An In Vitro Technique to Study T Cell Interaction with Supported Planar Lipid Bilayers

Abstract

Source: Steblyanko, M., et al. Assessment of the Synaptic Interface of Primary Human T Cells from Peripheral Blood and Lymphoid Tissue. J. Vis. Exp. (2018).

This video demonstrates an in vitro technique to study immune synapse formation between primary human T cells and supported lipid bilayers (SLB). T cell surface proteins interact with respective ligands immobilized on SLB to form an immune synapse, followed by the movement of lytic granules towards the synapse, which is visualized using fluorescence microscopy.

Protocol

All procedures involving sample collection have been performed in accordance with the institute's IRB guidelines.

1. Isolation of CD4⁺ T Cells for an Image Analysis

1. Thaw a 1 mL aliquot containing 10⁷ frozen peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) or lymph node mononuclear cells (LNMCs) from collected samples. In a sterile hood, add the thawed cells to 9 mL of RPMI supplemented with penicillin/streptomycin and glutamine.
   1. Centrifugate the cells for 10 min at 300 x g at 4 °C, aspirate the supernatant and resuspend the cells in 5 mL of supplemented RPMI containing 1....

Materials

List of materials used in this article

Name	Company	Catalog Number	Comments
CD4 T cell isolation kit, human	Miltenyl Biotec	130-096-533
CD8 T cells Isolation Kit, human	Miltenyl Biotec	130-096-495
DOPC	Avanti Polar Lipids	850375C
DOGS NTA	Avanti Polar Lipids	790528C
Biotinyl Cap PE	Avanti Polar Lipids	870273C
Human Serum Albumin	Octapharma USA	NDC 68982-643-01
sticky-Slide VI 0.4	ibidi	80608
Coverslips for sticky-Slides	ibidi	10812
Bioptech FCS2 Chamber	Bioptech	060319-2-03
anti-CD3 antibody	Thermo Fisher Scientific	16-0037-81	OKT3 clone, hybridoma cells are available from ATCC
anti- CD28 antibody	Genetex	GTX14664	9.3 clone
Casein	Sigma	C5890
Biotin-PEO4-NHS	Thermo Fisher Scientific	21329
DMSO	Sigma	D2650-5
Alexa Fluor 488 protein labeling kit with column for labeled protein purification	Thermo Fisher Scientific	A10235
Alexa Fluor 568 protein labeling kit with column for labeled protein purification	Thermo Fisher Scientific	A10238
Amersham Cy5 NHS Ester	GE Life Science	PA15101
pMT/V5-His A, B, C Drosophila Expression Vectors	Thermo Fisher Scientific	V412020
pcopneo, G418 Drosophila expression vector for positive selection	ATCC	37409
Serum free Drosophial media Insect-XPRESS	Lonza	12-730Q
Hybridoma YN1/1.7.4	ATCC	CRL1878	The hybridoma secrets antibody against ICAM-1.
Cyanogen bromide-activated-Sepharose 4B	Sigma-Aldrich	C9142	Utilized for preparation of Sepharose with covelently bound anti-ICAM antibody.
MasterFlex tangential flow concentrator	Cole-Parmer	77601-60 7592-40	Used for ICAM-1 containing supernatant concentration and dialysis of ICAM-1 containing supernant
Centramate Lab Tangential Flow Systems	Pall Laboratory	FS002K10 OS010T12 FS005K10	Used for ICAM-1 containing supernatant concentration and dialysis of ICAM-1 containing supernant
Ni-NTA Agarose	QIAGEN	30210
Dialysis tubing	Spectra/Por	131384
Papain from papaya latex	Sigma	P3125
mouse anti-human antibody against CD107a	BD Bioscences	555798	Clone H4A3
Ansell Natural Blue Gloves	Fisher Scientific	19-014-539
Nalgene Polypropylene Scissor-Type Forceps	Thermo Fisher Scientific	6320-0010
Streptavidin	ProZyme	SA10
Confocal microscope	Nikon		Nikon TiE inverted microscope equipped with PFS for long-term image stability control, 60x oil objectives, 4 lasers with excitation lines at 405, 458, 488, 514, 561, and 640 nm, 2 GaAsP detectors and 2 high sensitivity PMTs, DIC transmitted light, Programmable X,Y,Z stage for multiple positions and stitching of large areas, time lapse functions, Tokai-Hit temperature and CO2-controlled chamber for live imaging, and anti-vibration isolation table
TIRF microscope	Andor		Andor Revolution XD system equipped with Nikon TIRF-E illuminator, Lasers with 405,488,561 and 640 lines, DIC transmitted light, Yokogawa CSU-X1 spinning disk head for confocal imaging, 100/1.49 NA objective, Andor iXon X3 EM-CCD camera, objective heater, and a piezoelectric motorized stage with Perfect Focus System (PFS)