PtC-reactive cells were identified by staining with PtC-liposome fluorescein-DHPE (FormuMax Scientific). Biotin was detected by using Streptavidin Qdot 605 (Molecular Probes/Invitrogen). Unconjugated α-Pten- and α-Foxo1 antibodies were detected by using α-rabbit IgG (H+L) F(ab′)2 fragment-Alexa Fluor 647 (Cell Signaling). Intracellular flow cytometric staining was performed using the kits listed in
Cells were acquired at a FACSCantoII flow cytometer (BD Biosciences). If not indicated otherwise, numbers in the dot plots indicate the percentages of cells in the respective gates, numbers in the histograms indicate the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI).