Chemotactic activity of ELC on immature T
and B cells and lack of activity on granulocytes and macrophages. Results are expressed as the percentage of input
cells of each subtype migrating to the lower chamber of a
transwell filter. Panels show response of (A) mature CD4 and
CD8 single positive (SP) thymocytes; (B) immature CD4/CD8
double negative (DN) thymocytes, total CD4/CD8 double
positive (DP) thymocytes, and CD3hi double positive thymocytes; (C) bone marrow B220+IgM−IgD− cells (pre-B),
B220+IgM+IgD− cells (immature B), and B220+IgM+IgD+
cells (mature B); (D) bone marrow granulocytes; and (E)
spleen macrophages. Insets in A and C show flow cytometric
profiles of input cells and gates used to measure the frequency of each cell type. The profile in C has already been
gated for B220+ cells. The inset in B shows the gate used to
identify high CD3 expression on double positive thymocytes
and, as an example, the fraction of CD3hi double positive
cells that migrated in the absence of ELC or in response to 1
μg/ml ELC. In D and E, SDF1α (300 ng/ml) is included as
a positive control. Each experiment was performed a minimum of two times.