Spleens were harvested after mice were sacrificed 48 hours after CLP, and then were processed to single-cell suspensions though a 70 μm filter. Splenocytes were rinsed with 10 mL cold PBS, and 200 μL from each spleen was put into a 96-well plate for staining. Anti-CD3 (BD, clone 500A2), anti-CD4 (clone RM4-5, BioLegend), anti-CD8 (clone MCD0830, Invitrogen),
anti-CD44 ( clone IM7, BioLegend), anti-CD226 (clone 10E5, BioLegend),
anti-PD-1 (clone 29F.1A12, BioLegend), anti-2B4 (clone eBio244F4, Thermo Fisher Scientific), and
anti-TIM-3 (clone RMT3-23, BioLegend) were used for surface staining to determine T cell phenotype. For the detection of cell apoptosis, splenocytes were stained with a
FITC Annexin V apoptosis detection kit with 7-AAD (BioLegend). Tregs were identified via intracellular staining for
Foxp3-APC (clone FJK-16S, eBioscience). Splenocytes were surface stained for anti-CD62L (MEL-14), anti-CD69 (H1.2F3), and then permeabilized using a
Foxp3 kit (BD Biosciences) and stained with
anti-Foxp3, anti-CTLA-4 (UC10-489), and
anti-Helios (22F6, all Abs from BioLegend).
AccuCheck Counting Beads (Thermo Fisher Scientific) were added after staining to calculate the absolute number of cells per spleen.
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