Figure 1: BRCA1 is essential for GBM cell maintenance.

(a) Viability curves for GBM01, GBM02 and GBM03 cells transduced with shCTRL virus or two independent BRCA1-targeting shRNAs (shBRCA1-2 and shBRCA1-4) (7 days). (b) Quantification of apoptotic cells (% of Annexin V-positive) for GBM01, GBM02 and GBM03 cells transduced with shCTRL virus or two independent BRCA1-targeting shRNAs (shBRCA1-2 and shBRCA1-4). (c) Immunoblot analysis of BRCA1, caspase 3 and cleaved caspase-3 in GBM01 and GBM02 cells transduced with shCTRL virus or two independent BRCA1-targeting shRNAs (shBRCA1-2 and shBRCA1-4). Tubulin was used as a loading control. (d) FACS analysis of cell cycle profile and the proliferative index (% of Edu-positive cells) in GBM01 cells transduced with shCTRL virus or two independent BRCA1-targeting shRNAs (shBRCA1-2 and shBRCA1-4). (e) FACS analysis of cell cycle profile and the mitotic index (% of H3^Ser10-positive cells) in DMSO or nocodazole treated GBM01 cells transduced with shCTRL virus or two independent BRCA1-targeting shRNAs (shBRCA1-2 and shBRCA1-4). (f) Kaplan-Meier survival curve for NMRI nude mice intracranially injected with GBM01 or GBM03 cells transduced with shCTRL virus or two independent BRCA1-targeting shRNAs (shBRCA1-2 and shBRCA1-4 or shBRCA1-5). Statistical significance was calculated by one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s multiple comparisons test (in vitro study) and Log-rank/Mantel-Cox test (in vivo study). All data are shown as means±s.d. and performed as technical triplicates. (*P<0.05, ^**P<0.005, ^***P<0.005, ^****P<0.0001; NS represents non-significance).