Figure 2
Figure 2. Molecular pathogenesis of morgana+/– myeloproliferative disease. (A) Western blot analysis of BM protein extracts from morgana+/+ and morgana+/– mice before disease onset, stained with antibodies against morgana, ROCKI and II, phosphorylated MLC2 (P-MLC2), total MLC2, P-MYPT1, total MYPT1, P-AKT, total AKT, P-STAT5, total STAT5, and actin, used as a loading control. The graphs show the densitometric quantification of P-MLC2, P-MYPT1, and P-AKT bands normalized to total MLC2, MYPT1, and AKT (n = 3 mice per group). Note that ROCKI, ROCKII, and STAT5 phosphorylation were similar in morgana+/+ and morgana+/– BM. (B) Percentages of BM cells with >2 centrosomes in 8-month-old morgana+/+ (n = 6) and morgana+/– (n = 5) mice. (C) Percentages of BM cells with >2 centrosomes in morgana+/–-diseased mice and morgana+/+ littermates (n = 4 mice per group). (D) Percentages of aneuploid metaphase spreads obtained from the BM of morgana+/+ and morgana+/–-diseased mice (n = 4 mice per group). *P < .05, **P < .01.

Molecular pathogenesis of morgana+/– myeloproliferative disease. (A) Western blot analysis of BM protein extracts from morgana+/+ and morgana+/– mice before disease onset, stained with antibodies against morgana, ROCKI and II, phosphorylated MLC2 (P-MLC2), total MLC2, P-MYPT1, total MYPT1, P-AKT, total AKT, P-STAT5, total STAT5, and actin, used as a loading control. The graphs show the densitometric quantification of P-MLC2, P-MYPT1, and P-AKT bands normalized to total MLC2, MYPT1, and AKT (n = 3 mice per group). Note that ROCKI, ROCKII, and STAT5 phosphorylation were similar in morgana+/+ and morgana+/– BM. (B) Percentages of BM cells with >2 centrosomes in 8-month-old morgana+/+ (n = 6) and morgana+/– (n = 5) mice. (C) Percentages of BM cells with >2 centrosomes in morgana+/–-diseased mice and morgana+/+ littermates (n = 4 mice per group). (D) Percentages of aneuploid metaphase spreads obtained from the BM of morgana+/+ and morgana+/–-diseased mice (n = 4 mice per group). *P < .05, **P < .01.

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