Journal: PLOS ONE
Article Title: (−)-Epicatechin regulates endoplasmic reticulum stress and promotes ferroptosis in lung cancer cells via the PERK/eIF2α/ATF4 signaling pathway
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313010
Figure Lengend Snippet: A: CCK-8 detection of lung cancer cell viability. B: CCK-8 detection of BEAS-2B cell viability. C: Colony formation assay for detecting lung cancer cell proliferation. D: Transwell assay for detecting lung cancer cell migration. E: Transwell assay for detecting lung cancer cell invasion. F: Detection of Fe 2+ content in lung cancer cells using a reagent kit. G: Western blotting was used to detect the expression levels of the ferroptosis-related proteins SLC7A11, GPX4, and FTH1 in lung cancer cells. ** P<0.01, * * * P<0.001.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies against SLC7A11 (1:2000, ab175186, Abcam, UK), GPX4 (1:1000, ab125066, Abcam, UK), FTH1 (1:1000, PA5-27500, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), p-PERK (1:1000, PA5-40294, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), PERK (1:1000, PA5-99447, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), p-eIF2α (1:1000, MA5-15133, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), eIF2α (1:1000, AHO0802, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), ATF4 (1:1000, ab1371, Abcam, UK), CHOP (1:1000, MA1-250, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), and β-actin (1:1000, ab8226, Abcam, UK) were added overnight at 4 °C.
Techniques: CCK-8 Assay, Colony Assay, Transwell Assay, Migration, Western Blot, Expressing