Figure 2.
Effect of LMP1 expression upon TRAF3 availability to bind membrane CD40 or BAFFR in human BCL lines. (A-C) Western blots representative of 3 similar experiments. CD40 was immunoprecipitated from lysates of the indicated BCL-derived lines as described in “Methods.” Immunoprecipitates (IP) or whole-cell lysates (WCL) were subjected to SDS-PAGE and western blotting with antibodies specific for the indicated proteins. (D) DAUDI or SKW6.4 cells were untreated (left two lanes) or treated for 2 hours with 50 ng/mL recombinant human BAFF (rBAFF), after which BAFFR was immunoprecipitated from cell lysates. (E) Relative levels (mean ± standard error [SE]) of BAFFR-associated TRAF3 from 3 independent experiments. Statistical significance of differences was calculated as described in “Methods”; *P < .0008.