Supplementary Information Methods Cell preparation, adoptive transfer, and immunization. Various T cell populations were isolated from LNs and spleens of respective donor mice and were enriched by negative selection using anti-B220, CD4, or CD8 Dynabeads (Dynal). For transfer into 2m-/- recipients, T cells were further purified by negative bead selection using antibodies to MHC-class II, CD11b, CD11c, and NK1.1 (Pharmingen). The resultant cells (>98% pure) were then adoptively transferred into recipient mice at 3 x 106/population/mouse for experiments involving flow cytometry and at 1 x 10 5 to 6 x 106/cell population/mouse for imaging studies. Mice were immunized by s.c. injection in the dorsum of the foot with alum (Pierce) admixed as specified with either OVA323-339 (“323”) (10 g), OVA 257-264 (“S”) (1 g), and CpGs (GCTAGACGTTAGGT and TCAACGTTGA; 20 g total) 1. For experiments involving transfer of DCs, BM-DC were prepared by culture in the presence of 15 ng/ml mGM-CSF and 10 ng/ml mIL-4 for 6 days, then replating for 1 day 2. The recovered BM-DC were mock unpulsed (“medium”) or pulsed with 10 g/ml 323 in the presence of 20 ng/ml LPS in complete RPMI medium supplemented with 10% foetal calf serum for 1 hour at 370C in 5% CO2 prior to washing and then staining with vital dyes (Cell Tracker Blue (50 M), or CFSE (2.5 M) and SNARF (5 M); Molecular Probes). These DCs were injected s.c. into the dorsum of the foot of recipient mice at 1 x 106 cells/mouse. Various dye-labelled T cell populations were transferred 6-18 hours later. For chemokine-guided T cell migration analysis, 5 x 105 LPS-treated, 323-pulsed DC (Cell Tracker Blue, 50 M) were injected s.c. into the dorsum of the right foot of each recipient mouse, followed by i.v. injection of 8 x 10 6 uncolored OT-II cells 6 hours later. Twelve - 18 hours after OT-II cell injection, 1 x 107 1 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D each of freshly isolated WT polyclonal CD8+ T cells labelled with SNARF (5 M) and CCR5-/- polyclonal CD8+ T cells labelled with CFSE (2.5 M) were co-injected i.v. for intravital 2-photon imaging beginning at 6 hours later. For analysis involving in vivo chemokine neutralization, various chemokine blocking antibodies or isotype matched controls (R&D; anti-CCL4, MAB 451 and AF451; anti-CCL3, MAB450 and AF450; antiCCL19,MAB880; anti-CXCL12, MAB310, or matched isotype controls MAB006, AB108, and MAB002) were injected i.v. (50 g in PBS/mouse) at the time of immunization. Flow cytometry. T cells (3 x 106 cells/population) were injected i.v. into Ly5.2 congenic mice. Twenty-four hours later recipient mice were immunized s.c. in the dorsal regions of both feet with different vaccine formulations. Forty hours after immunization the draining popliteal LNs were treated with collagenase (3.5 mg/ml Sigma) + DNAse (200 ng/ml; Sigma) and the distribution and phenotype of CD8+ T cells analyzed by flow cytometry. All antibodies used for flow cytometry were purchased from Pharmingen with the exception of the CD45.2 Ig (e-bioscience). OT-I or total CD8+ T cell content was expressed as a percentage of the total LN cell content. Data are expressed as the ratio of CD8+ T cell content (%) in the LN draining a vaccine formulation containing 323 to the CD8+ T cell content (%) in the contralateral LN draining a vaccine formulation without 323. Similar results were obtained when absolute numbers of CD8 + T cells, rather than percentages, were used to derive this ratio (FC, unpublished observations). Chemokine secretion assays and intracellular staining. For detection of chemokine production by vaccine draining lymph nodes, mice were adoptively transferred with 3x106 OT-II T cells 24 hours prior to s.c. injection of the indicated vaccine formulations. Thirty hours later the draining LN was removed and incubated either in complete medium for 12 hours followed by quantitative chemokine measurement of the LN 2 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D supernatants by ELISA (R&D Systems), or in complete medium containing Brefeldin A (BFA) for 4 hours, followed by cell dispersal for intracellular chemokine staining and analysis by flow cytometry. For experiments involving detection of CCL3/CCL4 heterodimers, mice adoptively transferred with 3x106 OT-II T cells 24 hours earlier were immunized with alum+CpG+323 in the dorsum of the foot. Thirty hours later the draining LN was removed and incubated in complete medium for 12 hours. The supernatants were harvested and incubated for 2 hours with different plate-bound antibodies, and the pre-absorbed supernatants were then assayed for chemokine content by ELISA. In other experiments, BM-DC (1 x 106/ml) or OT-II CD4+ T cells (0.5 x 106/ml) were cultured overnight under the indicated conditions to induce production of CCL3 and CCL4. Where indicated, agonistic anti-CD40 antibody (clone 1C10, R&D Systems) was added at 1 g/ml. Chemokines were measured in the supernatants by ELISA. Quantitation of chemokine transcripts in lymph nodes. For detection of chemokine mRNA in draining lymph nodes, mice were adoptively transferred with 5x10 6 OT-II T cells 24 hours prior to s.c. injection of the indicated vaccine formulations. Alternatively, mice were first injected s.c. with peptide-pulsed DCs 12 hours prior to adoptive transfer of OT-II T cells. Thirty-six hours later the draining LNs were harvested and lysed in TRIzol Reagent (Invitrogen) and total RNA was isolated using RNeasy Mini Kit (QIAGEN) following the manufacturer’s instructions. One microgram of total RNA was reverse-transcribed to cDNA using SuperScript III First-Strand Synthesis System for RT-PCR (Invitrogen). Quantitative PCR was performed on a 7900HT sequence detection system (Applied Biosystems). The primer and probe sets for detecting murine CCL3 and CCL4 (FAM-MGB probe), and TaqMan Ribosomal RNA control reagents for detecting the 18S ribosomal RNA (VIC-MGB probe) were purchased from Applied 3 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D Biosystems. The levels of mRNA for the cytokines were normalized to that of 18S ribosomal RNA. Intravital two-photon imaging. Six to 30 hours after fluorescent-labelled T cell transfer, recipient mice were anesthetized i.p. with 0.25 mg/gm body weight of Avertin (2,2,2-Tribromoethanol; Sigma) and intravital microscopy was performed on the right popliteal LN using a modified surgical technique previously described 3. The mouse and exposed LN were kept at 37oC within a fixed enclosure using both an environmental heater and a thermal blanket. 2-photon microscopy was conducted using a Bio-Rad / Zeiss Radiance 2100MP system equipped with a Nikon 600FN upright microscope, 20X water immersion lens (N.A. 0.95, Olympus), and either a Mira 900 Sa:Ti femtosecond pulsed laser tuned to 783-800 nm driven by a 10-watt Verdi pump laser (Coherent) or a Chameleon laser (Coherent) with similar specifications. Images were collected with typical voxel size = 0.91 m 0.91 m 3-5 m and a volume dimension = 467 m 467 m 50-100 m, unless otherwise noted. This volume collection was repeated every 15-40 seconds for up to 45 minutes to create a 4-D data set. The resultant image data were processed using Imaris software (Bitplane) to create sequential 2-D maximum intensity projections. Movies were then generated from these imaging data using Adobe After Effects (Adobe). The rate enhancements of these movies relative to real time are indicated in the legends. Hit rate analysis. The number of individual new contacts formed during the imaging session between a labelled DC and labelled CD8+ T cells in the same LN were quantitated by individual inspection of each time slice at each z-slice level in the 4D imaging data set. A DC-CD8+ T cell hit rate was then calculated using the equation, Kon= A / [T Cells] [DC]• t, where Kon is the calculated hit rate (mm6. hr-1), A is the total 4 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D observed number of DC-T cell contacts, [T cells] and [DC] are densities of T cells and DC in a data collection volume (typically 467 m x 467 m x 50 m), and t represents the duration of imaging session. Hit rate ratio was determined as the ratio between the Kon for CD8+ T cells interacting with 323-pulsed DCs and the Kon for interactions involving unpulsed DCs within the same imaged LN region. Chemotaxis / chemokinesis analysis. Individual image sequences from intravital 2photon microscopy were processed using Imaris tracking software (Bitplane), and the positions of individual T cells {Tn} and DCs {Dn} were measured as a function to time {tn}. We first measured the closest distance (CD) of approach to an isolated DC made by a particular T cell during an imaging session and then determined the furthest point from which the same T cell began its approach towards the same DC during the same imaging session. The instantaneous speed (vn) was computed as v n Tn Tn 1 t n 1 t n . Distributions of the instantaneous speed were calculated for WT and CCR5 -/- CD8+ T cells that achieved a CD =< 25 m. Based on the distribution of these instantaneous speeds (Fig. 4c), a gate was set at v = 10 m/min to distinguish fast from slow steps among individual steps along T cell trajectories (S Fig. 5). For these two types of migration steps, we determined the distribution of the angular approach { n} towards the DCs as: n ASin - Tn Tn +1.Dn Tn T T n n +1 . Dn Tn . An angle of +90º reflects a move towards the DC, whereas an angle of -90o represents a move away from the DC. For these analyses, only T cells approaching DC were included in the calculation; T cells leaving the imaging fields or visibly contacting DC at the beginning of the tracking experiments were excluded from analysis. A total of 518 CCR5-/- CD8+ T cells and 553 WT CD8+ T cells in 6 independent 30-minute imaging sequences from 4 independent experiments were tracked for these analyses. 5 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D Effect of CCL3/4 blocking on CD8+ T cell functional responses. OT-I cells stained with 2.5 M CFSE (Molecular Probes) and OT-II cells were co-transferred i.v. into congenic recipients (3 x 106 purified T cells of the indicated type per recipient). One day later the mice were immunized s.c. with alum admixed with OVA 257-264 (1 g) and CpGs (20 g) in the presence or absence of 323 (10 g) and in the presence or absence of neutralizing antibodies to CCL3 and CCL4 or isotype-matched control antibodies (50 g in PBS/mouse). The mice were sacrificed at different times after immunization, perfused with PBS-heparin, and LN, spleen, liver, and lungs collected. The different organs were treated with collagenase and DNAse (Calbiochem) before cell isolation and staining for flow cytometry. OT-I cells were identified by staining with CD45.2 and CD8. For the analysis of IFN-responses to antigen, the isolated cells were restimulated for four hours with SIINFEKL peptide (10 ng/ml) in the presence BFA, stained for surface markers, permeabilized using the Cytofix/Cytoperm Plus kit according to the manufacturer’s instructions (PharMingen), then stained for cytokine content and analyzed by flow cytometry. Supplementary Figure Legend Supplementary Figure 1 a. In vivo secretion of CCL3 and CCL4 in vaccine-draining lymph nodes. Mice were immunized with indicated vaccine mixtures following adoptive transfer of OTII T cells. Thirty hours later the draining LNs were removed and bathed in complete medium for 12 hours. The supernatants were then harvested and CCL3 (gray) and 6 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D CCL4 (black) quantitated by ELISA. The average and standard error for data from three independent experiments are shown. b. Measurement of CCL3 and CCL4 transcripts in lymph nodes. Mice were immunized either with CpG-containing vaccine mixtures following adoptive transfer of OT-II T cells, or with BM-DC pulsed with or without 323 12 hours prior to adoptive transfer of OT-II T cells. Thirty-six hours later the draining LNs were removed and total RNA immediately extracted. Quantitative RT-PCR using probes specific for CCL3 (gray) and CCL4 (black) was performed and the results were compared to levels of 18S ribosomal RNA. The average and standard error for data from 2 independent experiments are shown. c. In vitro production of CCL3 and CCL4 by activated DCs and T cells. Supernatants from cultures of BM-DCs or OT-II T cells were analyzed for CCL3 (gray) and CCL4 (black). Day 6 BM-DC were either not replated (resting) or replated and cultured for an additional 2 days. When indicated, DCs were cultured for the final 18 hours in the presence of agonistic CD40-Ig (1 g/ml), LPS (5 ng/ml), or both. Alternatively, naïve OT-II were cultured overnight in the absence or presence of plate bound anti-CD3 (5 g/ml) and soluble anti-CD28 (10 g/ml). The average of three independent experiments is shown. d-e. Intracellular staining of CCL3 and CCL4 in DCs and CD4+ T cells from draining LNs. Congenic mice were immunized following adoptive transfer of OT-II T cells. Thirty hours later the draining LNs were removed and bathed in complete medium containing BFA 7 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D for 4 hours before collagenase treatment and intracellular staining of the dispersed cells with CCL3 (left panel) and CCL4 (right panels) antibodies. d. Mice were immunized with alum+CpG (dotted line) or alum+CpG+323 (thick line), and CD11c+ cells in the DLN were stained for intracellular chemokine content. e. Mice were immunized with either alum+CpG (dotted line) or alum+CpG+323 (thick line), and the intracellular content of chemokines in OT-II T cells from the draining LNs were compared. Endogenous CD4+ T cells from all draining LNs showed the same staining pattern as OT-II T cells from LNs draining alum+CpG immunization (data not shown). Shaded gray = isotype control. f. Detection of CCL3 and CCL4 heterodimers Mice were immunized with alum+CpG+323 following adoptive transfer of OT-II T cells. Thirty hours later the draining LNs were removed and incubated in complete medium for 12 hours. The supernatants (left panels) were pre-absorbed with the indicated antibodies before quantitation of CCL3 (gray) and CCL4 (black) by ELISA. Recombinant CCL3 and CCL4 proteins were used as controls for antibody cross-reactivity. The average and standard error of two independent experiments are shown. Supplementary Figure 2 In vitro chemotaxis of OT-I T cells. The chemotactic response of OT-I T cells during a 4-hour exposure to different chemokines was analyzed using a m pore filter, dual culture well system. Naïve OTI responses to CCL19 and CCL4 were analyzed in a and b. In c, mice were injected with CFSE-labelled OT-I T cells and unlabelled OT-II T cells. Twenty-four hours later the 8 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D mice were immunized s.c. with alum + 323 + CpGs. After 40 hours the draining LNs were harvested and the migration of CFSE+ OT-I T cells in response to CCL4 analyzed. Data are expressed as the percent of total OT-I T cells that migrated across the filter in response to various chemokine stimuli. Similar migration data were obtained with CFSE+ OT-I T cells harvested from draining LNs receiving vaccine mixtures with either 323 + CpGs or CpGs alone (data not shown). Supplementary Figure 3 CCR5 expression by CD8+ and CD4+ T cells in LNs draining an immunization site a. Mice were co-injected i.v. with OT-I and OT-II T cells. Twenty-four hours later mice were immunized s.c. with the indicated vaccines. Forty hours later OT-I T cells in the draining LNs were analyzed for their surface CCR5 expression (black line). We observed variable patterns of CCR5 expression among CD8+ T cells in draining LNs across different experiments, ranging from unimodal shift away from baseline (a) to bimodal expression (not shown). Shaded gray: isotype control. S = SIINFEKL (OVA 257-264). b. Mice were immunized with 323-pulsed DCs (thick line) or medium-pulsed DCs (dotted line) followed 12 hours later by adoptive transfer of OT-I and OT-II T cells. Thirty-six hours later OT-I T cells (left panel) and endogenous CD8+ T cells (right panel) in the draining LNs were analyzed for their surface CCR5 expression. Shaded gray: non-immunized LNs. c. CCR5 staining on OT-II cells from draining LNs 36 hours after either immunization with alum+CpG (dotted line) or alum+CpG+323 (thick line) [left panel], or immunization with medium-pulsed DCs (dotted line) or 323-pulsed DCs (thick line) [right panel]. Shaded gray: isotype control. 9 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D Supplementary Figure 4 Detection of CD4+ T cell - CD8+ T cell - DC ternary complexes at both high and low precursor frequencies. a. 1 x 106 323-bearing DCs (blue) were injected s.c. followed by i.v. co-injection of 3 x 106 each of CD8+ T cells (green) and OT-II CD4+ T cells (red) 18 hours later. Intravital 2photon imaging was performed on the draining LN 40 - 100 m below the capsule 20 hours after transfer of labelled T cells. A majority of DCs at this time point are distributed in the interfollicular region (IFR), and ternary complexes can be readily observed under these experimental conditions (insets). Scale bar = 50 m (left) and 20 m (insets). b. The number of each transferred T cell population was reduced to 3 x 10 5. This yields post-transfer circulating precursor frequencies closer to physiologic range 4. Under these conditions, OT-II T cells and CD8+ T cells can still be observed to cluster around 323-pulsed DCs (blue) but not unpulsed DCs (yellow). Scale bar = 40 m. SC = subcapsular sinus; B = B cell follicle. Supplementary Figure 5 WT CD8+ T cells are more likely than CCR5-/- CD8+ T cells to come in close contact with 323-pulsed DCs a. All trajectories of individual CCR5-/- (blue dots) and wild-type (red dots) CD8+ T cells near the vicinity of isolated activated DCs were analyzed for the distance of closest approach (CD) to the centroid of the nearest DC during 30-minute imaging sessions. 10 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D The CD achieved by each T cell is displayed as a function of the distance from DC at each time point. The typical excursion of T cells towards DC in a 30-minute imaging session is m. A total of 518 CCR5-/- (3698 steps) and 553 WT (3500 steps) cells were used for this analysis. b. In order to relate individual T cell behaviour to the observed hit rate data, T cells from a that reached a CD <= 25 m were analyzed further for their speed and directionality in Fig. 4. Distributions of individual CD achieved by WT (open circles) and CCR5-/- (black circles) CD8+ T cells are plotted as a function of their furthest distance from the DC at anytime during the imaging session. Supplementary Figure 6 Examples of local differences in the speed, directionality, and persistence between CCR5-/- and WT CD8+ T cells examined in a single representative imaging session. T cell tracking data from S Movie 8 were analyzed for the instantaneous speed (a), approach angle (b), and speed vector persistence angle (c) for CCR5-/- (black bars) and WT (open bars) CD8+ T cells, demonstrating the more frequent rapid, directional and persistent movements of WT CD8+ T cells toward 323-bearing DCs compared to CCR5/- CD8+ T cells in the same imaging field. Speed vector persistence angle is defined as the angle formed between sequential directional vectors in the path of a migrating T cell. A total of 45 CCR5-/- and 16 WT CD8+ T cells were tracked for this analysis. Supplementary Figure 7 11 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D Similar steady-state migratory behaviour of CCR5-/- and WT CD8+ T cells in nonimmunized LN Popliteal LNs of naïve mice co-injected i.v. with CCR5-/- (black bars) and WT (open bars) CD8+ T cells a day earlier were subjected to intravital 2-photon microscopy. a. Histograms of the average track velocity for individual T cells, showing an average velocity of 9.08+0.01 m/min for CCR5-/- (n=452; black arrow) and 8.94+0.02 m/min for WT (n=661; open arrow) T cells (p = 0.703). b. Histograms of the instantaneous speed for the same two T cell populations analyzed in a, showing a median instantaneous velocity of 8.9+0.13 m/min for CCR5-/- (n=3323; black arrow) and 8.8+0.11 m/min for WT (n=3272; open arrow) T cells (p = 0.524). Supplementary Table 1 Calculated Absolute Kon Values Between CD8+ T Cells and DCs. Kon values for the interactions between CD8+ T Cells and different DC populations under various experimental conditions were calculated as described in Methods. As indicated, each group number represents a simultaneous 4-color imaging experiment involving two DC populations and two T cell populations. For analyses involving comparisons between CCR5-/- and wild-type CD8+ T cells, unlabeled OT-II T cells were present but not visualized in the imaging field (groups 5, 6). pCD8 = polyclonal CD8+ T cells; pCD4, = polyclonal CD4+ T cells. Supplementary Movies S Movie 1 12 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D 323-pulsed (blue) and unpulsed (yellow) DCs were co-injected s.c. in the dorsum of the foot of a recipient mouse. Twelve hours later, OT-II (red) and polyclonal CD8+ T cells (green) were introduced i.v. Intravital 2-photon imaging was performed on the draining popliteal LN in the interfollicular region 70 - 120 m below the capsule 20 hrs after T cell transfer. Consistent with previous published results, many OT-II T cells are engaged in stable, prolonged interactions with 323-pulsed DCs (red circles) 5, 6. In contrast, most contacts between CD8+ T cells and DCs are transient (<15 minutes). Total time: 34 minutes. Playback speed: 450x. Scale bar: 40 m. S Movie 2 2a. An enlarged view of S Movie 1 demonstrating the increased frequency of contact between polyclonal CD8+ T cells (green) and 323-pulsed DC (blue) as compared to that between CD8+ T cells and unpulsed DC (yellow) only a few microns away in the same imaging field. OT-II (red) T cells can be seen in the CD8+ T cell – 323-pulsed DC cluster. Total time: 34 minutes. Playback speed: 450x. Scale bar: 20 m. 2b. The same movie as in 2a, edited to illustrate T cell movement and contact with DC. The tracks of polyclonal CD8+ T cells approaching and contacting the two indicated 323pulsed DCs (blue arrows) are shown with blue dots for the tracks and a blue circle at the site of contact, while the track of a T cell approaching an unpulsed DC (yellow arrow) is shown with yellow dots and contact with a yellow circle. During this imaging session, a total of 4 and 2 contacts are made between CD8+ T cells and the two 323-pulsed DCs, while only 1 contact is made by a CD8+ T cell with the unpulsed DC. Total time: 34 minutes. Playback speed: 200x with pausing at the moment of contact. Scale bar: 20 m. 13 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D S Movie 3 323-pulsed DC (blue) together with OT-II CD4+ T cells (unlabeled), and CCR5-/- (green) and WT (red) polyclonal CD8+ T cells were imaged in the draining LN 75 - 125 m below the capsule 16 hours after T cell transfer. Consistent with flow cytometry data (Fig. 3b), there is a reproducible 2-3 fold increase in the number of WT CD8+ T cells found in the field around an activated DC as compared to CCR5-/- CD8+ T cells in the same area. Total time: 41 minutes 20 seconds. Playback speed: 450x. Scale bar: 40m. S Movie 4 A selected field from S Movie 3 that illustrates differences in the contact frequency between 323-pulsed (blue) DCs and each of the two polyclonal CD8+ T cell populations. In 4a, T cell migration near DCs is shown at 450x the actual speed (WT: red, left panel; CCR5-/-: green, right panel). In 4b, 57 contacts are made between 323-bearing DCs and WT CD8+ T cells (red dots and circles, left panel) as compared to 6 contacts between the same DCs and CCR5-/- CD8+ T cells (green dots and circles, right panel), resulting in a calculated hit rate ratio of 3.26 for WT versus CCR5-/- CD8+ T cells interacting with DCs (see also Fig. 3c). Playback speed: 150x with pausing at the moment of cell-cell contact. Total time for each movie: 41 minutes 20 seconds. Scale bar: 20 m. S Movie 5 14 Castellino et al. 2005-05-05461D Dynamic intravital imaging at 40-100 m below the capsule of a draining LN 20 hours after labelled T cell transfer captures the formation of a ternary cluster involving a 323pulsed DC (blue), an OT-II CD4+ T cell (red), and a polyclonal CD8+ T cell (green). The same ternary cluster formation can be observed at high precursor frequency and at low precursor frequency only a few times the physiologic range (S Fig. 4). Total time: 42 minutes. Playback speed: 45x. 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