Figure 8

CXCR3-dependent signalling. Serum-starved Chinese hamster ovary CXCR3 cells were treated with Ham's F-12 medium supplemented with 0.5% foetal bovine serum (FBS) or stimulated with CXCL10 or NH₂-terminally truncated CXCL10(3–77) at a concentration of 1, 10 or 100 ng/ml (in Ham's F-12 supplemented with 0.5% FBS). The reaction was stopped after 5 minutes and the cells were lysed. The level of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) phosphorylation or protein kinase B/Akt phosphorylation in the cell lysate was determined with specific ELISAs for phosphoERK or phosphoAkt. The mean values (n = 4) and standard errors are indicated. *Statistically significant differences (Mann–Whitney U test) from control (P < 0.05).