Figure 7.
PPM1A inhibits the inflammatory response of differentiated macrophages. (A) Relative baseline expression of GFP in THP-TNFαProm cells compared to THP-PPM1A-TNFαProm reporter cells was measured by flow cytometry. MFI: mean fluorescence intensity of GFP signal. (B,C) THP-1 and THP-PPM1A TNFα promoter reporter monocytes were differentiated with (B) PMA (100 ng/ml) or stimulated with (C) LPS (100 ng/ml), and at the indicated days post treatment, TNFα promoter activity was measured by flow cytometry as a function of the GFP signal (MFI). (D–G) PMA-differentiated THP-1 and THP-PPM1A macrophages were mock treated or stimulated with LPS (100 ng/ml) to induce the production of cytokines/chemokines. Production of (D) TNFα, (E) IL-1β, (F) IP-10, (G) MIP-1β into the culture supernatant were measured using antibody based bead multiplex assays. (H) Levels of TNFα production in unstimulated PMA-Differentiated THP-1, THP-PPM1A and THP-ΔPPM1A macrophages were measured using antibody based bead assay. Data in this figure represent the means ± S.D. of three independent experiments. *p < 0.01 relative to THP-1 control cells.