Journal: Molecular and cellular biology
Article Title: Loss of function mouse models reveal a novel regulatory function for ULK1 in myeloproliferative neoplasms
doi: 10.1080/10985549.2025.2529837
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Schematic illustration of the inducible and conditional Ulk1 knockout mouse MPN model used, and analyses performed. (BMT – bone marrow transplant) ( B ) Hemoglobin (Hb) levels, ( C ) hematocrit (HCT) percentage and ( D ) red blood cell (RBC) counts in peripheral blood of Ulk1 +/+ Jak2 V617F and Ulk1 FL/FL Jak2 V617F recipient mice are shown for pre- (day 21) and post- (day 42) pIpC injection. ( E ) Spleen weight and ( F ) percentage of GFP + splenocytes three weeks post pIpC injection of the recipient mice. ( G ) Percentage of GFP + ( G-i ) Ter119 med CD71 high proerythroblasts (R1), ( G-ii ) Ter119 high CD71 high basophilic erythroblasts (R2), and ( G-iii ) Ter119 high CD71 med late basophilic and polychromatophilic erythroblasts (R3) and Ter119 high CD71 low orthochromatophilic erythroblasts (R4) in the spleen of recipient mice three weeks post pIpC injection. ( H ) Percentage of GFP + bone marrow (BM) cells three weeks post pIpC injection of the recipient mice. Percentage of GFP + ( I-i ) R1, ( I-ii ) R2, and ( I-iii ) R3+R4 cells in the BM of recipient mice three weeks post pIpC injection. ( B-I ) Box plots show distribution of data from 6 mice per group. ( B-D ) Mixed effects models were used to analyze these data, with Hb, HCT or RBC counts as the outcome variable, and time (pre- and post-pIpC), genotype and their interaction as fixed effects, and a mouse random effect to account for within-mouse correlation between repeated measurements. Fisher’s LSD approach was used, and pairwise comparison p -values were not adjusted. ( E-I ) Statistical analyses were performed using Mann-Whitney test. ( B-I ) Statistically significant p -values are reported. ns - not significant. See also supplemental figures 1 – 3 .
Article Snippet: Mice were randomized into two treatment groups by hematocrit levels and body weight: 1) vehicle-control (5% DMSO, 10% Tween 80, 85% water) and 2) ULK1 inhibitor SBP-7455 (TargetMol) at 30mg/kg.
Techniques: In Vivo, Knock-Out, Injection, Comparison, MANN-WHITNEY