Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Sophoricoside from sophora japonica L. is efficacious as monotherapy or in combination with lenvatinib in hepatocellular carcinoma via targeting EGFR
doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-33330-x
Figure Lengend Snippet: Lenvatinib-Sop combination synergistically suppresses survival, proliferation and induces apoptosis in HCC cells. (A and B) The IC50 of lenvatinib in Huh7 and SK-Hep-1 cells when administered alone or in combination with 75µM or 150µM sophoricoside, as assessed by CCK-8 assay. CI values for each dose were calculated using CompuSyn software. (C) The effect of lenvatinib, sophoricoside and combination therapy on cell viability in Huh7 and SK-Hep-1 cells was determined by CCK-8 assay. CCK-8 assay was used to investigate the effect of lenvatinib (Huh7: 1µM, SK-Hep-1: 6µM), sophoricoside (Huh7: 100µM, SK-Hep-1: 100µM) and combination (Huh7: 1 + 100µM, SK-Hep-1: 6 + 100µM) on the proliferation of Huh7 and SK-Hep-1 cells. (D) Colony formation assay was used to detect the effect of lenvatinib (Huh7: 1µM, SK-Hep-1: 6µM), sophoricoside (Huh7: 100µM, SK-Hep-1: 100µM) and combination (Huh7: 1 + 100µM, SK-Hep-1: 6 + 100µM) on the proliferation of Huh7 and SK-Hep-1 cells. (E) Huh7 and SK-Hep-1 cells were treated with lenvatinib (Huh7: 1µM, SK-Hep-1: 6µM), sophoricoside (Huh7: 100µM, SK-Hep-1: 100µM) and combination (Huh7: 1 + 100µM, SK-Hep-1: 6 + 100µM) for 48 h. Flow cytometric analysis was then performed to monitor apoptosis. (F) Huh7 and SK-Hep-1 cells were treated with different drugs. Western blot was performed to monitor the expression of cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved PARP1. (G) Huh7 and SK-Hep-1 cells were treated with different drugs. Western blot was performed to monitor the expression of EGFR, pEGFR, AKT, pAKT, STAT3, pSTAT3. Statistical significance was determined by two-tailed Student’s t-test (two groups) or one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test (multiple groups).* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Sop (HY-N0423) and lenvatinib (HY-10981) were provided by MedChemExpress (MCE, China).
Techniques: CCK-8 Assay, Software, Colony Assay, Western Blot, Expressing, Two Tailed Test