Journal: Heliyon
Article Title: The therapeutic effect and targets of herba Sarcandrae on breast cancer and the construction of a prognostic signature consisting of inflammation-related genes
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31137
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of rutin on proliferation, apoptosis, and the IRF1/STAT3/PD-L1 pathway in BRCA cells. (A) CCK-8 analysis of the effects of different concentrations of epimedin C, rutin, or β-sitosterol (0, 10, 50, 100, 500 μM) on BRCA cell viability. (B) Flow cytometry analysis of the effect of rutin (50 μM) on the apoptosis of BRCA cells. (C) Mouse 4T1 and human MDA-231 cells were treated with 0, 10, 100, or 500 μM rutin for 48 h, and the protein level of IRF1 was detected by western blotting. Image was cropped. (D) Co-IP analysis of the interaction between rutin and IRF1. Image was cropped. (E) Western blot analysis of p-STAT3/STAT3/PD-L1 protein levels in MDA-MB-231 cells treated with or without rutin. Image was cropped. (* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001).
Article Snippet: The mouse BRCA cell line 4T1 (CL-0007, Procell, Wuhan, China) and the human BRCA cell line MDA-MB-231 (human) (CL-0150, Procell) were cultured in Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI)-1640 medium (Procell) and Leibovitz's L-15 medium (Procell) supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) and 1 % penicillin‒streptomycin (ScienCell, San Diego, California, USA), respectively, in a humid incubator at 37 °C and 5 % CO 2 .
Techniques: CCK-8 Assay, Flow Cytometry, Western Blot, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay