Figure 1.
Rac protein expression and T cell development in Rac2−/− and Rac2+/+ mice. (A) Rac1 and Rac2 protein expression in subpopulation of thymocytes and mature peripheral T cells. 50 μg of cleared cell lysate from each cell population was used for Western blotting. The same blot probed for Rac1 was stripped and reprobed for Rac2. Lane 1 and 7, mature CD4+ cells; lane 2 and 8, mature CD8 cells; lane 3 and 9, CD4+CD8+ thymocytes; lane 4 and 10, CD4−CD8− thymocytes; lane 5 and 11, CD4+ thymocytes; lane 6 and 12, CD8+ thymocytes. The rac2 antibody weakly cross reacts with another protein in lysates from Rac2−/− cells and the control cells (reference 9). Data represents one of two experiments. (B) Lymph node cells or thymocytes were isolated from Rac2−/− mice and its littermate Rac2+/+ mice. The expression of CD4 and CD8 was examined by two-color flow cytometry.