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6D). the cells treated with/without hsBAFF IL-2, IL-4, IFN-, or TNF-. These findings indicate that IL-2, IL-4, IFN- or TNF- enhances BAFF-stimulated cell viability/survival by activating Erk1/2 and S6K1 signaling in neoplastic B-lymphoid cells. Our data suggest that modulation of IL-2, IL-4, IFN- and/or TNF- levels, or inhibitors of Erk1/2 or S6K1 may be a new approach to prevent BAFF-induced aggressive B-cell malignancies. from our group [43]. Rapamycin was purchased from ALEXIS (San Diego, CA, USA), whereas U0126 was from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). RPMI 1640 Medium was from Gibco (Rockville, MD, USA). Fetal bovine serum (FBS) was purchased from Hyclone (Logan, UT, USA). CellTiter 96? AQueous One Answer Cell Proliferation Assay kit was provided by Promega (Madison, WI, USA). Annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide (PI) Apoptosis Detection kit was from BD Biosciences (San Diego, CA, USA). Enhanced chemiluminescence answer was from Millipore (Billerica, MA, USA). Other chemicals used in this work are of analytical grade and were obtained from Sigma and local commercial sources. 2.2. Cell culture Neoplastic B-lymphoid (Raji) cell line (American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA) was cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS, 100 U/ml penicillin, 100 U/ml streptomycin in a humidified incubator Nadifloxacin of 5% CO2 at 37C. 2.3. Lentiviral shRNA cloning and contamination of cells Lentiviral shRNA to Erk1/2, S6K1, S6K1/Erk1/2 and green fluorescence protein (GFP) (for control) were constructed and infected as described previously [44, 45]. 2.4. MTS assay for cell viability and live cell counting by trypan blue exclusion Raji cells, or Raji cells infected with lentiviral shRNAs to S6K1, Erk1/2 and GFP, respectively, were seeded in 96-well plates (3104 cells/well, for cell viability assay) or 24-well plates (3105 cells/well, for trypan blue exclusion) and cultured for overnight in humidified incubator of 5% CO2 at 37C. Next day, cells were treated with hsBAFF (0C0.25 g/ml), IL-2 (0C100 ng/ml), IL-4 (0C100 ng/ml), IFN- (0C100 ng/ml) or TNF- (0C100 ng/ml) for 48 h, or treated with/without hsBAFF (0.25 g/ml) in the presence or absence of IL-2 (5 and/or 50 ng/ml), IL-4 (5 and/or 25 ng/ml), IFN- (10 and/or 100 ng/ml) or TNF- (5 and/or 50 ng/ml) for 48 h, or pre-incubated with/without U0126 (5 M) for 1 h or rapamycin (0.2 g/ml) for 2 h and then treated with/without hsBAFF (0.25 g/ml) in the presence or absence of IL-2 (50 ng/ml), IL-4 (25 ng/ml), IFN- (100 ng/ml) and/or TNF- (50 ng/ml) for 48 h, with 3C6 replicates of each treatment. Then, cell viability, post incubation with MTS reagent (one answer reagent) (20 l/well) for 4 h, was assayed by monitoring the optical density (OD) at 490 nm using a Synergy? 2 Multi-function Microplate Reader (Bio-Tek Devices, Winooski, Vermont, USA). Live cells were recorded by counting viable cells using trypan blue exclusion. 2.5. Cell proliferation analysis and flow cytometry Raji cells were seeded at density of 3105 cells/well (for cell proliferation assay) and 2106 cells/well (for flow cytometry) in 24-well and 6-well plates, respectively. Next day, cells were treated with hsBAFF (0C0.25 g/ml) for 48 h. Subsequently, the number of proliferative cells was counted under a Coulter Counter (Beckman Coulter, Fullerton, CA, USA), and the ratios of live cells were monitored by a FACS Vantage SE flow cytometer (Beton Dickinson, California, USA) using Annexin-V-FITC/PI Apoptosis Detection kit. 2.6. Western blot analysis Raji cells, or Raji cells infected with lentiviral shRNAs to S6K1, Erk1/2, S6K1/Erk1/2 and GFP, respectively were seeded in 6-well Nadifloxacin plate (2 106 cells/well) and cultured overnight in humidified incubator of 5% CO2 at 37C. Next day, cells were treated with hsBAFF (0C0.25 g/ml) for 12 h, or treated with/without hsBAFF (0.25 g/ml) in the presence or absence of IL-2 (5 and/or 50 ng/ml), IL-4 (5 and/or 25 ng/ml), IFN- (10 and/or 100 ng/ml) or TNF- (5 and/or 50.Further research revealed that both Erk1/2 and S6K1 signaling pathways were essential for IL-2, IL-4, IFN-, or TNF- enhancement of the viability/survival in the hsBAFF-stimulated cells, as inhibition of Erk1/2 with U0126 or down-regulation of Erk1/2, or blockage of S6K1 with rapamycin or silencing S6K1, or silencing S6K1/Erk1/2, respectively, reduced the cell viability/survival in the cells treated with/without hsBAFF IL-2, IL-4, IFN-, or TNF-. IL-4, IFN-, or TNF-. These findings indicate that IL-2, IL-4, IFN- or TNF- enhances BAFF-stimulated cell viability/survival by activating Erk1/2 and S6K1 signaling in neoplastic B-lymphoid cells. Our data suggest that modulation of IL-2, IL-4, IFN- and/or TNF- levels, or inhibitors of Erk1/2 or S6K1 may be a new approach to prevent BAFF-induced aggressive B-cell malignancies. from our group [43]. Rapamycin was purchased from ALEXIS (San Diego, CA, USA), whereas U0126 was from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). RPMI 1640 Medium was from Gibco (Rockville, Nadifloxacin MD, USA). Fetal bovine serum (FBS) was purchased from Hyclone (Logan, UT, USA). CellTiter 96? AQueous One Answer Cell Proliferation Assay kit was provided by Promega (Madison, WI, USA). Annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide (PI) Apoptosis Detection kit was from BD Biosciences (San Diego, CA, USA). Enhanced chemiluminescence answer was from Millipore (Billerica, MA, USA). Other chemicals used in this work are of analytical grade and were obtained from Sigma and local commercial sources. 2.2. Cell culture Neoplastic B-lymphoid (Raji) cell line (American Type Rabbit Polyclonal to HTR2B Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA) was cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS, 100 U/ml penicillin, 100 U/ml streptomycin in a humidified incubator of 5% CO2 at 37C. 2.3. Lentiviral shRNA cloning and contamination of cells Lentiviral shRNA to Erk1/2, S6K1, S6K1/Erk1/2 and green fluorescence protein (GFP) (for control) were constructed and infected as described previously [44, 45]. 2.4. MTS assay for cell viability and live cell counting by trypan blue exclusion Raji cells, or Raji cells infected with lentiviral shRNAs to S6K1, Erk1/2 and GFP, respectively, were seeded in 96-well plates (3104 cells/well, for cell viability assay) or 24-well plates (3105 cells/well, for trypan blue exclusion) and cultured for overnight in humidified incubator of 5% CO2 at 37C. Next day, cells were treated with hsBAFF (0C0.25 g/ml), IL-2 (0C100 ng/ml), IL-4 (0C100 ng/ml), Nadifloxacin IFN- (0C100 ng/ml) or TNF- (0C100 ng/ml) for 48 h, or treated with/without hsBAFF (0.25 g/ml) in the presence or absence of IL-2 (5 and/or 50 ng/ml), IL-4 (5 and/or 25 ng/ml), IFN- (10 and/or 100 ng/ml) or TNF- (5 and/or 50 ng/ml) for 48 h, or pre-incubated with/without U0126 (5 M) for 1 h or rapamycin (0.2 g/ml) for 2 h and then treated with/without hsBAFF (0.25 g/ml) in the presence or absence of IL-2 (50 ng/ml), IL-4 (25 ng/ml), IFN- (100 ng/ml) and/or TNF- (50 ng/ml) for 48 h, with 3C6 replicates of each treatment. Then, cell viability, post incubation with MTS reagent (one answer reagent) (20 l/well) for 4 h, was assayed by monitoring the optical density (OD) at 490 nm using a Synergy? 2 Multi-function Microplate Reader (Bio-Tek Devices, Winooski, Vermont, USA). Live cells were recorded by counting viable Nadifloxacin cells using trypan blue exclusion. 2.5. Cell proliferation analysis and flow cytometry Raji cells were seeded at density of 3105 cells/well (for cell proliferation assay) and 2106 cells/well (for flow cytometry) in 24-well and 6-well plates, respectively. Next day, cells were treated with hsBAFF (0C0.25 g/ml) for 48 h. Subsequently, the number of proliferative cells was counted under a Coulter Counter (Beckman Coulter, Fullerton, CA, USA), and the ratios of live cells were monitored by a FACS Vantage SE flow cytometer (Beton Dickinson, California, USA) using Annexin-V-FITC/PI Apoptosis Detection kit. 2.6. Western blot analysis Raji cells, or Raji cells infected with lentiviral shRNAs to S6K1, Erk1/2, S6K1/Erk1/2 and GFP, respectively were seeded in 6-well plate (2 106 cells/well) and cultured overnight in humidified incubator of 5% CO2 at 37C. Next day, cells were treated with hsBAFF (0C0.25 g/ml) for 12 h, or treated with/without hsBAFF (0.25 g/ml) in the presence or absence of IL-2 (5 and/or 50 ng/ml), IL-4 (5 and/or 25 ng/ml), IFN- (10 and/or 100 ng/ml) or TNF- (5 and/or 50 ng/ml) for 12 h, or pre-incubated with/without U0126 (5 M) for 1 h or rapamycin (0.2 g/ml) for 2 h and then treated with/without hsBAFF (0.25 g/ml) in the presence or absence of IL-2 (50 ng/ml), IL-4 (25 ng/ml), IFN- (100 ng/ml) and/or TNF- (50 ng/ml) for 12 h. Afterwards, total cell lysates were subjected to Western blotting as described previously [44]. The antibodies to phospho-Erk1/2 (Thr202/Tyr204), phosphor-S6K1 (Thr389) and phospho-S6.