FIGURE 2.
CDT causes a slowdown of DNA replication in the late S phase. Cell cycle analysis by flow cytometry of HeLa (A,B) and U2OS (C,D) cells treated or not with 2.5 ng/ml of wild-type or catalytically inactive CDT mutant (Mut) from E. coli (CDT Ec) (A,C) or H. ducreyi (CDT Hd) (B,D) for 16 h was performed. (A,C) Left panel: representative flow cytometry of cells treated with CDT Ec is shown. EdU incorporation is plotted against the cellular DNA content (DAPI). Quantification of G1, G2, and late S cell population with low EdU (red boxes) is indicated. Right panel: data represent the percentage of EdU weakly positive cells in the late S phase. At least 10,000 events were analyzed per sample using the CytExpert software (mean ± SEM of at least three independent experiments) (∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗∗∗P < 0.001, and ns, not significant).