Journal: Experimental dermatology
Article Title: RARα/RXR Synergism Potentiates Retinoid Responsiveness in Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma Cell Lines
doi: 10.1111/exd.13348
Figure Lengend Snippet: RARα activation prompts β7 expression and function in CTCL. (a) MJ or HuT78 cells were treated with DMSO or 2×EC50 of well-established RAR isotype agonists for 24, 48 or 72 hrs. Surface β7 integrin expression was determined through flow cytometry and displayed as mean fluorescence intensity (MFI). (b) MJ or HuT78 cells were cultured in the presence of DMSO, 100 nM ATRA, 2×EC50 RARα, β, or γ agonists for the indicated time. Static cell adhesion assays were assessed on 0.75 μg/ml of the β7 specific ligand MAdCAM-1. (c) MJ cells were cultured with the indicated RAR isotype antagonists at 500 nM for 24 hrs. Cells were further subcultured for an additional 24 hrs in the presence of 200 nM ATRA. Static cell adhesion assays were conducted as described before. Ordinate represents data that have been normalized to adhesion levels obtained with ATRA in the absence of antagonist. (d) Adhesion assays were repeated as previously described in (B) with the non-CTCL cell line, Jurkat. (e) Whole cell lysates (30 μg/lane) of CTCL or non-CTCL (Jurkat) cell lines were examined for the presence and relative abundance of the various RAR receptor isotypes.
Article Snippet: Cell culture The human T leukemia/lymphoma cell lines Jurkat and CCRFCEM and human cutaneous T cell lymphoma lines HuT78, MJ and HuT102 were purchased from ATCC (Manassas, VA).
Techniques: Activation Assay, Expressing, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence, Cell Culture