The MS-5 cells [25 (link)], OP-9 cells, distributed by RIKEN BRC through the National Bio-Resource of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT), and MC3T3-E1 cells, were maintained as described [10 (link)]. Mouse BM-derived primary mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs; Gibco), and Med1+/+ and Med1−/− mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) that harbored a p53 inactivation [10 (link)], were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) [10 (link)]. The MB-1 niche-dependent myeloblastoma cells [26 (link), 27 (link)] were maintained by coculturing with mitomycin C (MMC)-treated OP-9 cells and used by coculturing with MMC-treated either MS-5 or OP-9 cells [12 (link)]. In some experiments, 0.5 μM LDN-193189 (Selleck) or 10 μM warfarin (Wako) was added to the coculture [24 (link)].
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