Fig. 6.
bpV[pic]-mediated activation of NFAT is dependent on TCR-proximal events.
(A) JCaM-TAg cells (p56lck-negative) were transiently transfected by the DEAE-Dextran protocol with 15 μg of the pNFAT-LUC plasmid plus 30 μg of either the control vector pEFneo (■) or the p56lck-encoding vector pEFneoLckWT (■). After a 24-hour incubation, cells were treated or not with PHA (3 μg/mL)/PMA (20 ng/mL), bpV[pic] (10 μM), or PMA (20 ng/mL)/Iono (1 μM). Cells were lysed 8 hours after stimulation and measured for luciferase activity. (B) P116 cells (ZAP-70-deficient) were transiently transfected by the DEAE-Dextran protocol with 15 μg of the pNFAT-LUC plasmid plus 15 μg of either the empty vector (■), a ZAP-70 WT (▨) or ZAP-70 kinase-dead expression vector (▪). At 24 hours after transfection, cells were treated or not with PHA (3 μg/mL), PHA (3 μg/mL)/PMA (20 ng/mL), PMA (20 ng/mL)/Iono (1 μM), or bpV[pic] (10 μM) for 8 hours and lysed. Luciferase activity was monitored as described in the “Materials and methods” section. Results are the means ± SD for triplicate samples and are representative of 2 independent experiments.