Journal: Life Science Alliance
Article Title: TRPM7 and magnesium orchestrate human CD4 T-cell activation and differentiation
doi: 10.26508/lsa.202503357
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Representative Western blot of total AKT1 signals in total CD4 T cells in presence of 30 μM NS8593 (NS) or DMSO (Ctrl) in resting state and after 30 min α-CD3/α-CD28 stimulation. (B) Respective quantification of total AKT1 signals from blots shown in (A), n = 5. (C) Representative Western blot of total SMAD2/3 signals in CD4 T cells in presence of 30 μM NS8593 (NS) or DMSO control (Ctrl) in resting state and after 10 min TGF-β stimulation. (D) Respective quantification of total SMAD2/3 signals from blots shown in (D), n = 4. (E) Representative Western blot of total SMAD2/3 signals in CD4 T cells in presence of 6 mM MgCl 2 (MgCl 2 ) or H 2 O control (Ctrl) in resting state and after 10 min TGF-β stimulation. (F) Respective quantification of total SMAD2/3 signals from blots shown in E, n = 4. (G) Representative Western blot of pSTAT3 Tyr705 signals in CD4 T cells, in presence of 30 μM NS8593 (NS) or DMSO control (Ctrl), shown in resting state and after 10 min stimulation with IL-6. (H) Respective quantification of pSTAT3 Tyr705 signals of blots shown in (G). Cells treated with 30 μM NS8593 (NS, red) or DMSO control (Ctrl, black), n = 3. (I) Representative FACS plots of pSTAT3 Tyr705 signal in CD4 T cells upon 10 min stimulation with IL-6. Cells treated with 30 μM NS8593 (NS, red) or DMSO control (Ctrl, black), unstimulated Ctrl shown in light gray. (J) Respective quantification of pSTAT3 Tyr705 signal in CD4 T cells of data shown in (I), n = 4. (K) Representative FACS plots of pSTAT3 Tyr705 signal in CD4 T cells upon 10 min stimulation with a-CD3/a-CD28 for cells treated with 30 μM NS8593 (NS, red) or DMSO control (Ctrl, black), unstimulated control in light gray. (L) Respective quantification of pSTAT3 Tyr705 signal of data shown in (K), n = 4. (M) Representative Western blot of pSTAT3 Ser727 signals in CD4 T cells in presence of 30 μM NS8593 (NS) or DMSO control (Ctrl) in resting state and after 10 min stimulation with IL-6. (N) Respective quantification of pSTAT3 Ser727 signals of blots shown in (M). Cells treated with 30 μM NS8593 (NS, red) or DMSO control (Ctrl, black), n = 3. (O) Representative FACS plots of pSTAT3 Ser727 signal in CD4 T cells upon 10 min stimulation with IL-6 of cells treated with 30 μM NS8593 (NS, red) or DMSO control (Ctrl, black), unstimulated control in light gray. (P) Respective quantification of pSTAT3 Ser727 signal of data shown in (O), n = 4. (Q) Representative Western blot of pSTAT3 Ser727 signals in CD4 T cells, in presence of 30 μM NS8593 (NS) or DMSO control (Ctrl) in resting state and after 10 min stimulation with a-CD3/a-CD28. (R) Respective quantification of pSTAT3 Ser727 signals of blots shown in (Q). (S) Representative FACS plots of pSTAT3 Ser727 signal in CD4 T cells upon 10 min stimulation with a-CD3/a-CD28 of cells treated with 30 μM NS8593 (NS, red) or DMSO control (Ctrl, black), unstimulated control in light gray. (T) Respective quantification of pSTAT3 Ser727 signal of data shown in (S), n = 4. (U) Representative Western blot of pSTAT5 Tyr694 signals in CD4 T cells of cells treated with 30 μM NS8593 (NS) or DMSO control (Ctrl) in resting state and after 15 min a-CD3/a-CD28 stimulation. (V) Representative FACS plot of pSTAT5 Tyr694 signal in CD4 T cells upon 15 min stimulation with IL-2 of cells treated with 30 μM NS8593 (NS, red) or DMSO control (Ctrl, black), unstimulated control in light gray. (W) Respective quantification of pSTAT5 Tyr694 signal of data shown in (V), n = 4. (A, D, F, H, J, L, N, P, R, T, W) Statistics: One-way ANOVA (A, D, F, H, N, R) and t test (J, L, P, T, W). *** P < 0.0005, **** P < 0.0001 and n.s., not significant. Data are mean ± SD.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used: α-pSMAD2 Ser465/Ser467 (138D4; Cell Signaling), α-SMAD2/3 (D7G7; Cell Signaling), α-AKT1 (D9-9-C9; Thermo Fisher Scientific), α-pSTAT3 Tyr705 (D3A7; Cell Signaling), α-pSTAT3 Ser727 (D8C2Z; Cell Signaling), α-pSTAT5 Tyr 694 (D47E7; Cell Signaling), α-GAPDH (G-9; Santa Cruz).
Techniques: Western Blot, Control