A total of 2 × 103 AMC-HN-8- and TU177-transfected cells were seeded into the respective well of a six-well plate and incubated at 37°C in a humidified incubator containing 5% CO2. Ten days later, the cell colonies were rinsed gently with PBS in triplicate, fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 20 min, and then stained with 0.5% crystal violet for 20 min. Lastly, the number of colonies formed with more than 50 cells per well was calculated using a microscope (CKX53, Olympus Corp.) at 200× magnification.
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