Journal: PLOS One
Article Title: Auranofin, identified by FDA-approved drug library screening, inhibits HBs antigen secretion via lysosomal damage
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0340023
Figure Lengend Snippet: HepG2.2.15.7 cells (n = 3) and HBV-inoculated HepaSH cells (1000 GEq/cell, n = 4) were treated with 1 μM auranofin. (A) HBsAg levels in the supernatant and cell viability of HepG2.2.15.7 cells treated with various concentrations of auranofin. (B) HBsAg, HBeAg, and HBV DNA levels in the supernatant and intracellular pgRNA and HBV DNA levels in HepG2.2.15.7 cells treated with or without auranofin. (*: p < 0.05). (C) Western blotting and band quantification of intracellular HBs proteins in HepG2.2.15.7 cells treated with or without auranofin. (D) HBsAg, HBeAg, and HBV DNA levels in the supernatant and intracellular pgRNA, HBV DNA and cccDNA levels in HBV-inoculated HepaSH cells treated with or without auranofin. (*: p < 0.05). (E) Western blotting and band quantification of intracellular HBs proteins in HBV-inoculated HepaSH cells treated with or without auranofin.
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used were against JNK (#9258), eIF2 α (#5324), IRE1 α (#3294), PERK (#3192), CHOP (#2895) (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA), pIRE1 α (NB100–2323; Novus Biotechnology, Centennial, CO, USA), beta actin (A5316; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), and HBsAg (Bs-1557G Bioss (Woburn, MA, USA) for the HepG2.2.15.7 cell samples and NB100–62652 (Novus Biologicals, Centennial, CO, USA) for the HepaSH cell samples.
Techniques: Western Blot