Figure 7.
Labile zinc induction upon differentiation. (A) Butyrate induces intracellular labile zinc levels in HT-29 cells, as measured by fluorimetry using the Fluozin-3AM (FZ) probe. (B and C) Both CDX2 and HSI induction by butyrate are blunted by TPEN pre-treatment, whereas there is no effect on (D) TFF3 expression. (E and F) Labile zinc levels are also increased in the post-confluency differentiation model of HT-29 cells, as measured by (E) epifluorescence microscopy (F) and fluorimetry. (G) Daily doses of TPEN stimulate TFF3 expression of post-confluent cultures. AFC, average fold-change; *p<0.05, **p<0.01 and ***p<0.001.
