Sin1 is not required for CD4+ TH effector cell differentiation.
a) Purified CD4+ T cells from chimeric mice were stimulated with anti-CD3 plus anti-CD28 under indicated TH1 TH17, andTH2 polarizing conditions as indicated and then analyzed by flow cytometry. Plots are gated on donor T cells from WT or Sin1−/− (KO) chimeric mice. Plots shown are representative of two independent experiments.
b)
Sin1+/+ (WT) or Sin1−/− (KO) CD4+ T cells were stimulated with anti-CD3 for 3 minutes and Akt S473 phosphorylation was measured by flow cytometry. Histograms shown are pre-gated on CD45.2+ donor cells and are representative of two independent experiments.
c)
Sin1−/− (KO) or Sin1+/+ (WT) CD4+ T cells were stimulated with anti-CD3 for 0, 15 or 30 minutes and Akt T450 phosphorylation and total Akt was measured by immunoblotting. Total ERK2 serves as a loading control.