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. 2017 Jun 27;8:15916. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15916

Figure 2. Autophagy inhibition sensitizes cells to CDK4/6 inhibition.

Figure 2

(a) Western blot for Beclin-1 and Atg-5 in MCF7 and T47D cells after transfection with Scrambled (Scr), Beclin-1 or Atg5 shRNA. MCF7 and T47D cells with Beclin-1 or Atg5 knocked down were treated with palbociclib for 6 days and subjected to (b) dose–response assay after 6 days of recovery and (c) SA-ß galactosidase measurement. P values calculated in comparison with SCR −1 μM palbociclib. MCF7 and T47D cells were treated with combination of palbociclib and 15 μM HCQ for 6 days. Cells were allowed to recover for 4 or 6 days in drug-free media and subjected to (d) Cell counting, (e) clonogenic assay, (f) cellular ROS measurement and (g) SA-ß galactosidase measurement. (h) Clonogenic assay to measure impact of combined siRNA against CDK4/6 and treatment with 15 μM HCQ for 6 days. MCF7 and T47D cells were treated with 5 μM abemaciclib combined with 15 μM HCQ for 6 days and recovery for 4 or 6 days and subjected to (i) cell counting (j) measurement of total apoptotic cells (early apoptosis: Annexin V+/propidium iodide− and late apoptosis: Annexin V+/propidium iodide+) and (k) clonogenic assay. (l) Clonogenic assay in MCF7 and T47D cells treated with 10 μM spautin-1 or 1 nM bafilomycin A1 (Baf-A1) combined with 1 μM palbociclib for 6 days and recovery for 6 days. (m,n) Cell counting to assess growth of cells treated with 1 μM palbociclib and 7.5 μM Lys-05 (m) or 10 μM Spautin-1 (n) for 6 days and recovery for 4 days. All data represent mean±s.d. from three independent experiments; NS: P>0.05; *P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001; ****P<0.0001.