Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 4 pp 6055—6065

Figure 4. DNMT3B overexpression promotes proliferation and inhibits cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in cholangiocarcinoma cells. Analysis of DNMT3B mRNA (A) and protein (B) levels in QBC939 cells transfected with LV-DNMT3B or LV-control. (C–E) Effect of DNMT3B overexpression on QBC939 cell colony formation (C and D) and proliferation (E). (F) Cell cycle distribution was subjected by flow cytometry. (G) Quantified histograms display the effect of DNMT3B overexpression on cell cycle distribution. (H) Relative CDKN2B gene promoter methylation level in QBC939 cells transfected with LV-DNMT3B or LV-control. (I) Flow cytometry plots illustrating apoptosis in Annexin V/PI-stained QBC939 cells. (J) Quantified histograms display the effect of DNMT3B overexpression on the apoptosis of QBC939 cells. (K–L) Effect of DNMT3B knockdown on CDKN2B mRNA (K) and protein (L) levels. The values presented are means ± SD. *P<0.05 compared to the negative control group, as determined by analysis of one-way variance (ANOVA), followed by the repeated measures.