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50,000 GL261 Luc cells
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muMT AAV-CTRL
muMT AAV-VEGF-C
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P = 0.00 4
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- Intracranial Tumor
5,000 cells
Flank Tumor
500,000 cells
AAV-VEGF-C/AAV-CTRL
Intracisternal Injection
AAV-VEGF-C IC Tumor D100
10d post GL261 flank
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Percent survival
GL261 50,000 Cells
AAV-VEGF-C
AAV-VEGF-C + CD8
AAV-VEGF-C + CD4
AAV-CTRL
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P = 0.39
P = 0.12
GL261
GL261-Luc
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Extended Data Fig. 1 | Increased meningeal lymphatic vasculature confers
protection against intracranial glioblastoma challenge and provides
long-term immunity without perturbance of the blood–brain barrier.
a, b, Mice inoculated with 50,000 GL261-Luc cells were imaged every 7 days
and showed consistent and reliable tumour growth (n = 4). c, GL261-Luc cells
result in lethality in mice in a cell-number-dependent manner (500 cells, n = 5
mice; 5,000 cells, n = 5 mice; 50,000 cells, n = 9 mice). d, Mice were injected
intravenously with dextran–f luorescein (molecular weight, 70,000 kDa) and
euthanized after 2 h. Brains were collected and cryosectioned (n = 4) The
experiment was repeated independently with similar results. e, Mice were
injected intravenously with 0.5% Evans Blue. After 2 h mice were perfused
intraventricularly and Evans Blue was extracted from brain tissue using
dimethylformamide (wild type, LPS, A AV-VEGF-C, VEGFC mRNA, n = 4; tumour,
tumour + VEGFC mRNA, n = 5). BBB, blood–brain barrier. f, Representative
images of A AV-CTRL and A AV-VEGF-C-treated mice after implantation of 5,000
cells. The experiment was repeated independently with similar results.
g, Monitoring of the long-term survival of mice after A AV-VEGF-C and A AV-
CTRL injections into the cisterna magna (n = 5). h, i, C57BL/6 mice received an
injection of A AV-CTRL or A AV-VEGF-C through the cisterna magna. Six to eight
weeks later, mice were euthanized and the dura was collected to image the
lymphatic vasculature (LYVE1+) in the superior sagittal sinus (A AV-CTRL, n = 4;
A AV-V EG F- C , n = 5). j, C57BL/6 mice that had been injected with CTRL-A AV or
A AV-VEGF-C two months previously were implanted with 50,000 GL261-Luc
cells in the striatum and monitored for survival (A AV-CTRL, n = 4; A AV-VEGF-C,
n = 5). k, A AV-CTRL- or A AV-VEGF-C-treated mice were depleted of CD4 or CD8
T cells using anti-CD4 (GK1.5) or anti-CD8 (YTS169.4) antibodies starting one
day before tumour inoculation (GL261) and redosed every four days afterwards
(A AV- C T R L , n = 4; A AV-VEGF-C, n = 5; A AV-VEGF-C + anti-CD8, n = 4; A AV-
VEGF-C + anti-CD4, n = 5). l, μMT B-cell-deficient mice were injected with A AV-
CTRL or A AV-VEGF-C and challenged with 50,000 GL261-Luc cells two months
afterwards (A AV-CTRL, n = 5; μMT A AV-CTRL, n = 3; μMT A AV-VEGF-C, n = 5).
m, Top, schematic of the schedule of procedures for the experiments below
(bottom panel) and in Fig. 1f. Mice injected with A AV-CTRL or A AV-VEGF-C that
survived over 100 days after challenge with 5,000 GL261-Luc cells were
rechallenged with 500,000 GL261-Luc cells in the f lank. Bottom, IVIS imaging
of mice ten days after f lank rechallenge. Data are pooled from two independent
experiments (h–m) and are mean ± s.d. P < 0.05; P < 0.01; P < 0.001;
****P < 0.0001 (two-tailed unpaired Student’s t-test or two-sided log-rank
Mantel–Cox test).