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. 2021 Oct 22;12(11):981. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-04292-5

Fig. 4. CHD8 knockout does not affect definitive endoderm differentiation.

Fig. 4

A Left, RT-qPCR analysis of endoderm genes FOXA2, SOX17 and GATA6; Right, RT-qPCR analysis of CHD8 and pluripotent genes OCT4 and SOX2 at day 3 of differentiation (n = 5). Wildtype ESCs at day 0 served as control. B Immunofluorescence of endoderm marker FOXA2 and SOX17 in WT and CHD8KO groups at day 3 of differentiation. The percentage of FOXA2- or SOX17-positive cells was calculated (n = 4). Scale bar = 200 µm. C Flow cytometric analysis showing the percentage of SOX17-positive cells in differentiated WT and CHD8-KO cells (n = 5). D, E AnnexinV/PI assay (D) and Cell cycle analysis using PI staining (E) in differentiated WT and CHD8-KO definitive endoderm cells (n = 5). The populations of different cell cycle phases were calculated in FlowJo (v10.4.0). The error bars represented the mean ± SD and the significance level was calculated by Student’s t-test (two-tailed, equal variance) (ns means not statistically significant, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001).