Fig. 5.
Immunization of mice with stressed apoptotic 12B1-D1 cells induces IFN-γ, IL-2 secretion by splenocytes and T-cell proliferation.
Heat-stressed or nonstressed 12B1-D1 cells (2 × 106) were treated with 40 nM AP20187 for 6 hours and then injected to BALB/c mice subcutaneously. Splenocytes from immunized mice were harvested 5 days later and restimulated with mitomycin C–treated 12B1-D1 cells. (A) CTLL-2 bioassay was used to determine the IL-2 production. (B) IFN-γ secretion was determined by ELISPOT. (C) T-cell proliferation was determined by [3H]thymidine incorporation. Representative data from 1 of 3 experiments are shown.