Table 1.

SZ inhibits the CE synthesis in HHV8-infected and control cells

	HUVEC	HHV8-HUVEC	BC3
untreated	100.00 ± 19.51	100.00 ± 12.39	100.00 ± 13.65
SZ	*13.16 ± 8.90	*15.19 ± 7.22	*8.42 ± 3.77

Control and HHV8-infected HUVEC and BC3 cells (1.0x10⁶) were treated with Sandoz 58035 (SZ, 4 μM) for 24 h. Before the last 4 h, [¹⁴C]-oleate bound to BSA was added to the medium and cells were incubated for the remaining time. Subsequently, cells were washed with ice-cold PBS and lipids extracted with acetone. Neutral lipids were separated by thin layer chromatography (TLC), and the incorporation of [¹⁴C]-oleate into CEs was determined as described in Methods. Data were reported as percentage of DPM/10⁶ cells mean ± SE. Significance was set up when p < 0.05 (*) vs. respective control (t-test).