Figure 3.
DC need less signaling time than B cells to fully activate T cells. DO11.10 T cells (with or without CFSE) were mixed with OVA-loaded B cells or DCs within liquid cultures in round-bottom multiwell plates. At different time points a cocktail of antibodies that inhibited further APC signaling was added to individual wells. (A) After 48 hours, cultures were pulsed with 1 μCi (0.037 MBq) [3H]-thymidine for 12 hours. Subsequently, cell-bound radioactivity was assessed by liquid scintillation counting. Data are means of duplicate measurements for each time point. (B) T-cell proliferation after 48 hours was assessed by FACS, measuring down-regulation of the CFSE label.