Fig. 3. Downregulation of ASPP1 promotes lung metastasis in vivo.
Bioluminescent imaging (a) and quantification of photon flux (b) of lung metastatic tissues from nude mice with intravenous injection of the indicated cells (P = 0.0254). The color bars in (a) represent bioluminescent signal in radiance (p/sec/cm2/sr). c H&E staining of the dissected lungs from the nude mice in the indicated group are presented (n = 6 mice per group), showing that ASPP1 shRNA/HCT116 cells gave rise to more and larger metastases than did control ones (P = 0.0069) (d). Scale bar: 2 mm.