Journal: Biomedical Reports
Article Title: Scutellarein enhances cisplatin‑induced apoptotic effects by suppressing the PI3K/AKT‑MDR1 pathway in human NPC/HK1 nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells
doi: 10.3892/br.2025.1938
Figure Lengend Snippet: Scutellarein enhances cisplatin-induced inhibition of cell viability and release of cytokeratin 18 fragments by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT-MDR1 pathway in NPC/HK1 cells. (A) NPC/HK1 cells were treated without (Ctrl) or with 12.5 µM scutellarein, 4.15 µM cisplatin, or their combination for 48 h. Protein expression of p-AKT, AKT, MDR1, and GAPDH was examined using an immunoblotting assay. (B) NPC/HK1 cells were treated without (Ctrl) or with 4.15 µM cisplatin, or 4.15 µM cisplatin plus 10 µM LY294002 for 48 h. Upper panel, protein expression of p-AKT, AKT, MDR1, and GAPDH was examined using an immunoblotting assay. Lower panel, cytokeratin 18 fragment levels in the cell culture supernatant were measured by ELISA. (C) NPC/HK1 cells were treated without (Ctrl) or with 4.15 µM cisplatin, or 4.15 µM cisplatin plus 10 µM PSC833 for 48 h. Upper panel, protein expression of MDR1 was examined using an immunoblotting assay. Middle panel, cell viability was assessed using the MTT assay. Lower panel, cytokeratin 18 fragment levels in the cell culture supernatant were measured by ELISA. Statistical significance was indicated as follows: * P<0.05 vs. Ctrl; and # P<0.05 vs. Cis alone; n=3. p-, phosphorylated; MDR1, multidrug resistance protein 1; Ctrl, control; Scu, scutellarein; Cis, cisplatin; LY, LY294002.
Article Snippet: Scutellarein, cisplatin, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), 3-methyladenine (3-MA), 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), PSC833, and LY294002 were obtained from MilliporeSigma.
Techniques: Inhibition, Expressing, Western Blot, Cell Culture, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, MTT Assay, Control