Figure 5.
Evaluation for p110δ protein and activity in thymocytes. (A) Representative immunoblots of class 1a and 1b p110 subunits expressed in thymocytes harvested from WT control and p110γδ-/- mice. Western blot of β-actin illustrates equal loading of proteins. (B) Detection of Akt/PKB in Western blots of total lysates from p110γ-/- thymocytes treated with vehicle control or the p110δ-specific inhibitor IC87114 (10 μM) before TCR cross-linking. (C) Ca2+ flux in CD4+-gated thymocytes in WT control, p110γ-/-, p110δ-/-, and p110γδ-/- mice in response to TCR cross-linking. Ca2+ flux in CD4+CD8+-sorted thymocytes from WT control and p110γδ-/- animals is shown for comparison (inset). Data are representative of 3 to 4 separate experiments.