microarrays (TMA PR803b from Biomax.US) was performed in a pressure cooker. The slides were then incubated with anti-ROR-γ monoclonal antibody (AFKJS-9, eBioscience) at 1:50 dilutions overnight at 4°C, followed by incubations with biotinylated secondary antibody and the ABC reagents in the Vectastain Elite kit and counter-stained with hematoxylin. The TMA contained specimens from 70 cases of prostate cancer with information provided for most of the cases on stage, Gleason scores and TNM grading. The percentage of positive nuclear staining was scored as follows: 0% – <5%, score 0; 5% – <10%, score 1; 10% – 50%, score 2; >50%, score 3. Differences and correlations in immunostaining among groups were analyzed with the χ2 test.
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Isolation and Analysis of Colonic Immune Cells

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Lamina propria mononuclear cells were isolated from colonic tissue as previously described (7 (link)). LIVE/DEAD fixable aqua dead cell stain kit (Molecular Probes) was used to exclude dead cells. For cytokine detection, cells were stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and ionomycin with BD GolgiPlug for 4 hours. Following surface-marker staining with anti-CD3-APCCy7 (eBiosciences UCHT1) and anti-CD4-BUV650 (BioLegend OKT4), cells were prepared as per manufacturer’s instruction with Cytoperm/Cytofix (BD Biosciences) for intracellular cytokine evaluation of IL-17A (eBiosciences eBio64DEC17), IL-4 (eBiosciences 8D4-8), IL-22 (eBiosciences 22URTI) and IFNγ (eBiosciences 4S.B3). For transcription factor analysis, cells were fixed and permeabilized as per manufacturer’s instructions (eBiosciences) and stained intracellularly with anti-Foxp3-E450 (eBiosciences 236A/E7) and anti-RORγt-PE (eBiosciences AFKJS-9). Data acquisition was computed with BD LSRFortessa flow cytometers and analysis performed with FlowJo software.
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Immunohistochemical Analysis of ROR-γ in Prostate Cancer

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IHC was performed as previously described51 ,57 with the following modifications. Antigen retrival for sections of tissue microarrays (TMA PR803b from Biomax.US) was performed in a pressure cooker. The slides were then incubated with anti-ROR-γ monoclonal antibody (AFKJS-9, eBioscience) at 1:50 dilutions overnight at 4°C, followed by incubations with biotinylated secondary antibody and the ABC reagents in the Vectastain Elite kit and counter-stained with hematoxylin. The TMA contained specimens from 70 cases of prostate cancer with information provided for most of the cases on stage, Gleason scores and TNM grading. The percentage of positive nuclear staining was scored as follows: 0% – <5%, score 0; 5% – <10%, score 1; 10% – 50%, score 2; >50%, score 3. Differences and correlations in immunostaining among groups were analyzed with the χ2 test.
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Intracellular Cytokine Staining and mTOR/STAT3 Activation

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For intracellular staining of IL-10, IL-17 and IFN-γ, cells were stained first for surface antigens with antibodies (e.g. RM4-5 for CD4 or 53-6.7 for CD8) and then activated in RPMI 1640 (10% FBS) with PMA (50 ng/ml), ionomycin (1 μM), and monensin (2 mM; Sigma-Aldrich) for 4 h. Cells were then fixed, permeabilized, and stained with antibodies to mIL-10 (JES5-16E3), mIL-17A (TC11-18H10.1) or IFN-γ (XMG1.2). Cells were stained with an antibody to mouse FoxP3 (FJK-16s), T-bet (eBio4B10), or RORγt (AFKJS-9) according to the manufacturer’s protocol (eBioscience). For co-staining of IL-10 and FoxP3, the cells prestained with anti-CD4 (RM4-5) were activated with PMA (50 ng/ml), ionomycin (1 μM), and Brefeldin A (25 μg/ml) for 4 h. Activated cells were fixed, permeabilized, and stained with antibodies to IL-10 and FoxP3.
For assessment of mTOR activation or STAT3 activation, mouse CD4+ cells were activated for up to 60 hours in complete RPMI-1640 medium with an immobilized antibody to CD3 (5 μg/ml) and soluble antibody to CD28 (2 μg/ml) in the presence of C2 (0, 1, 10, or 20 mM), C3 (0, 0.1, 0.5, or 1 mM) or C4 (0, 0.125, 0.25, or 0.5 mM). Antibodies to phosphorylated rS6 (Ser235/236; D57.2.2E), phosphorylated STAT3 (Y705; D3A7), phosphorylated MAPK (Erk1/2) (Thr202/Tyr204; 137F5) were used for flow cytometry (all from Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA).
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Intracellular Cytokine Staining and mTOR/STAT3 Activation

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For intracellular staining of IL-10, IL-17 and IFN-γ, cells were stained first for surface antigens with antibodies (e.g. RM4-5 for CD4 or 53-6.7 for CD8) and then activated in RPMI 1640 (10% FBS) with PMA (50 ng/ml), ionomycin (1 μM), and monensin (2 mM; Sigma-Aldrich) for 4 h. Cells were then fixed, permeabilized, and stained with antibodies to mIL-10 (JES5-16E3), mIL-17A (TC11-18H10.1) or IFN-γ (XMG1.2). Cells were stained with an antibody to mouse FoxP3 (FJK-16s), T-bet (eBio4B10), or RORγt (AFKJS-9) according to the manufacturer’s protocol (eBioscience). For co-staining of IL-10 and FoxP3, the cells prestained with anti-CD4 (RM4-5) were activated with PMA (50 ng/ml), ionomycin (1 μM), and Brefeldin A (25 μg/ml) for 4 h. Activated cells were fixed, permeabilized, and stained with antibodies to IL-10 and FoxP3.
For assessment of mTOR activation or STAT3 activation, mouse CD4+ cells were activated for up to 60 hours in complete RPMI-1640 medium with an immobilized antibody to CD3 (5 μg/ml) and soluble antibody to CD28 (2 μg/ml) in the presence of C2 (0, 1, 10, or 20 mM), C3 (0, 0.1, 0.5, or 1 mM) or C4 (0, 0.125, 0.25, or 0.5 mM). Antibodies to phosphorylated rS6 (Ser235/236; D57.2.2E), phosphorylated STAT3 (Y705; D3A7), phosphorylated MAPK (Erk1/2) (Thr202/Tyr204; 137F5) were used for flow cytometry (all from Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA).
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Quantifying RORγt Occupancy in Th17 Cells

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Freshly isolated naive CD4+ T cells from wild-type mice were cultured under Th17- polarizing conditions, with or without ITA treatment. After 2 days, 4.5 × 106 cells were harvested, and ChIP was performed using the ChIP system (Thermo Fisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The soluble chromatin supernatant was immunoprecipitated with an anti-RORγt antibody (40 μg mL−1, clone AFKJS-9, eBioscience, 14-6988-82) and IgG control (40 μg mL−1, clone eBR2a, eBioscience, 14-4321-82). Immunoprecipitated DNA and input DNA were measured by qPCR using a SYBR green reagent. Data were expressed as the percent input for each ChIP fraction. The primers used for amplification of the promoter of Il17a containing the RORγt-binding site were 5′ CAGCTCCCAAGAAGTCATGC 3′ (forward) and 5′ GCAACATCTGTCTCGAAGGTAG 3′ (reverse)47 (link).
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Antibody Panel for T-cell Analysis

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The following antibodies were used for flow cytometry analysis and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS): Anti-CD3 (17A2, Biolegend, 1:400), anti-CD4 (GK1.5, Biolegend, 1:100 or 1:400), anti-CD8 (53–6.7, Biolegend, 1:400), anti-CD25 (PC61, Biolegend, 1:400), anti-CD44 (IM7, Biolegend, 1:400), anti-CD62L (MEL-14, Biolegend, 1:400), anti-IL-17A (TC11-18H10.1, Biolegend, 1:100), anti-IFN-γ (XMG1.2, Biolegend, 1:100), anti-GM-CSF (MP1-22E9, BD, 1:100), anti-RORγt (Q31-378, BD, 1:50), anti-Foxp3 (150D, Biolegend, 1:50), anti-T-bet (4B10, Biolegend, 1:50) and anti-TCRVβ8.1/8.2 (KJ16-133.18, Biolegend, 1:20). For immunoblot analyses, anti-JunB (C37F9, Cell Signaling Technology, 1:2,000), anti-RORγt (AFKJS-9, eBioscience, 1:400) and anti-GAPDH (3H12, MBL, 1:2,000) were used. For ChIP analyses, anti-JunB (210, Santa Cruz, 2 μg per ChIP), anti-BATF (WW8, Santa Cruz, 2 μg per ChIP), anti-IRF4 (M-17, Santa Cruz, 2 μg per ChIP), anti-STAT3 (c-20, Santa Cruz, 2 μg per ChIP) were used.
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Multiparameter Flow Cytometry Analysis

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Antibodies against CD3e (145-2C11), CD4 (GK1.5), NK1.1 (PK136), CD19 (eBio1D3), CD24 (30-F1), CD44 (IM7), CD45.1 (A20), CD45.2 (104), CD48 (HM48-1), CXCR5 (SPRCL5), GL7 (GL-7), GATA3 (TWAJ), IgD (11-26C), ICOS (7E.17G9), Ly9 (Ly9ab3), PD1 (J43), PLZF (Mags.21F7), RORγt (AFKJS-9), 2B4 (eBio244F4), 7-AAD, and streptavidin were purchased from eBioscience. Antibodies against CD138 (281–2) and Fas (Jo2) were purchased from BD. Antibodies against SLAM (12F12), CD84 (CD84.7), and Ly-108 (330-AJ) were purchased from BioLegend, whereas CRACC antibody (clone 520914) was provided by R&D Systems. Antibodies against Egr2 were purchased from Abcam, and goat anti–rabbit IgG (H+L) was purchased from Thermo Fisher Scientific. CD1d-tetramer (19156, loaded with PBS57) and empty CD1d control were kindly provided by the National Institutes of Health Tetramer Core Facility.
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Phenotyping Th Cell Subsets in Autoimmune Mice

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Joint draining LN cells from 6 week old KRN.g7 and IDO2 ko KRN.g7 mice were harvested and stained for CD4+ T cells (BioLegend clone GK1.5) and the following markers to distinguish Th subsets: bcl6 (Tfh, BD Pharmingen Clone K112g1), foxP3 (Treg, Biolegend clone 150D), gata3 (Th2, eBioscience clone TWAJ), rorγt (Th17, eBioscience clone AFKJS-9), T-bet (Th1, eBioscience clone 4B10). The samples were acquired on a BDFACSCanto II flow cytometer using FACSDiva Software (BD Bioscience) and analyzed using FlowJo Software (TreeStar).
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Flow Cytometric Analysis of T Cell Subsets

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Flow cytometric analysis was performed on all PBMCs to detect nTregs (CD4+CD25+Foxp3+), iTregs (CD4+CD25Foxp3+) and Th17 (CD4+CD25RORγt) cells by utilizing the protocol from Braundmeier et al. 2012. Briefly, approximately 105 to 106 mononuclear cells were stained directly with anti-human FITC-CD4 (L200; 550628, BD Pharmigen), anti-human APC-CD25 (BC96; 17-0259, eBioscience), anti-human PE-Foxp3 (PCH101; 12-4776; eBioscience) and anti-human PE-RORγt (AFKJS-9; 12-6988; eBioscience) antibodies. Lymphocyte cell populations were sorted using a BD Accuri C6 flow cytometer and its respective software (BD Biosciences). Populations were gated on CD4 fluorescent intensity; CD4+ subpopulations were identified by CD25+, Foxp3+ and RORγt+ fluorescent intensity. Treg and Th17 cells were compared within each animal.
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