Figure 3.
Penetration of doxorubicin (Dox) through multilayered cell cultures (MCCs) generated from EMT6 (a, c) and MCF7 (b, d) cells with and without lansoprazole (Lanso) pretreatment. Note the increased doxorubicin (Dox) fluorescence in regions more distal from the source of drug in MCCs that were pretreated with 250 μM lansoprazole (c, d) compared to controls (a, b) at 2 h following drug exposure (3.6 μM doxorubicin). (e, f) Quantitative analysis of doxorubicin as a function of distance from the drug source in EMT6- and MCF7-derived MCCs pretreated with lansoprazole in comparison with controls. Doxorubicin fluorescence intensity was quantified at 2 h after the drug was given as a function of the depth from the top of MCCs. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. Scale bar = 100 μm.