The dimer formation of Stat5a was analyzed as described previously (4 (link)) and in the Supplementary Methods. Cells were serum-starved for 16 h, followed by pre-treatment with IST5-002 or the control compound (Ctrl) for 2 h at indicated concentrations, and stimulated with hPrl (10 nM) in serum-free medium for 30 min. Whole cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-Myc mAb (2 μg/sample; Santa Cruz Biotechnology) and immunoblotted with anti-Flag mAb (1:1000; Genomics), anti-Myc mAb (1:1000; Santa Cruz Biotechnology) and anti-actin pAb (1:4000, Sigma-Aldrich).