Journal: FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Article Title: The death receptor 3/TL1A pathway is essential for efficient development of antiviral CD4 + and CD8 + T-cell immunity
doi: 10.1096/fj.11-200618
Figure Lengend Snippet: Kinetics of DR3 expression by T cells. A) Kinetics of DR3 expression by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells following stimulation through the TCR. Values represent relative mean fluorescence, calculated as the ratio of geometric mean fluorescence intensity of the sample above negative control staining, following stimulation without (○), or with anti-CD3 mAb (●) on TCRβ+ lymphocytes stained using anti-DR3 and analyzed by flow cytometry. B, C) Expression of DR3 splice variants from CD8+ T cells following TCR stimulation. RNA was isolated from naive and activated OT-1 CD8+ DR3WT T cells; DR3 transcripts were amplified, cloned, and sequenced as described in Materials and Methods. B) RT-PCR for DR3 and β-actin before and after activation. C) Splice variant analysis and frequency of sequenced clones from CD8+ T cells after activation. Arrows mark the position of primers. CRR, cysteine-rich region; TM, transmembrane; DD, death domain. Numbers and boxes indicate coding exons. Plus symbol denotes position of ATG. Asterisk denotes position of stop codon.
Article Snippet: In other experiments, Thy1.2 + DR3 WT or DR3 KO T cells were isolated using MACS (Miltenyi Biotec) purification kits, and 4 × 10 6 cells were adoptively transferred into congenic Thy1.1 + mice before MCMV challenge.
Techniques: Expressing, Fluorescence, Negative Control, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Isolation, Amplification, Clone Assay, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Activation Assay, Variant Assay