Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: Early Murine T-lymphocyte Activation Is Accompanied by a Switch from N -Glycolyl- to N -Acetyl-neuraminic Acid and Generation of Ligands for Siglec-E *
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.243410
Figure Lengend Snippet: Activation of murine T-lymphocytes leads to up-regulation in the binding of siglec-E to cell surface proteins in a sialic acid-dependent manner. A , T-lymphocytes were activated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 for 24 h and then cultured for up to 4 days in the presence of IL-2. Cells harvested at each time point were incubated with fluorophore-conjugated CD4 ( left panel ) and CD8 antibodies ( right panel ) together with a pre-complex of FITC-conjugated goat anti-human Fc and siglec-Fc. Mean Fluorescence Intensity ( MFI ) of sialic acid-dependent binding by FACS is shown following subtraction of MFI values for sialidase-treated cells. B , for the detection of MAL and SNA binding, harvested cells corresponding to each time point were incubated with biotinylated lectin followed by a secondary incubation with FITC-conjugated streptavidin. C , splenocytes harvested at 24 h were untreated ( open histograms ) or pretreated with V. cholerae sialidase ( left panel ) or proteinase K ( right panel ) (shaded histograms) and labeled with siglec-E-Fc/anti-Fc-FITC complexes. Data are representative of at least three independent experiments.
Article Snippet: Cells were then incubated with pre-complexes for 30 min on ice together with 1/100 R-PE-conjugated rat anti-mouse CD4 and allophycocyanin-conjugated rat anti-mouse CD8 antibodies (Invitrogen).
Techniques: Activation Assay, Binding Assay, Cell Culture, Incubation, Fluorescence, Labeling