Journal: Cells
Article Title: A Role for ER-Beta in the Effects of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and 27-Hydroxycholesterol on Breast Cancer Progression: Involvement of the IGF Signalling Pathway?
doi: 10.3390/cells11010094
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of exogenous 27OHC and LDL on cell growth, migration/invasion, and EMT markers. Crystal violet staining proliferation assay results for ( A ) MCF-7 and ( B ) MDA-MB-231 after being dosed with LDL (80 and 100 μg/mL) for 48 h and with 27OHC (0.1 and 1 μM) for 48 h for ( C ) MCF-7 and ( D ) MDA-MB-231. A trans-well assay was used to detect cell migration and invasion after being dosed with LDL or 27OHC, the migrated cells were stained with crystal violet, and images were taken (×20 magnification). Quantification of ( E ) MCF-7 cell migration after a 24 h incubation period, ( F ) MDA-MB-231 cell migration after 6 h incubation period. Quantification of ( G ) MCF-7 cell invasion after 24 h incubation period and ( H ) MDA-MB-231 cell invasion after a 6 h incubation period. Western immunoblot analysis was performed to show the protein abundance of EMT markers, fibronectin, and vimentin, and their densitometric analyses were corrected in ( I ) MCF-7 and ( J ) MDA-MB-231 after being dosed with 27OHC (0.1 μM) and LDL (80 μg/mL). p -values were determined by using one-way statistical analysis in GraphPad Prism: ANOVA test plus least significant difference (LSD) post-hoc test (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001). Scale bar represents 100 μM.
Article Snippet: 27OHC (purity ≥ 99.9%) was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA), dissolved in absolute ethanol to a stock solution of 1000 μM, and stored at −80 °C.
Techniques: Migration, Staining, Proliferation Assay, Incubation, Western Blot, Quantitative Proteomics