iNOS expression and role of STAT-1 and NF-κB in IFN-γ-activated
IL-4 DCs or IL-15 DCs. (A) Detection of iNOS expression by
immunoblotting in total cell extracts of IL-4 DCs or IL-15 DCs treated as
indicated (top), corresponding concentration of nitrites in the cultures
(middle), and tumor killing activity of DCs in the indicated conditions
(bottom). Data are shown as mean ± SD of duplicates (middle) or
triplicate wells (bottom) from one representative experiment out of three
performed. *p<0.02; **p<0.001,
compared with the corresponding untreated DC group, Student t test.
(B) Analysis of the phosphorylation of STAT-1 by immunoblotting
in total cell extracts of IL-4 DCs or IL-15 DCs at the indicated time points
following IFN-γ exposure. Data shown are representative of four
experiments performed. (C) Detection of iNOS expression and STAT-1
phosphorylation by immunoblotting in total extracts of IL-4 DCs or IL-15 DCs
generated from WT or from STAT-1−/− mice and treated or
not with IFN-γ (top), corresponding concentration of nitrites in the
cultures (middle), and tumor killing activity of the DCs in the indicated
conditions (bottom). Data are shown as mean ± SD of duplicates (middle)
or triplicate wells (bottom) from one representative experiment out of three
performed. *p<0.02, compared with IFN-γ-treated
WT IL-4 DC group, Student t test. (D) Detection of iNOS expression
by immunoblotting in total extracts of IL-4 DCs or IL-15 DCs generated from WT
or from NF-κBp50−/− mice and treated with
IFN-γ as indicated. Data shown are representative of three experiments
performed. (A-D) β-actin was used as a loading control.