Ikaros protein expression and compartmentalization. (A) Anti-Ikaros Western blots of whole cell lysates from leukemic cell lines (SD-1 and BV-173), leukemic bone marrow mononuclear cells from Ph⁺ ALL at diagnosis (ID 23, ID 27, ID 29, and ID 32). As a control, we used a Jurkat cell nuclear extract. The positions corresponding to the migration patterns of Ik-1 (∼ 57 kDa), Ik-2 (∼ 47 kDa), and Ik-6 (∼ 37 kDa) proteins are indicated. Anti-Cbl Western blots of the whole cell lysates were performed as controls. (B) Expression and subcellular localization of Ikaros proteins in leukemic cells from Ph⁺ ALL patients. In all images, cells were stained with an Ikaros antibody (green) and with propidium iodide (red) to visualize the DNA. (Bi,ii) Confocal images of leukemic cells from patients expressing full-length Ikaros isoforms showed the characteristic multifocal nuclear localization pattern of Ikaros. (Biii,iv) Confocal images of leukemic cells express the Ik6 isoform and show cytoplasmic expression of Ikaros (eg, bright green fluorescent rim surrounding the toto-labeled red nuclei).