Single-cell suspensions were first pretreated with anti-CD16/32 (2.4G2) antibodies to block Fc receptors and then stained with anti-CD11c (HL3), anti-MHC class II (M5/114.15.2), anti-CD317 (927), anti-Siglec-H (551), or anti-CD45.2 (104) antibodies. Live cells were gated based on 4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) exclusion. Multiple cell populations were separated by flow cytometry (LSR Fortessa or Calibur; BD Biosciences). H-2Db tetramers specific for the RSV M187–195 peptide (NAITNAKII) were prepared with streptavidin-allophycocyanin (APC), using the protocol of the NIH Tetramer Core Facility (https://tetramer.yerkes.emory.edu/support/protocols) [17 (link)]. Single-cell suspensions from the lungs of immunized mice were pretreated with anti-CD16/32 (2.4G2) antibodies to block Fc receptors and then stained with anti-CD8α (53-6.7) and anti-CD3e (145-2C11) antibodies. Then, APC-labelled tetramer staining was performed. The number of RSV M187–195 peptide-specific CD8+ T cells was analyzed by flow cytometry (Calibur; BD Bioscience). Final analysis and graphical output of the results were obtained using FlowJo software (Version 9, Tree Star, Inc., Ashland, OR, USA).
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