Table 4.

Western blotting and immunocytochemical staining of cell lines for transmembrane adaptor proteins



LIME

TRIM

NTAL

PAG

SIT

IHC
WB
IHC
WB
IHC
WB
IHC
WB
IHC
WB
B-cell lines           
   RAJI   Neg   Neg   Neg   Neg   Pos   28 kDa   Pos   90 kDa   Pos   ND  
   THIEL   Pos   35 kDa   Pos   42 kDa   Pos   28 kDa   Pos*  90 kDa   Neg   Neg  
T-cell lines           
   CEM   Pos   35 kDa   Pos  Neg   Neg   Neg   Pos   90 kDa   Pos   ND  
   HUT-78   Pos   36 kDa   Pos   25 kDa   Neg   ND   Pos   ND   Pos   ND  
   JURKAT   Neg   ND   Pos   ND   Neg   ND   Neg   ND   Pos  ND  
Others           
   KM-H2
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Pos
 
90 kDa
 
Neg
 
Neg
 


LIME

TRIM

NTAL

PAG

SIT

IHC
WB
IHC
WB
IHC
WB
IHC
WB
IHC
WB
B-cell lines           
   RAJI   Neg   Neg   Neg   Neg   Pos   28 kDa   Pos   90 kDa   Pos   ND  
   THIEL   Pos   35 kDa   Pos   42 kDa   Pos   28 kDa   Pos*  90 kDa   Neg   Neg  
T-cell lines           
   CEM   Pos   35 kDa   Pos  Neg   Neg   Neg   Pos   90 kDa   Pos   ND  
   HUT-78   Pos   36 kDa   Pos   25 kDa   Neg   ND   Pos   ND   Pos   ND  
   JURKAT   Neg   ND   Pos   ND   Neg   ND   Neg   ND   Pos  ND  
Others           
   KM-H2
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Neg
 
Pos
 
90 kDa
 
Neg
 
Neg
 

Western blotting was also performed on tonsil-cell lysates, and bands of the same size as those seen in cell lines were observed for LIME, TRIM, NTAL, and PAG. Anti-SIT detected a band with a molecular weight of approximately 35 kDa.

IHC indicates immunohistochemistry; WB, Western blotting; Neg, negative; Pos, positive; ND not done.

*

In Thiel some cells were PAG+

In this cell line approximately 50% of the cells were TRIM+

In Jurkat some cells were SIT+