Evaluating the glycolytic potential of mouse costimulated effector CD8+ T cells ex vivo

Abstract

Summary: Studying the metabolic fitness of T cells is fundamental to understand how immune responses are regulated. Here, we describe a step-by-step protocol optimized to efficiently generate and isolate effector antigen-specific CD8+ T cells ex vivo using costimulation. We also detail steps to evaluate their metabolic activity using Seahorse technology. This protocol can be used to measure the glycolytic potential of effector murine T cells in response to different manipulations, such as infections, adjuvant studies, gene editing, or metabolite supplementation.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Agliano et al. (2022). : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.

Keywords

• Cell Biology
• Cell isolation
• Flow Cytometry/Mass Cytometry
• Cell-based Assays
• Immunology
• Metabolism