(Taconic farms, NY), which generates T-cell-specific rictorknockout mice (rictorT−/−) owing to the expression of
Cre under the control of the proximal promoter of Lck. To specifically delete
rictor in the OT-1 TCR background, we crossed
C56BL/6/OT-1/β2m−/-/Rag-2−/-mice (12 (link)) with homozygous
rictorT−/− to obtain
OT-1/Rag-2−/-/rictorT−/−animals (referred to as OT-1/rictorT−/−). All mice
were genotyped by PCR using the respective primers described in
Handling and experimentation protocols have been reviewed and used in accordance
with IACUC regulations of Rutgers University. Tissues were removed from
6-week-old rictorT−/− and rictorT+/+littermates, micro-sliced and resuspended in RIPA buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl pH8.0,
100 mM NaCl, 5 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 0.2% SDS, 0.5%
Na-deoxycholate supplemented with protease inhibitors). Jurkat cells were
electroporated and transfected with rictor shRNA or scrambled shRNA (Invitrogen,
CA). Transfected cells were cultured in complete RPMI medium in the presence of
the selection antibiotic Zeocin (Invitrogen, CA). SIN1−/-MEFs cells were cultured as previously described (15 (link)).