Fig. 6: PKD-1 is required for tumorigenicity by tumorsphere formation efficiency assay.

a Immunoblotting assay indicates that the PKD-1 expression decreased when transfecting MCF-7 with PKD-1 siRNA as compared with the scramble control (CTL). b MCF-7 with PKD-1 depletion significantly reduced tumorsphere formation efficiency. c Quantitation graph shows that the number of tumorspheres formed in each well with the seeding density starting from 500 to 20 cells/well by statistical analysis. d Representative images for tumorsphere formation in MCF-7 cells subjected to siRNA scramble control (CTL) and PKD-1 siRNA and with different seeding densities.