Figure 4.

Tumoral mucins induce the internalization of the MR: flow cytometry expression of the MR/CD206 (a) and CD14 (b). Two different TAM preparations (TAM1 and TAM2) and 2 M-CSF-differentiated normal macrophages (Macro1 and Macro2) were pretreated (30 min. room temperature) with 33% v/v ascitic fluid from ovarian tumor patients, prior to staining with anti-CD206 or CD14 mAbs. Results are shown as % of positive cells. (c) Purified TAMs were pretreated with unconjugated Dextran (1 mg/mL); mucin Tag-72 (200 IU/mL); mucin CA125 (20–200 IU/mL) prior to staining with anti-CD206 mAb. Results are shown as % relative to values of Mean fluorescence Intensity (MFI) of CD206 in control cells (medium) and are the mean +/− SD of 4 experiments with 4 different TAM preparations (3 TAM preparations for CA125). P < .05 (Student's t-tests).