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. 2014 Oct 20;211(11):2281–2295. doi: 10.1084/jem.20132059

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

Partial correction of Akt S473 phosphorylation, nuclear translocation of NF-κB, and co-stimulation–independent IL-2 production by transient knockdown of Rictor in Dicer-deficient CD4 T cells. (a) siRNA-mediated knockdown of Rictor in Dicer-deficient CD4 T cells affects Rictor but not Raptor expression (mean ± SE; n = 4 independent experiments). (b) Naive CD4Cre DicerΔ/Δ and control Dicerlox/lox CD4 T cells were activated with anti-TCR for 2 h and analyzed by immunoblotting with antibodies to Akt, pAkt Ser473; and Lamin B for normalization (mean ± SE; n = 3 independent experiments; *, P < 0.05). (c) Naive CD4Cre DicerΔ/Δ and control Dicerlox/lox CD4 T cells were activated with anti-TCR for 3 h and the nuclear translocation cRel was determined (ImageStream similarity scores > 0.5; mean ± SE; n = 3 independent experiments). (d) Naive CD4Cre DicerΔ/Δ and control Dicerlox/lox CD4 T cells treated as in a) were activated with anti-TCR or anti-TCR+CD28 and secreted IL-2 was quantified by ELISA after 18 h (mean ± SE; n = 3 independent experiments).