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. 2022 Aug 2;5:781. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03743-9

Fig. 4. Expression of p21 differentially correlates with SA-β-gal positivity in male and female mouse GBM model astrocytes.

Fig. 4

a Correlation between Cdkn2a (p16) mRNA levels at 24 h after irradiation with 0, 6, or 9 Gy and the percentage of SA-β-gal positive cells at 5 days after irradiation in male and female Nf1−/− DNp53 astrocytes (n = 15/sex). b Correlation between Cdkn1a (p21) mRNA levels at 24 h after irradiation with 0, 6, or 9 Gy and the percentage of SA-β-gal positive cells at 5 days after irradiation in male and female Nf1−/− DNp53 astrocytes. Male correlation: r = 0.59, p = 0.0212; Female correlation: r = 0.79, p = 0.0005 (n = 15/sex). c Correlation between the Cdkn1a/Cdk2 mRNA ratio at 24 h after irradiation with 0, 6, or 9 Gy and the percentage of SA-β-gal positive cells at 5 days after irradiation in male and female Nf1−/− DNp53 astrocytes. Male correlation: r = 0.53, p = 0.0427; Female correlation: r = 0.80, p = 0.0003 (n = 15/sex). d Representative western blot images of p21 and Cdk2 5 days post-irradiation with 0, 3, 6, or 8 Gy. One male and one female Nf1−/− DNp53 cell line are shown. Molecular weight markers (MW): p21 (15 kDa), Cdk2 (30 kDa). e Correlation between the p21/Cdk2 protein ratio at 24 h after irradiation with 0, 3, 6, or 8 Gy and the percentage of SA-β-gal positive cells at 5 days after irradiation in male and female Nf1−/− DNp53 astrocytes. Male correlation: r = 0.30, p = 0.0997, female correlation: r = 0.52, p = 0.0029, male slope vs female slope: p = 0.0627—indicated by bracket (n = 31/sex). f Correlation between the p21/Cdk2 protein ratio 5 days after irradiation with 0, 3, 6, or 8 Gy and the percentage of SA-β-gal positive cells at 5 days after irradiation in male and female Nf1−/− DNp53 astrocytes. Male correlation: r = 0.40, p = 0.0239, female correlation: r = 0.65, p < 0.0001, male slope vs female slope: p = 0.009—indicated by bracket (n = 31/sex).