Journal: Cells
Article Title: Repositioning Mifepristone as a Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor Antagonist for the Treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.
doi: 10.3390/cells11213482
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 7. Mifepristone inhibits in vitro migration in STAT3-dependent signalling. (A) Relative mRNA expression of Vimentin and CXCR4. (B) Immunofluorescence analysis of Vimentin expression. (C) Scratch wound healing assay. MIA PaCa-2 cell monolayers were scraped in a straight line using a p200 pipette tip; then, they were left untreated or primed with LIF 10 ng/mL alone or in combination with mifepristone 10 or 20 µM and EC359 25 nM. The wound generated was captured at 0 and 48 h of incubation with the compounds above described. The images show cell migration at the two times point indicated. (D) Images of obtained points were analysed, measuring scraped area and its closure vs. the first time point at 0 h. Results are the mean ± SEM of three samples per group (* represents statistical significance versus NT, and # versus LIF, p < 0.05). (E) Analysis of STAT3 signalling pathway. Representative Western blot analysis of STAT3 and phospho-STAT3, proteins in MIA-PaCa-2 cells exposed to LIF (10 nM) alone or in combination with increasing concentration of mifepristone (10, 20, 50 µM) for 20 min. (F) Densitometric analysis demonstrating phospho-STAT3/STAT3 ratio.
Article Snippet: Protein extracts were electrophoresed on 12% acrylamide Tris-Glycine gel (Invitrogen), blotted to the nitrocellulose membrane, and then incubated overnight with primary Abs against STAT3 (sc-8019 1:500; Santa Cruz Biotechnology) and phosho-Stat3 (GTX118000 1:1000; Genetex).
Techniques: In Vitro, Migration, Expressing, Wound Healing Assay, Transferring, Generated, Incubation, Western Blot, Concentration Assay