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. 2014 Aug 12;9(8):e105131. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105131

Figure 1. Effects of celastrol on NB4 cells proliferations.

Figure 1

(a) Dose-effects of celastrol on NB4 numbers. NB4 cells were treated with different doses of celastrol for 1 or 3 d, then the cellular number determined by one-tube platform flow cytometry (detailed in Material and Methods). (b) The effects of celastrol on cell cycle distribution in NB4. The cells were treated with celastrol at 200 nM or DMSO for 3d, and then the cell cycles were analyzed with flow cytometry. (c) Time-effects of celastrol on cellular number in NB4 co-treated with ATRA. NB4 cells were pre-treated with celastrol at 200 nM (or not) for 30 min, before 1 µM of ATRA was loaded (or not). The cellular numbers at the different indicated time points were determined by one-tube platform flow cytometry. In panels A and B, the data are shown as mean ± SE. * represents P<0.05, while ** and *** represent P<0.01 and P<0.001, respectively, with a sample size (n) of 3.