Journal: Molecular and cellular endocrinology
Article Title: Role of the AMP kinase in cytokine-induced human EndoC-βH1 cell death.
doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2015.07.015
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 5. Inhibition of STAT-1 does not prevent cytokine-induced EndoC-bH1 cell death. (A) EnodC-bH1 cells were treated with control or STAT-1 siRNA. Two days later cells were exposed to IL-1b þ IFN-g overnight and cell death rates were analyzed by flow cytometry. For immunoblot analysis of P-STAT-1 cells were exposed to cytokines for 30 min. Upper panel shows the means ± SEM for 4 experiments and the lower panel shows a 55% knockdown of Phospho-STAT-1 induced by siRNA treatment. The intensities of the P-STAT-1 bands were normalized to total protein loading and transfer, as assessed by amidoblack staining. (B) and (C) EndoC-bH1 cells were pre-exposed to 10 mM epigallocathecin gallate (EGCG) or 50 ng/ml fludarabine (Flud) for 15 min and then cultured for another 18 h in the presence of IL-1b þ IFN-g before analysis of cell death using propidium iodide staining and flow cytometry. Results are means ± SEM for 4 independent observations.
Article Snippet: IKK inhibitor X and epigallocathecin gallate was from Santa Cruz.
Techniques: Inhibition, Control, Cytometry, Western Blot, Knockdown, Staining, Cell Culture