Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 20 pp 20111—20126

miR-143 enhances cytotoxicity of cytarabine in AML cells. (A, B) HL60 (A) and AML #1 (B) cells were transfected with 100 nM miR-143 mimic (O/E miR-143) or 100 nM non-target mimic control (O/E Ctrl) for 48 h, and then treated with increasing concentrations of cytarabine as indicated for 24 h. Cell viability was analyzed by MTT assay. The results are expressed as relative to vehicle group (%). (C, D) HL60 (C) and AML #1 (D) cells were transfected with 100 nM antagomir of miR-30a (Antagomir-143) or 100 nM non-target antagomir (Antagomir Ctrl) for 48 h, and then treated with increasing concentrations of cytarabine as indicated for 24 h. Cell viability was analyzed and expressed as in (A–B). Each symbol represents the value from 5 replicates. Data were compared using two-way ANOVA with a post hoc Tukey’s test. **, P<0.01.