Figure 9
Effect of siRNA-mediated knockdown of ErbB2 and IGFBP3 expression on invasiveness, proliferation and anchorage independent colony formation in SKBR3 cells. A. Control siRNA, siErbB2- and siIGFBP3-transfected SKBR3 cells were subjected to a Matrigel-based invasion assay as described in the Methods section. The graph shows the number of invaded cells per field for each condition. Images of stained invaded cells are shown on the right. Knockdowns were confirmed by immunoblotting. B. An MTT-based proliferation assay was carried out on control siRNA, siErbB2- and siIGFBP3-transfected SKBR3 cells in complete media over 48 hrs. C. Control siRNA, siErbB2- and siIGFBP3-transfected SKBR3 cells were assayed for anchorage-independent growth using a soft agar colony forming assay (see Methods section). The graph shows the average number of colonies per field, whilst the images show representative microscopy fields.