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. 2012 Oct 22;209(11):2017–2031. doi: 10.1084/jem.20121343

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

Aurora kinase inhibitors inhibit proliferation of AMKL patient blasts in vitro. (A) AMKL7 cells purified from immunodeficient recipients were cultured in vitro in the presence of DMSO (control), 5 µM DiMF, or 250 nM MLN8237 for 72 h. A representative flow cytometry analysis of CD41 and CD42 megakaryocyte–specific markers is shown. (B) Histogram representation of CD41+CD42+ maturing megakaryocyte elements shown in A. (C) Representative ploidy analysis of cells treated as in A. (D) Histogram representation of cells with a ploidy > 4n shown in C. (E) Representative apoptosis analysis of cells treated as in A. (F) Histogram representation of apoptotic cells (AnnexinV+7AAD cells) shown in E. (G) Representative flow cytometry analysis of cleaved caspase 3 in cells treated as in A. (H) Histogram representation of cleaved caspase 3–positive cells shown in G. (B, D, F, and H) Mean value ± SEM of duplicate (B and D) or triplicate (F and H) experiments is shown. (I) Proliferation of AMKL7 leukemic cells upon treatment with aurora kinase inhibitors. Mean ± SEM of the number of viable cells (trypan blue exclusion, duplicate experiments) is shown. (J) Effect of 5 µM DiMF and 250 nM MLN8237 treatment on AMKL1 cells. Flow cytometry analysis of ploidy and differentiation after 6 d of in vitro treatment. (K) Effect of 5 µM DiMF and 250 nM MLN8237 treatment on AMKL4 cells. Flow cytometry analysis of ploidy and differentiation after 4 d of in vitro treatment. (L) Viable number of AMKL4 cells after 4 d of treatment as in K. Means ± SEM of duplicate experiments are shown.