FIGURE 5.
Neither GARP nor TGF-β1 contributes to Treg suppression. (A) Wild type T effector (CD4+CD25−, 5x104) cells were activated with soluble anti-CD3 and irradiated T-cell depleted splenocytes in the presence or absence of wild type or GARP−/− Tregs from lrrc32fl/fl x CD4-CRE mice at an effector to Treg ratio of 16:1 to 1:2 for 3 days. Cultures were pulsed with [3H]-thymidine for the last 6 hours of culture. (B) As in (A), except using wild type or TGF-β1−/− Tregs from tgfb1fl/fl x CD4-CRE mice. (C) Wild type or GARP−/− Tregs from lrrc32fl/fl x CD4-CRE were stimulated with soluble anti-CD3 and irradiated T-cell depleted splenocytes in the presence or absence of IL-2. Cultures were pulsed as in (A) after 3 days.