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. 2022 Oct 27;13:6385. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34083-1

Fig. 6. Up-regulated GPR97 and PAR2 expression in activated neutrophils induces GPR97-PAR2 activation.

Fig. 6

a, b Flow cytometry analyses of GPR97 and PAR2 expression in resting neutrophils treated without or with the azurophil granule degranulation stimulants (n = 4, except CD63 n = 3) a and aIgGs (GPR97 n = 3, PAR2 n = 4) b as indicated. a Samples include: 1, fresh neutrophils; 2, untreated neutrophils; 3, neutrophils treated with fMLF (1 μM) for 15 min; 4, neutrophils treated with cytochalasin B (cytoB, 5 μM) for 5 min, followed by fMLF (1 μM) for 10 min. CD63 expression was used as a degranulation marker of azurophil granule. c Relative PLA signals of indicated receptor pairs in resting (n = 3) and aIgG-treated (n = 3) neutrophils. d ELISA analyses of IL-8 secreted by neutrophils incubated for 3 h at 37 °C as indicated (n = 3). Data in a–d are presented as means ± SEM. P value was determined by two-way ANOVA in a, b, d and by one-sided unpaired student’s t-test in c. ns non-significant. e, f ELISA analyses of IL-8 secreted by neutrophils that were incubated with purified IgGs (0.5 mg/mL) from different PR3-ANCA and MPO-ANCA patients for 3 h at 37 °C as indicated. Data are presented as means ± SEM of one representative experiment done in triplicate. ENMD-1068: PAR2 antagonist; SAM11 and MAB3949: anti-PAR2 mAbs; G97-A and BGP: anti-GPR97 mAbs; 2A1: anti-EMR2 mAb. Source data are provided in the Source Data file.