Journal: Cell Death Discovery

Article Title: SPINK2 silencing suppresses leukemic proliferation and restores myeloid commitment via MECOM downregulation in acute myeloid leukaemia

doi: 10.1038/s41420-026-02988-1

Figure Lengend Snippet: A Barplot showing the expression of SPINK2 measured by qPCR in a panel of AML cell lines. n = 6 for each cell line. B Bowtie plot representing SPINK2 mRNA quantification by q-PCR following SPINK2 shRNA silencing and normalized using GAPDH ( n = 6). C Lineplot displaying cell viability upon SPINK2 knock-down determined by counting cells every 24 h for four consecutive days post shRNA induction. The results are indicative of 3 independent experiments ( n = 6). D Two-dimensional flow cytometric dot plot showing BrdU incorporation 72 hours post doxycycline induction. The three gates indicate the G0/G1, S and G2/M phases of the cell cycle. The barplot on the righthand side represent an average of three independent experiments ( n = 6). E Bowtie plot showing the percentages of Annexin V + apoptotic/necrotic cells. F Representative two-dimensional flow cytometric contour plots showing the expression levels of CD14, CD64, CD35 and CD300E in FUJIOKA cells that have undergone SPINK2 silencing 96 hours post doxycycline induction ( n = 6). The statistical analysis reported in this figure have been performed using student’s t test (*** p < 0.001, * p < 0.05).

Article Snippet: A scrambled control shRNA plasmid (shCtr), Tet-pLKO-puro-Scrambled (Addgene plasmid #47541), was used as a non-targeting control [ ].

Techniques: Expressing, shRNA, Knockdown, BrdU Incorporation Assay