Journal: Molecular Medicine Reports
Article Title: AZD1080, a specific inhibitor of GSK-3β, inhibits stemness and malignancies in osteosarcoma cancer stem-like cells
doi: 10.3892/mmr.2025.13613
Figure Lengend Snippet: AZD1080 inhibited PTEN signaling via regulating GSK-3β activity. (A) After AZD1080 treatment for 24 h, or GSK-3β knockdown for 48 h, total protein was collected from CSCs derived from U2OS and 143B and western blot was performed to detect GSK-3β, MMP2, MMP9 and PTEN. *P<0.05, vs. mock group; # P<0.05, vs. siNC group. (B) Following AZD1080 treatment or GSK-3β knockdown, mRNA levels including GSK-3β, MMP2, MMP9 were measured by performing reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. *P<0.05, vs. mock group; # P<0.05, vs. siNC group. PTEN, phosphatase with tensin homology; GSK-3β, glycogen synthase kinase-3β; si, small interfering; NC, negative control.
Article Snippet: AZD1080 is an effective and selective small molecule inhibitor of GSK3, first reported to be synthesized by AstraZeneca in 2013 ( , ).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Knockdown, Derivative Assay, Western Blot, Reverse Transcription, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Negative Control