Figure 4. Androgen ablation transiently increases presentation of prostate-epithelial antigen.
Pro-HA and Pro-HA × TRAMP mice castrated at the indicated time points received adoptive transfers of Thy1.1+ CFSE-labeled naive clonotypic CD4 cells, which were recovered from the prostate-draining periaortic LNs 6 days later.
A: Representative proliferative responses (i.e., CFSE dilutions) of clonotypic CD4 cells.
B: Scatter plot showing the effect of androgen ablation on clonotypic CD4 cell proliferation is presented as in Figure 3B.
C: Representative histogram plots of IFN-γ staining, with the percentage of cytokine-positive clonotypic CD4 cells, as well as the level of cytokine expression on these positive cells (expressed as mean fluorescence [MF]) shown above and below the reference bar, respectively.
D: Comparison of CFSE dilution in clonotypic CD4 cells recovered from intact and castrated NT, vacc-HA-infected NT (vacc-HA), and C3-HA recipients.