ARID5B expression supports the survival of TAL1-positive T-ALL cells. (A) Western blot analysis for protein expression of ARID5B, PARP, and α-tubulin (loading control) in Jurkat cells on day 3 after the transduction of lentivirus expressing shGFP (control), shARID5B-3, or shARID5B-7. (B) Detection of apoptosis based on annexin V by flow cytometry analysis in Jurkat cells on day 3 after transduction with lentivirus expressing shRNA. (Early apoptosis) Annexin V-positive and propidium iodide (PI)-negative; (late apoptosis) annexin V-positive and PI-positive; (nonspecific cell death) annexin V-negative and PI-positive. The data represent the mean of duplicate samples. (C) Cell viability of Jurkat cells was measured by CellTiter Glo assay at days 3, 5, and 7 after lentivirus infection. The cell growth rate (fold change) compared with day 3 is shown as the mean ± SD of triplicate samples. (*) P < 0.05 by two-sample two-tailed t-test. (D) Growth inhibition of Jurkat, CCRF-CEM, PF-382, MOLT-4, DND-41, and LOUCY cells on day 7 after lentivirus infection. Growth inhibition was calculated based on cell viability on day 7 compared with day 3. The data are shown as the mean ± SD of triplicate samples. (*) P < 0.05; (***) P < 0.001 by two-sample two-tailed t-test.