Journal: Endocrine-related cancer
Article Title: Potent effects of roniciclib alone and with sorafenib against well-differentiated thyroid cancer
doi: 10.1530/ERC-18-0150
Figure Lengend Snippet: Roniciclib decreases the protein levels of aurora A and cyclin B1 and induces G2/M phase accumulation in well-differentiated thyroid cancer cells. (A) Cell cycle distribution was analyzed by evaluating the DNA content in BHP7–13 cells treated with placebo or roniciclib (25 nmol/L) for 24 h using flow cytometry. (B) Statistical analyses revealed that roniciclib treatment (25 nmol/L) significantly arrested BHP7–13, K1, WRO82–1 and FTC-133 cells in the G2/M phase at 24 h. (C) The proportion of well-differentiated thyroid cancer cells in mitosis was assessed after treatment with roniciclib (25 nmol/L) or placebo for 24 h. Cells were stained with DAPI, and chromosome characteristics were evaluated using immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. The mitotic index was assessed with a minimum of 420 cells counted from at least 10 different fields for each condition. Roniciclib significantly decreased the proportion of BHP7–13, K1, WRO82–1 and FTC-133 cells in mitosis. (D) The expression of aurora A and cyclin B1 was evaluated by Western blotting in BHP7–13, K1, WRO82–1 and FTC-133 cells treated with roniciclib (25 nmol/L) or placebo for the indicated periods.
Article Snippet: We acknowledge Bayer AG (Berlin, Germany) for providing roniciclib and sorafenib.
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Staining, Immunofluorescence, Confocal Microscopy, Expressing, Western Blot