Skip to main content
. 2020 Jun 12;11:2807. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16179-8

Fig. 9. SKI knockdown results in terminal differentiation of Nsd1−/− erythroblasts.

Fig. 9

a Experimental setup: BM-derived Nsd1−/− erythroblasts were transduced with either pLMP-empty-shRNA-GFP-Puro (Ctrl-shRNA) or pLMP-Ski-shRNA-GFP-Puro (Ski-shRNA) in maintenance medium, sorted for GFP, and selected with Puromycin for 2 days before induced differentiation and analysis. b Representative images of Wright Giemsa-stained cytospin preparations of control (Ctrl-shRNA, left panel) and Ski shRNA (Ski-shRNA), right panel) transduced Nsd1−/− BM-derived erythroblasts after 2 days in differentiation medium. The small insets show the cell pellets before analysis. These data illustrate one of three experiments (×1000, size bar = 10 μM). c Growth of Nsd1−/− BM-derived erythroblasts transduced with Ski- (Ski-shRNA, blue line) or control shRNA (Ctrl-shRNA, black line) grown for 4 days in differentiation medium. Nucleated living cells were counted by Trypan blue exclusion (n = 3 per group). P value > 0.05 for all time points. d Fraction of Ter119+ cells (%) of Nsd1−/− BM-derived erythroblasts transduced with Ski- (Ski-shRNA, blue bars) or control (Ctrl-shRNA, black bars) virus grown for 2 days in differentiation medium (n = 3 per group). e Western blot showing SKI and GATA1 protein expression in Nsd1−/− BM-derived erythroblasts transduced with Ski (Ski-shRNA) or control (Ctrl-shRNA) virus during expansion in maintenance medium (day 0) and following 1–2 days in differentiation medium. Actin was used as a loading control. These data represent one of three experiments. f Total number of colonies counted at day 11 after plating of 1 × 104 Nsd1−/− BM-derived erythroblasts expressing either Ski shRNA (Ski-shRNA, blue bar) or control (Ctrl-shRNA, black bar) in MC (M3434) (n = 3 per group). g Total number of cells obtained from 1 × 104 Nsd1/− BM-derived erythroblasts expressing either Ski shRNA (Ski-shRNA, blue bar) or control (Ctrl-shRNA, black bar) after 11 days in MC (M3434) (n = 3 per group). h Percentage of Kit+ living cells obtained from 1 × 104 Nsd1−/− BM-derived erythroblasts expressing either Ski shRNA (Ski-shRNA, blue bar) or control (Ctrl-shRNA, black bar) after 11 days in MC (M3434) (n = 3 per group). P value > 0.05 for all time points. Values are presented as individual points, bar graphs represent the mean value of biological replicates, error bars as standard error of the mean. Statistical significances in c, d, f, g, h tested with a paired two-tailed t-test.