Journal: International Journal of Oncology
Article Title: Stronger growth-inhibitory effect of interferon (IFN)-β compared to IFN-α is mediated by IFN signaling pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
doi: 10.3892/ijo.30.1.201
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6. Neutralizing assays with anti-human IFNAR2 antibody on PLC/ PRF/5 cells. (A) Blockade of IFN signaling by the antibody. The cells were incubated with or without 1:5000 diluted anti-IFNAR2 antibody for 24 h, then they were induced with 2.5 ng/ml either of IFN-· or IFN-ß. Induction of pSTAT1 was blocked for both IFNs, but less for IFN-ß, with the antibody. The expression value of each protein band was calculated relative to that of actin. Data are representative of similar results of repeat experiments. (B) The antiproliferative effect of the IFNs (2.5 ng/ml) was examined in the presence of serial dilutions of anti-IFNAR2 antibody as described in Materials and methods. The antibody significantly reduced the antiproliferative effect of IFNs (*p<0.05 vs control without the antibody by Dunnett's test). Suppression of the effects of IFN-ß required more antibody than that of IFN-·.
Article Snippet: Specific rabbit anti-human IFNAR2 (developed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical using recombinant human IFNAR2 as described in ref. 14), STAT1, pSTAT1 (Tyr701) (Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA), STAT2, pSTAT2 (Tyr689) (Upstate Biotechnology, Lake Placid, NY), STAT3, pSTAT3 (Tyr705) (Cell Signaling Technology), actin (Sigma, St. Louis, MO), and donkey anti-rabbit coupled to horseradish peroxidase (Amersham Biosciences, Buckinghamshire, UK) antibodies were used.
Techniques: Incubation, Expressing, Control