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. 2023 Apr 19;14:2248. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38014-6

Fig. 4. The in vitro antitumour effects of NIL-IM-Lip on apoptosis, pH-sensitive disassembly and deep tumour penetration.

Fig. 4

a Flow cytometric apoptosis analysis of B16F10 cells after treatment with PBS, IR780, IR780 + L, IR780 + 1-MT + L, IR780 + 1-MT + IL-15 + L and NIL-IM-Lip+L. The IR780 + L, IR780 + 1-MT + L, IR780 + 1-MT + IL-15 + L and NIL-IM-Lip+L groups were irradiated with an 808 nm laser for 5 min (1.0 W/cm2). b Viabilities of B16F10 cells after incubation and treatment with Laser, IR780 + Laser and NIL-IM-Lip+Laser. The IR780 + Laser and NIL-IM-Lip+Laser groups were irradiated with an 808 nm laser for 5 min (1.0 W/cm2) (n  =  3 biologically independent experiments). c Viabilities of B16F10 cells after incubation with Blank-Lip, IL-15, 1-MT, IR780 and NIL-IM-Lip (n  =  3 biologically independent experiments). d, e Flow cytometric analysis of HUVEC uptake (n  =  3 biologically independent experiments). FITC was selected to replace 1-MT for the cellular uptake assay. f Fluorescence microscopy image of HUVEC uptake (n  =  3 biologically independent experiments). Scale bar = 200 μm. g F-Lip-S showed stronger deep tumour penetration than F-Lip-L in B16F10 tumour spheres (n  =  3 biologically independent experiments). Scale bar = 50 μm. Data are presented as mean values ± SD. Statistical significance was calculated by the one-way ANOVA analysis of variance with Tukey’s post hoc test. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. IR780 + L IR780 + Laser, IR780 + 1-MT + L IR780 + 1-MT + Laser, IR780 + 1-MT + IL-15 + L IR780 + 1-MT + IL-15+Laser, NIL-IM-Lip+L NGR/IL-15-IR780/1-MT-Lip+Laser, F-Lip FITC-Lip, F-Lip with preincubation: FITC-Lip with preincubation under pH 6.5; NF-Lip NGR-FITC-Lip, F-Lip-L/S FITC-Lip-Large/Small.