Figure 3.
Association of PIR-A with FcRγc. (A) Assessment of cell surface PIR-A expression on LTK fibroblasts transfected with PIR-A alone (left) or with PIR-A and FcRγc (right). Viable cells were incubated with fluorochrome-labeled 6C1 anti-PIR (shaded histogram) or isotype-matched control mAb (open histogram). (B) Assessment of PIR expression in FcRγc-deficient versus normal mice. Splenocytes from FcRγc-deficient (FcRγc−/−) or normal (FcRγc+/+) mice were either radiolabeled with 125I (top) or unlabeled (middle and bottom), lysed in 1% NP-40, and subjected to immunoprecipitation (IP) with the indicated mAbs. The immunoprecipitated, radiolabeled materials were resolved by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography (top). The materials isolated from unlabeled cells were resolved by SDS-PAGE, transferred onto membranes, blotted with rabbit anti-PIR (middle) or anti-FcRγc antibodies (bottom), and visualized by chemiluminescence.