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Article Title: Carnosol, a dietary diterpene, displays growth inhibitory effects in human prostate cancer PC3 cells leading to G2-phase cell cycle arrest and targets the 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway
doi: 10.1007/s11095-008-9552-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Effect of carnosol on cellular morphology in PC3 cells. Cells were grown to approximately 50% confluence and treated with vehicle (control) and carnosol (20 – 60 µM) for 48 hours using phase contrast microscopy. (B) Effect of carnosol on cell cycle regulation leading to G2 cell cycle arrest in PC3 cells. Cells were treated with carnosol for 48 hours, collected, and labeled using the APODIRECT kit per vendor’s protocol as detailed in materials and methods. (C) Carnosol displays a dose dependent effect on cell cycle regulatory proteins in PC3 cells. As detailed in materials and methods, whole cell lysates were prepared and the protein was subjected to SDS-PAGE followed by immunoblot anlaysis and chemiluminescence detection. Equal loading of protein was confirmed by stripping the immunoblot and reprobing it for β-actin.
Article Snippet: Cell culture The androgen insensitive human prostate cancer cells PC3 obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassa, VA) were used.
Techniques: Control, Microscopy, Labeling, SDS Page, Western Blot, Stripping Membranes