Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: The Vasopressin Receptor Antagonist Tolvaptan Counteracts Tumor Growth in a Murine Xenograft Model of Small Cell Lung Cancer
doi: 10.3390/ijms25158402
Figure Lengend Snippet: Western blot and IHC analysis for PCNA and caspase-3. ( a ) Western blot analysis of PCNA protein expression in tumor masses of control and tolvaptan mice: images represent blots, whereas scatter dot plots on right show normalized PCNA vs. stain-free gel (* = p ≤ 0.05 vs. control group). ( b ) PCNA IHC on tissue sections obtained from tumors: representative images are shown on left, whereas scatter plot on right illustrates the densitometric analysis of PCNA-positive cells (** = p ≤ 0.02 vs. control group). ( c ) Western blot analysis of caspase-3 in tumor masses of control and tolvaptan mice: images on left represent blots, whereas scatter dot plots on right show the densitometric analysis of normalized protein expression vs. stain-free gel (* = p ≤ 0.05 vs. control group). ( d ) Caspase-3 IHC of tissue sections obtained from tumors: representative images are shown on left, whereas scatter dot blots on right illustrate densitometric analysis of caspase-3-positive cells (* = p ≤ 0.05 vs. control group).
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used were mouse monoclonal anti-Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) (#2586S, 1:100, Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA), rabbit polyclonal anti-caspase-3 (#9661, 1:100, Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA), and rat monoclonal anti-CD34 (ab8158, 1:50, Abcam, Cambridge, UK).
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Control, Staining