Partial restoration of ELC but not SLC mRNA expression in spleen of
plt/plt mice that have been
reconstituted with wild-type bone marrow. (A) Flow
cytometric analysis of splenocytes from Ly9.1+
plt/plt mice, Ly9.1− B10D2
wild-type mice (wt), or irradiated
plt/plt mice that had been
reconstituted with wild-type bone marrow (wt
→plt/plt). Left histograms show Ly9.1
on B cells (B220+), and central histograms show Ly9.1 on
DCs (CD11c+B220−CD3−). Right
histograms display the proportions of CD11c+ cells that
express CD8α. Numbers indicate the percentage of cells in the gated
population. The data are representative of at least four mice of each
type. (B) RT-PCR analysis of ELC and SLC mRNA expression
in spleen of wild-type (wt), plt/plt,
and bone marrow chimeric mice. Total spleen RNA from the indicated mice
was analyzed by RT-PCR with primers specific for ELC-atg, ELC-acg,
SLC-ser, SLC-leu, and HPRT. (C) Real-time quantitative
RT-PCR analysis of ELC-atg and total SLC expression in samples of the
same type as in B. Each dot represents an individual
mouse, and bars represent the mean.