Figure 4.
Effect of PI-PLC pre-treatment on trastuzumab-induced CDC in SK-BR-3 and BT474 cells. (A) Lysis rates in SK-BR-3 and BT474 cells following pre-treatment with PI-PLC (0.01, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2 U/ml) cells for 1 h at 37°C followed by incubation with 50 µg/ml trastuzumab + 50% NHS. *P<0.05, compared with the control (0 U/ml). (B) Representative flow cytometry histograms (white, control of similar type; gray, pre-treatment; black, post-treatment) and (C) quantification of CD55 and CD59 expression in SK-BR-3 and BT474 cells following 0.1 U/ml PI-PLC treatment. *P<0.05, compared with before PI-PLC treatment. CDC, complement-dependent cytotoxicity; CD55, complement decay-accelerating factor; CD59, CD59 glycoprotein precursor; PI-PLC, phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C.
