Figure 1.

Exogenous SAMHD1 expression inhibits HuT78 cell growth and proliferation. HuT78 cells expressing hemagglutinin (HA)-tagged SAMHD1 were generated via lentiviral vector-mediated transduction. (A) Exogenous expression of SAMHD1 was validated by immunoblotting analysis using antibodies to HA (SAMHD1) and GAPDH (loading control). (B) Total RNA was isolated from HuT78 vector or SAMHD1-expressing cells and qPCR analysis was performed to quantify the relative SAMHD1 mRNA levels. GAPDH mRNA levels were quantified as internal control. (C) HuT78 vector control and SAMHD1 expressing cells were seeded in triplicate in 24-well plates at a density of 1 × 10⁴ cells/well in 1 ml culture media on day 0 and live cells were counted on indicated days via trypan-blue exclusion method. (D) Cell lines were seeded on day 0 in 4 replicates in 96-well plates at density of 1 × 10³ cells/well in 100 µl and cell proliferation was determined on indicated days utilizing an MTS-based proliferation assay. All the data presented are representative of 3 or more independent experiments. (C-D) ***, p < 0.0001.