Spleen single-cell suspensions were incubated with a Fc-receptor blocking antibody 2.4G2 (kindly provided by Dr. Louis Boon, Bioceros BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands) and the percentage of spleen cell populations (macrophages, B cells, Dendritic cells, T cells, monocytes) were determined using the following antibodies:
F4/80 (BM8) (Invitrogen, Bleiswijk, The Netherlands),
CD45R (B220) (eBioscience, Vienna, Austria),
CD11c (HL3) (BD Biosciences),
CD4 (GK1.5) (eBioscience, Vienna, Austria),
CD8α (53-6.7) (eBioscience, Vienna, Austria),
CD3e (145-2C11) (eBioscience, Vienna, Austria), Lineage (Lin) (B220, NK1.1, CD90, CD49. Ly6G) (ebioscience, Vienna, Austria) CD45.1 (ebioscience, Vienna, Austria). Samples were analyzed with a
LSR Fortessa II (Beckman Coulter) and the FlowJo software (Tree Star Inc., Ashland, The United States). The different spleen cell populations were defined as follow: DCs (CD11c+MHCII+), macrophages (F4/80+), B cells (CD45R+MHCII+), CD4+ (CD3+CD8-CD4+), CD8+T cells (CD3+CD8+CD4-) and monocytes (CD45+Lin-F4/80-CD11c-MHCII-CD11b+Ly-6C+). Percentages were reported to the total number of splenocytes of each mouse to calculate the number of cells per population (
Figure S2 and
S3).
Costes L.M., van der Vliet J., Farro G., Matteoli G., van Bree S.H., Olivier B.J., Nolte M.A., Boeckxstaens G.E, & Cailotto C. (2014). The Spleen Responds to Intestinal Manipulation but Does Not Participate in the Inflammatory Response in a Mouse Model of Postoperative Ileus. PLoS ONE, 9(7), e102211.