Differential Use of Human Neutrophil Fcγ Receptors for Inducing Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation

Figure 4

FcγRIIIb-induced NET formation is dependent on PKC. (a) Human neutrophils (PMN) were stimulated with 20 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) or by cross-linking FcγRIIIb with mAb 3G8. PMN were previously treated with solvent alone (—) or with the PKC inhibitors GÖ6983 (1 μM) or GÖ6976 (1 μM). After four hours, PMN were fixed and stained for DNA (DAPI). Microphotographs were taken at 200x magnification and are representative of five experiments. Bar is 50 μm. (b) The relative amount of NETs was estimated from SYTOX Green fluorescence in relative fluorescent units (RFU) at 4 hours after stimulation. Data are mean ± SEM of 11 experiments. Asterisks denote conditions that are statistically different from control ().

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