Journal: Oncology Reports
Article Title: Quercetin reduces expression of ATP-binding cassette transporters by regulating the PTEN/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in breast cancer cells
doi: 10.3892/or.2026.9068
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of combined LY294002 and Que treatment on apoptosis and protein expression in MCF-7 cells. (A) Representative western blotting images and Protein expression levels of (B) ABCB1, ABCC2, ABCG2, (C) p-PI3K (D) PTEN, Bax, Bcl-2 and (E) p-AKT in different treatment groups. (F) mRNA expression levels of ABCB1, ABCC2, ABCG2, PTEN, Bax and Bcl-2 in different treatment groups. (G) Representative immunofluorescence images of ABCG2 expression (green). Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue). Scale bar, 50 µm. (H) Representative flow cytometry images and (I) Apoptosis rate was analyzed by flow cytometry after Annexin V-FITC/PI staining. The results are presented as the mean ± SEM of at least three independent experiments and analyzed using two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni's post hoc test. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 compared with the control group; ## P<0.05 compared with the Que group. Que, Quercetin; Ctrl, control; p, phosphorylated.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies included PTEN (1:5,000; cat. no. ab267787), Bcl-2 (1:6,000; cat. no. ab196495), Bax (1:6,000; cat. no. ab32503) and ABCG2 (1:5,000; cat. no. ab108312) from Abcam; p-PI3K (p85) (1:2,000; cat. no. 4228), p-AKT (Ser473) (1:2,000; cat. no. 4060), cleaved caspase-3 (1:5,000; cat. no. 9664), ABCC2 (1:1,000; cat. no. 12559) and ABCB1 (1:2,000; cat. no. 13342) from Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.; and GAPDH (1:12,000; cat. no. 60004-1-Ig), PI3K (1:3,000; cat. no. 20584-1-AP), AKT (1:3,000; 10176-2-AP), Caspase-3 (1:3,000; 19677-1-AP) and β-actin (1:10,000; cat. no. 66009-1-Ig) from Proteintech Group, Inc. After incubation with HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies (1:10,000; cat. no. SA00001-1 and SA00001-2; Proteintech Group, Inc.), protein bands were visualized using an ECL reagent (Beijing Lanbolide Trading Co., Ltd.) and imaged with a ChemiDoc XRS+ system (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Control