Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) from single-cell suspensions of tibia and femur marrow were differentiated
in vitro as previously described [21 (
link)]. Briefly, murine bone marrow was cultured in
RPMI 1640 (Lonza, Walkersville, MD) supplemented with 30% L-cell conditioned media, 20% Fetal Calf Serum and penicillin/streptomycin for a period of six days. Adherent BMDMs were harvested and replated in minimal media for a rest phase of 12–18 hours. Following this rest phase, BMDMs were pre-treated in certain conditions with CCL2 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MD) for a period of 12–18 hours, were indicated. Stimulations with
IFNγ (Shenandoah Biotechnology, Warwick, PA), IL-4 (Shenandoah), and
LPS (0111:B4, Sigma, St. Louis, MO) were performed following the rest and pretreatment phase. Reported endotoxin levels in the utilized recombinant cytokines are as follows: <0.01 EU/μg for CCL2 and <1 EU/μg for
IFNγ and IL-4. The ERK1/2 inhibitor
GDC-0994 (Selleck Chemicals, Houston, TX) was resuspended in DMSO and used at a final concentration of 50 nM in cell culture assays.
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