Figure 8
Absence of Oct-6 in macrophages does not influence poly(I:C) induced IFNβ and IFNα mRNA expression and has no impact on MCMV replication. (A - E) WT and Oct-6-/- FLMs were treated with poly(I:C) or incubated with medium alone (0 h) for the times indicated. (A) Oct-6 was immunoprecipitated from whole cell extracts; panERK was used as an input control. (B - E) Expression levels were determined by RT-qPCR for (B) Egr2, (C) Pmp22, (D) IFNβ, and (E) panIFNα (all subtypes) using Ube2d2 as endogenous control. (B, C, D) Data are depicted relative to the WT 0 h control. (E) panIFNα mRNA could not be detected reliably in untreated cells (n.d.) and thus data normalised to the endogenous control only are depicted (not additionally calibrated to untreated cells). (B - E) Mean values ± SD of three independent experiments are shown. (F) WT and Oct-6-/- FLMs were infected with MCMV (MOI = 1) for 90 min, washed with PBS and fresh medium was added. Supernatants were collected 0, 1, 3 and 6 days (d) after infection and virus titers were determined in a plaque forming assays using Stat1-/- MEFs. Mean values ± SD of two independent experiments (each with FLMs from two embryos per genotype) are shown.