Splenocytes were collected from adult and P9, P5 mice, and P5 interspecies chimeras by mashing the spleen between glass slides and chilling it in PBS(–). Splenocytes were stained with APC anti-mouse CD45 (1:50, Biolegend 100516), PE anti-mouse CD3ε (1:50, Biolegend 100308), Alexa Fluor 488 anti-mouse CD3ε (1:50, Biolegend 100321), APC anti-mouse CD4 (1:50, Biolegend 100516), PerCP anti-mouse CD8 (1:50, Biolegend 100732), APC anti-rat CD45 (1:50, Biolegend 202212), PE anti-rat CD3ε (1:50, Biolegend 201412), APC anti-rat CD4 (1:50, Invitrogen 17-0040-82), and PerCP anti-rat CD8 (1:50, Biolegend 201712) in 50 µL of 0.1% BSA/PBS at 4 °C for 30 min. The samples were resuspended in 500 µL of 0.1% BSA/PBS and filtered through a 37 µm mesh prior to flow cytometry analysis.
Flow cytometry was conducted using a BD Accuri C6 flow cytometer (BD Biosciences), and data were analyzed using FlowJo software (Becton Dickinson).