Fig. 5.
Overexpression of a dominant-negative Akt (Akt[KM]) impairs the ability of IL-3 to override γ-IR–induced cell-cycle arrest.
(A) Whole cell lysates from 32D-Neo (lane 1) or 2 clones of 32D-Akt (lanes 2 and 3) or 32D-Akt(KM) (lanes 3 and 4) cells were Western blotted with anti-HA antibodies (αHA) or anti-Akt/PKB PH domain antiserum (αAkt). (B) 32D-Neo, 32D-Akt, and 32D-Akt(KM) cells were cultured in medium that contained 70 pg/mL IL-3. Subsequently, cultures were exposed to 4 Gy γ-IR (+γ) or were left untreated (−γ). Twenty-four hours after irradiation, cells were stained with PI and analyzed by flow cytometry. Before PI staining, cell viability was determined by trypan blue exclusion and was 94% or greater in all experiments. Percentage of S-phase cells is indicated for each culture.