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Fig. 3. Enforced expression of the iPLA2 ankyrin-repeat domain induces G1-phase arrest in INS-1 cells. (A) Cells with higher expression levels of ARD-iPLA2-GFP have a higher number of cells in G1 phase than cells with lower expression levels. INS-1 cells were transfected with ARD-iPLA2-GFP or iPLA2-GFP constructs; 42 hours after transfection, cells were stained with PI and subjected to FACS analysis for GFP-fluorescence (FL1-H) and DNA content (FL2-A). R1, R2 and R3 represent the gated cells with increasing GFP-fusion protein expression (left). Phasic distribution of the gated GFP cells is displayed (right). Figures represent one of four experiments and data represent the mean of four experiments. (B) Cells expressing ARD-iPLA2-GFP remain in G1 phase even in the presence of nocodazole. INS-1 cells were transfected with ARD-iPLA2-GFP or iPLA2-GFP constructs (green), stained for the nuclear pore protein mAB414 (red), counterstained for DNA with DAPI (blue) and analyzed by fluorescence microscopy (Zeiss Axioskop). Arrows in b and f indicate the condensed chromosomes; arrows in c and g indicate the nuclear-envelope-breakdown events; arrows in d and h indicate merged cells of a, b and c, and of e, f and g, respectively. Magnification, 100x. (C) The number of ARD-iPLA2-GFP-expressing cells in G1 phase far exceeds that of iPLA2-GFP-expressing cells, even in the presence of nocodazole. Cells of the same experiments as in B were collected and their DNA content was subjected to FACS analysis. When GFP-intensity levels were equalized (FL1-H) in the presence of nocodazole, 61.5% of ARD-iPLA2-GFP-expressing cells versus 37% of iPLA2-GFP-expressing cells were in G1 phase. By contrast, 27.7% of ARD-iPLA2-GFP-expressing cells versus 57.4% of iPLA2-GFP-expressing cells were in G2-M transition. A total of 200,000 total events were analysed. Error bars represent the mean ± s.d. of three experiments.
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