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. 2021 Jul 2;12:4105. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24352-w

Fig. 6. Exposure to pDC-derived IL-6 suppresses macrophage TNF and IL-12p40.

Fig. 6

a Sorted WT bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and FL3TL-pDCs were placed into the same wells for 16 h before addition of R848. TNF production in macrophages was measured by intracellular staining in macrophages at 4 h (n = 4 mice per group). b WT BMDMs were treated with recombinant IL-6 at various concentrations, and macrophage TNF or IL-12p40 production was measured by intracellular staining at 4 h. Percentage changes was normalized against WT samples without IL-6 (n = 3 mice per group). c, d Sorted WT FL3TL-pDCs were treated with R848 for 24 h, and their supernatants (pDCsup) or rIL-6 (50 ng/ml) were added to Zc3h12c+/+(blue)/Zc3h12c−/− (red)BMDMs along with R848. TNF production in macrophages at 4 h (c) or 16 h (d) was measured by intracellular staining. Percentage changes was normalized against Zc3h12c+/+ samples without pDCsup or rIL-6 (n = 4 mice per group). e TNF production by Zc3h12c+/+/Zc3h12c−/− BMDMs with sorted WT BM pDC supernatants was measured by intracellular staining after R848-treatment at 4 h (n = 5 mice per group). f TNF production by Zc3h12c+/+/Zc3h12c−/− BMDMs with titrated concentrations of R848-treated sorted Zc3h12c−/− FL3TL-pDC supernatants, with or without IL-6 neutralizing antibodies was measured by intracellular staining at 4 h (n = 3 mice for Zc3h12c+/+; n = 4 mice for Zc3h12c−/−). g IL-12p40 production by Zc3h12c+/+/Zc3h12c−/− BMDMs with pDCsup or rIL-6 was measured by intracellular staining at 4 h (n = 5 mice for Zc3h12c+/+; n = 4 mice for Zc3h12c−/−). h IL-12p40 production by Zc3h12c+/+/Zc3h12c−/− BMDMs with titrated concentrations of R848-treated sorted Zc3h12c−/− FL3TL-pDC supernatants, along with or without IL-6 neutralizing antibodies was measured by intracellular staining at 4 h (n = 4 mice per group). Data are representative of five (c, d), three (g), or two (a, b, e, f, h) independent experiments (mean ± S.D.; two-tailed Student’s t test). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.