Figure 1.
GSK3abrogation in hematopoietic cells does not significantly alter hematopoietic cell maturation. (A) Example of polymerase chain reactionperformed on mouse DNA to confirm the genotype. (B) Protein levels of GSK3, GSK3, and -actin as assessed by western blot from mouse total bone marrow cell lysate (n = 4 per genotype, in which WT is Cre− GSK3 and KO is Cre+ GSK3). (C) GSK3β abrogation does not lead to any significant changes in white or red blood cell counts by CBC analysis ± standard error mean (SEM) (n = 8 per condition). (D) Morphologic analysis of mouse bone marrow aspirate does not reveal any differences between GSK3 WT and KO mice. Bone marrow aspirate was stained with Wright-Giemsa stain, and images were captured at original magnification ×50 (n = 4 per condition). (E) No differences in bone marrow morphology were observed between GSK3 WT and KO mice. Representative bone marrow sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), and images were captured at original magnification ×4 (n = 4 per condition). (F) No differences in spleen morphology were observed between GSK3 WT and KO mice. Representative spleen sections were stained with H&E, and images were captured at original magnification ×4 (n = 4 per condition). (G) No differences in spleen mass were observed between GSK3 WT and KO mice (n = 5 per condition). (H) No differences in the frequency of HPCs between GSK3 WT and KO mice were observed in peripheral blood samples. Average frequency of hematopoietic cell populations from mouse bone marrow as measured by flow cytometry (n = 4 per condition). CMP, common myeloid progenitor; f/f, floxed/floxed; f/w, floxed/wild-type; GMP, granulocyte-monocyte progenitors; Hb, hemoglobin; LK, c-kit low cells; LMPP, lymphoid-primed multipotent progenitors; LSK, Lineage− Sca-1+ c-Kit+cells; LT-HSC, long-term-HSC; Ly, Lymphocyte; MO, Monocyte; NE, Neutrophil; RBC, red blood cell; ST-HSC, short-term-HSC; WBC, white blood cell; w/w, wild-type/wild-type.