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

Fig. 7. p21 knockdown abrogates sex differences in senescence and DNA damage response in irradiated mouse GBM model astrocytes.

Fig. 7

a Example images of Nf1−/− DNp53 Cas9 control and p21 knockdown (KD) male and female astrocytes stained for SA-β-gal 5 days after irradiation with 0 or 8 Gy, followed by counterstaining with nuclear fast red. Scale bar, 150 μm. bd Quantification of the percentage of SA-β-gal positive cells 5 days post-irradiation with 0, 3, 6, or 8 Gy. Values were normalized to the corresponding Male 0 Gy condition of the same cell line, which was arbitrarily set at 1. b Male vs female Cas9 control cells—two-way ANOVA: dose p < 0.0001, sex p < 0.0001, interaction p = 0.2093. c Male Cas9 vs male p21 KD - two-way ANOVA: dose p < 0.0001, genotype p = 0.1459, interaction p = 0.8529; d Female Cas9 vs female p21 KD: two-way ANOVA: dose p < 0.0001, genotype p = 0.0093, interaction p = 0.5635. Male Cas9 curve (blue) is shown for comparison. Open symbols are the means of the individual data points, which are presented as closed symbols (bd n = 6–9/sex/dose). eg Quantification of the percent of Nf1−/− DNp53 Cas9 control versus p21 knockdown (KD) cells with >10 γH2AX foci at 1, 6, 24, and 48 h following irradiation with 3 Gy (top row) or 8 Gy (bottom row). Two-way ANOVAs: e Male Cas9 versus female Cas9 at 3 Gy: time: p < 0.0001, sex: p = 0.079, interaction: p = 0.625; male Cas9 versus female Cas9 at 8 Gy: time: p < 0.0001, sex: p = 0.0014, interaction: p = 0.0524. f Male Cas9 versus p21 KD at 3 Gy: time p < 0.0001, genotype: p = 0.356, interaction: p = 0.775; male Cas9 versus p21 KD at 8 Gy: time p < 0.0001, genotype: p = 0.0645, interaction: p = 5773 g female Cas9 versus p21 KD at 3 Gy: time p < 0.0001, genotype: p = 0.205, interaction: p = 0.774; female Cas9 versus p21 KD at 8 Gy: time p < 0.0001, genotype: p = 0.006, interaction: p = 0.0418. Open symbols are the means of the individual data points, which are presented as closed symbols (eg n = 3/sex/timepoint).