Figure 5.

Effect of OZ on cell invasion ability of the MGC803 cell line. (A) Representative images and (B) quantification of invasive cells, as determined by the invasion assay. OZ (3 and 6 µM) significantly inhibited gastric cancer cell invasion compared with the vehicle treatment group. (C) Effect of OZ (6 µM) on the protein expression of MMP9 at 48 h post-treatment was determined by western blot analysis. OZ treatment significantly inhibited the protein expression of MMP9 compared with the vehicle treatment group. *P<0.05 vs. vehicle and ^#P<0.05 vs. 3 µM OZ. OZ, 5Z-7-oxozeaenol; MMP9, matrix metallopeptidase-9.