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Figure 7.

Figure 7

Effect of antioxidants and inhibitors for reactive oxygen species (ROS) production on matrix metalloprotease (MMP) mRNA induction. TKD2 cells were either cultured alone or cocultured with A549 cells in the absence or presence of each inhibitor for 24 h. Tiron (5 mM), dimethyl thiourea (DMTU; 20 mM), diphenyleneiodonium (DPI; 0.5 µM), rotenone (5 µM). Total RNA was extracted, and MMP mRNA levels of TKD2 cells were determined by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction.