Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: NK Cell Activity Differs between Patients with Localized and Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Infected with Leishmania mexicana: A Comparative Study of TLRs and Cytokines
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112410
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A and B) Western blot shows TLR1 and TLR6 in NK cells. (C and D) Immunoprecipitations were performed with anti-TLR2 in non-stimulated (lane a) and LPG-stimulated NK cells after 1 h of co-incubation (lane b). (C) Immunoprecipitates were subjected to Western blotting and probed with anti-TLR1 and (D) anti-TLR6 antibodies, respectively. A representative immunoblot from four different experiments is shown. (E) NK cell lysates in non-stimulated and LPG-stimulated NK cells were immunoprecipitated with anti-TLR2, anti-MyD88, anti-IRAK-1 and anti-TRAF-6 antibodies and Western blotted with anti-MyD88, anti-IRAK-1, anti-TRAF-6 and anti-IKK-γ antibodies. (F) Nuclear translocation of p50 and p65 NF-κB isoforms were analyzed in non-stimulated and LPG-stimulated NK cells. (G) Phosphorilation of pIKK-α/β and pIκB-α were analyzed in non-stimulated NK cells (Non-stim) or in cells stimulated with PMA (15 min) or LPG (15, 30, 45 and 60 min). A representative immunoblot from two different experiments is show.
Article Snippet: The antibodies used for this analysis included: PE-conjugated anti-CD56, PE-Cy TM 5-anti-CD16, PE-Cy TM 5 mouse (IgG1k) and PE mouse (IgG1k) for isotype controls, all from BD-Pharmingen; rabbit polyclonal IgG TLR6 (H-90), goat polyclonal IgG TLR1 (N-20), goat polyclonal IgG TLR2 (N-17) all from Santa Cruz Biotechnology; FITC rabbit anti-goat IgG (H+L) conjugated, FITC goat anti-rabbit IgG (H+L) from Zymed and FITC goat IgG isotype control from Coulter.
Techniques: Western Blot, Incubation, Immunoprecipitation, Translocation Assay