Journal: Nanomaterials
Article Title: Natural Killer Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Exhibit Cytotoxicity Against Bulk Tumor Cells and Cancer Stem Cells in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
doi: 10.3390/nano16090525
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cell viability of various TNBC cell lines following NK-EV treatment. ( A ) Schematic overview of experimental design. TNBC cells were treated for 5 h with various E:T ratios of NK-EVs (orange), 293F-EVs as a negative control (gray), or paclitaxel (10 µM PTX; blue). Cell viability was then assessed using an endpoint resazurin-based assay. This schematic was created with BioRender. ( B ) The average NK-EV EC 50 value across all TNBC cell lines. Cell viability and EC50 analysis for individual cell line: ( C ) MDA-MB-468 cells, ( D ) SUM149PT cells, ( E ) HCC70 cells, ( F ) BT-549 cells, ( G ) MDA-MB-231 cells, and ( H ) MCF7 cells. Panels ( C ( i ), D ( i ), E ( i ), F ( i ), G ( i ), H ( i )) show RFU (green dashed line represents untreated cells, black dashed line indicates lysed cell control with Triton-X). Panels ( C ( ii ), D ( ii ), E ( ii ), F ( ii ), G ( ii ), H ( ii )) show EC50 curve fits for NK-EV treatment with 95% confidence and prediction intervals (red dashed line denotes 50% response). Data represent mean ± SEM from six independent experiments, each with technical triplicates.
Article Snippet: Breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells (purchased from ATCC; Manassas, VA, USA) and breast cancer MDA-MB-468 cells (purchased from ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA) were cultured in Hams F-12 Medium (Corning, Corning, NY, USA) and high-glucose DMEM with GlutaMAXTM (Gibco, Waltham, MA, USA) at a 1:1 ratio with 10% HI-FBS.
Techniques: Negative Control, Resazurin Assay, Control