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. 2021 Feb 15;12(2):183. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-03475-4

Fig. 5. GSK3β is required for the homologous recombination repair of DSBs.

Fig. 5

A–D DR-U2OS (A and B) or NHEJ–Hela (C and D) cells were treated with siRNA, GSK3β inhibition (5 μM CHIR99021 HCl or 5 μM LY2090314), or positive control of VE-821 (5 μM, in HR assays) or NU-7441 (10 μM, in NHEJ assays) for 24 h, followed by I-SceI transfection. GFP-positive cells were analyzed by flow cytometry 48 h later. Data are expressed as mean ± SD from three independent experiments. (***p < 0.001, n.s. not significant, t test). CHIR, CHIR99021 HCl; LY, LY2090314. E Representative images of RAD51 foci in HCT-15 (parent) and their GSK3β-depleted single clone (KO1 and KO2) cells treated with 5 μM simmiparib (Upper) or HCT-15 cells following treatment with 5 μM simmiparib, GSK3i (10 μM CHIR99021 HCl or 5 μM LY2090314), or a combination for 48 h (Lower). Nuclei were stained with DAPI. Scale bar: 2 μm. Cells that contained five or more RAD51 foci/nucleus were considered as RAD51-positive cells. At least 50 cells were analyzed for each experiment and condition. All data are expressed as mean ± SD from three independent experiments. (**p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, t test). SP, simmiparib; CHIR, CHIR99021 HCl; LY, LY2090314.