Figure 1. Obatoclax inhibits growth activity of HNSCC cells.
A: Chemical structure of obatoclax
B: UMSCC-1, Cal33, 1483, and UMSCC-22A were grown in 6-well plates for 48 hours. Whole cell lysates were prepared and subjected to immunoblotting for MCL-1, BCL-2 and BCL-XL; β-actin was used as a loading control. Ratios were calculated by densitometric analysis.
C: HNSCC cell lines were treated with 0.1% DMSO or increasing concentrations of obatoclax (1 nM -10 000 nM) for 48 hours. Growth inhibition was assessed by MTT assays. Each experiment was performed at least three independent times, and the values represent the mean (± SEM).