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Ovarian Tumor Induction in Mice

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All animal work was done in accordance with a protocol approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Female C57BL/6J mice were obtained from the Jackson Laboratory. Animals were cared for according to IACUC guidelines. All animals were 6 to 8 weeks of age at the time of injection. shRNA control and shRNA furin ID8 cells (1× 106 cells/animal) were prepared in Hanks’ balanced salt solution (Gibco, Carlsbad, CA) and injected into the ovarian bursa (10 mice/group). The mice were imaged once weekly for a bioluminescence signal, using a Xenogen IVIS system (PerkinElmer). At the time of necropsy, the weight, number, and distribution of tumors were recorded.
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Metastasis Tracking in Nude Mice

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Animal experiments were performed according to the protocols approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Emory University. Nude mice (athymic nu/nu, female, 4–6-week old, Harlan, Indianapolis, IN, USA) were intravenously injected with 2.5 × 106 of A549-luc-GFP cells with RSK2 knockdown and expression of stathmin mutants. Metastasis was monitored by BLI analysis as described.37 (link) In brief, xenograft mice were administered 75 mg/kg of D-luciferin intraperitoneally 3 min before the BLI imaging (Perkin Elmer, Waltham, MA, USA, 15 mg/ml solution in sterile PBS). BLI images were acquired by using Xenogen IVIS system coupled to Living Image acquisition and analysis software (Perkin Elmer).
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CAR-NK Cell Therapy for Leukemia

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Six-week-old immunodeficient NSG (NOD Scid gamma mouse) mice (Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME, USA) were housed in accordance with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (#LUM-001). Each mouse was subcutaneously injected on day 0 with 100 µL of 1 × 105 Nalm-6-luciferase positive cells. Human CAR-NK and NK cells generated by CAR mRNA transfection were frozen 24 h post-transfection. Frozen/thawed 5 × 106 NK or CAR-NK cells were intravenously injected to NSG mice on days 1, 3, 6, and 8. Imaging was performed on days 6, 9, 12, and 15 after luciferin injection using Xenogen Ivis System (Perkin Elmer, Waltham, MA, USA). Quantification of imaging was carried out by measuring bioluminescence (BLI) in photons/s signals.
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Evaluating Tumorigenicity and Bone Marrow Infiltration of Cancer Stem Cells

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In vivo experiments were done in accordance with the HMRI institutional guidelines for the use of laboratory animals. To determine tumorigenicity of regenerated SP cells, 8- to 10-week-old NOD/SCID IL2rg−/− mice (Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA) (six mice per group) were injected subcutaneously with 0.1 × 106 SP or NSP cell populations isolated from the RPMI8226 GL cell line and suspended in Matrigel (BD Biosciences). Tumor engraftment was monitored weekly by whole-body bioluminescence imaging. Luciferin substrate (Gold Bio Technology, St. Louis, MO, USA) was injected intraperitoneally (IP) and whole-body imaging performed on the Xenogen IVIS system (PerkinElmer, Waltham, MA, USA), as previously reported.20 (link) Mice were euthanized on day 35 in accordance with institutional guidelines. Bioluminescence signal intensity representative of tumor sizes was quantified by Living Image 3.1 (PerkinElmer).
To determine the ability of SP and NSP cells to infiltrate the mouse bone marrow (BM), mice (same as above) were injected via the lateral tail vein with 0.2 × 106 sorted SP or NSP cells. Tumor engraftment was monitored using bioluminescence for 3 weeks. Mice were then euthanized and bone marrow cells were flushed with PBS from femora and tibiae using a 25-gauge needle. The percentage of GFP-positive cells was determined by flow cytometry.
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Evaluating DPP4 Activity in Mice

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For evaluation of DPP4 enzymatic activity, mice were bled at the time points indicated and plasma samples were collected after centrifugation of blood. For measurements of DPP4 activity in tumor homogenates, tumors growing in mice were dissected, weighted and homogenized in PBS supplemented with protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche). Soluble extracts were collected after centrifugation of tumor homogenates. DPP4 activity in peritoneal cavity was measured by collecting peritoneal washes in 1.5 ml of PBS. DPP4 activity was measured using the DPPIV-Glo™ Protease assay (Promega). To evaluate DPP4 activity in vivo, FVB-Tg(CAG-luc) mice were fed with control and sitagliptin chow 24 hours prior to intraperitoneal injection of 10 mM Gly-Pro-aminoluciferin (Promega). Bioluminescence images were acquired with a XENOGEN (IVIS system, Perkin Elmer), 5 min after injection.

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Adoptive T-cell transfer in NSG mice

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All animal experiments were done after approval by the NCI ACUC to follow ethical guidelines. NSG mice were obtained from the NCI repository. We injected subdermally 200 μl per mouse of a 1:1 mixture of PBS:Matrigel (Corning, Corning NY) containing 2×107 MEC1-002 or MEC1-001-Siglec6TG cells stably expressing luciferase. Seven days later 5×106 effector T cells were injected i.v. in 200 μl of PBS. Luminescence was read 15 minutes after i.p. injection of 200 μl of luciferase (15mg/ml) in a Xenogen IVIS system (Perkin Elmer, Hopkinton, MA). Randomization and blinding was performed as follows: transduction of T-cells was performed by a technician and all in vivo procedures and analysis was performed by the investigator without knowledge of the specific group conditions.
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Ovarian Tumor Induction in Mice

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All animal work was done in accordance with a protocol approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Female C57BL/6J mice were obtained from the Jackson Laboratory. Animals were cared for according to IACUC guidelines. All animals were 6 to 8 weeks of age at the time of injection. shRNA control and shRNA furin ID8 cells (1× 106 cells/animal) were prepared in Hanks’ balanced salt solution (Gibco, Carlsbad, CA) and injected into the ovarian bursa (10 mice/group). The mice were imaged once weekly for a bioluminescence signal, using a Xenogen IVIS system (PerkinElmer). At the time of necropsy, the weight, number, and distribution of tumors were recorded.
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Multiple Myeloma Tumor Xenograft Model

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Six week old male NSG mice (Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME, USA) were housed in accordance with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (#LUM-001). Each mouse was injected subcutaneously on day 0 with 100 µL of 1.5 × 106 MM1S-luciferase positive cells in sterile serum-free medium. On the next day, 1 × 107 CAR-T cells in serum-free medium were injected intravenously. Imaging was done after luciferin injection using Xenogen Ivis System (Perkin Elmer, Waltham, MA, USA). Quantification was done by measuring bioluminescence (BLI) in photons/sec signals. The Kaplan–Meier survival curve was plotted with GraphPad Prism software using mouse survival data.
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Generation of Orthotopic MB-G3 Mouse Models

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To develop EP-based MBG3 models, in utero EP was performed.37 (link) Only the animals showing luciferase signal by P7 were selected for further analysis. Tumor growth was measured every 1–2 week by bioluminescence imaging of luciferase activity using a Xenogen IVIS system (PerkinElmer, Waltham, MA, USA).41 (link) Orthotopic MBG3 mouse models were generated by cranial implants of purified GNPs from [Trp53−/−; Cdkn2c−/−], [Trp53Fl/-; Atoh1-CreER], [Trp53Fl/-; Prom1-CreER] and [Trp53Fl/-] P6–7 pups, infected with retroviruses carrying Myc and red fluorescent protein according to the previous study.16 (link) No specific randomization or blinding was performed. Tumor cell purification and genomic DNA and total RNA extraction for genotyping and Affymetrix microarray analysis were described previously.16 (link) For detection of non-recombined and recombined alleles of Trp53 in Atoh1ER-MYC and Prom1ER-MYC MBs, 1F/1R (370 bp) and 1F/10R (612 bp) primer sets were used, respectively.42 (link) For internal control, endogenous Prom1 (563 bp)43 (link) and Ptch1 (220 bp)17 (link) were detected. Comparison of survival curves was performed by calculation of two-tailed P-value using the GraphPad Prism software (GraphPad Software, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA).
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Measuring DPP4 Activity in Mice

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For evaluation of DPP4 enzymatic activity, mice were bled at the time points indicated and plasma samples were collected after centrifugation of blood. For measurements of DPP4 activity in tumor homogenates, tumors growing in mice were dissected, weighted and homogenized in PBS supplemented with protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche). Soluble extracts were collected after centrifugation of tumor homogenates. DPP4 activity in peritoneal cavity was measured by collecting peritoneal washes in 1.5 ml of PBS. DPP4 activity was measured using the DPPIV-Glo™ Protease assay (Promega). To evaluate DPP4 activity in vivo, FVB-Tg(CAG-luc) mice were fed with control and sitagliptin chow 24 hours prior to intraperitoneal injection of 10 mM Gly-Pro-aminoluciferin (Promega). Bioluminescence images were acquired with a XENOGEN (IVIS system, Perkin Elmer), 5 min after injection.

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