Upon excision, tumors were finely minced and incubated in
HBSS (Gibco) supplemented with 2%
FCS (
HBSS-2),
Collagenase 8 at 0.05mg/mL (Sigma), 1mM
sodium pyruvate (Gibco), 25mM
HEPES (Thermo Fisher), and
DNaseI at 10mg/mL (Roche) at 37C on a shaker at 80RPM for 30 minutes. The mixture was then thoroughly titrated and passed through a 70um filter and neutralized with
HBSS-2 to dilute the collagenase. Tumor-infiltrating leukocytes were subsequently purified via density gradient centrifugation using
Percoll (GE Healthcare). Briefly, the cells were resuspended in 35%
Percoll and then 70%
Percoll was added to the bottom of the suspension by a glass Pasteur pipette. The suspension was spun at 2100 RPM for 20 minutes at room temperature with the brake off. After the spin, the pellet of red blood cells was removed, as well as excess
Percoll/buffer, leaving a purified population of tumor-infiltrating leukocytes at the interface. The isolated leukocytes were washed twice with
HBSS-2 prior to staining.
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