Figure 3.
Effect of FOXQ1 knockdown on the cell cycle. (a) Cell cycle analysis showed downregulation of FOXQ1 expression in SKOV3 cells leaded to a decreased population of cells in the S-phase, whereas an increased population of cells in the G0/G1 phase. (P8, P7, and P9 represent G0/G1, S, and G2/M phases, respectively). (b) A panel of cell cycle-related proteins were analyzed using western blots. cyclin D1, CDK4, and cyclin E were downregulated after FOXQ1 knockdown, whereas p21Cip1 and p27Kip1 were upregulated compared with the control groups. (c) Apoptosis was detected by measuring the activities of caspase 3/7 using a commercial kit at both 36 h and 48 h after infection of SKOV3 cells with shFOXQ1-3 or control shRNA lentivirus. **p < 0.01.