Figure 6.

Effects of HCT on A549 cells in the Fas/CD95-dependent apoptotic pathway. The A549 cells were treated with HCT (0, 125, 250 and 500 μg/ml) for 12 h, and (A) Fas/CD95 protein expression levels was detected by immune staining and analyzed by flow cytometry as described in Materials and Methods. The experiments were performed in triplicate (n = 3). **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 was considered significantly different in comparison with the control. (B) Caspase-8 and caspase-3 protein expression levels in HCT-examined cells were analyzed by Western blotting as described in Materials and Methods.