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. 2018 Jan 26;8:1621. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20004-0

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Trichostatin A and Vorinostat epigenetically regulate the CSC activities in PDAC cells by modulating the expression of CSC markers Oct-4, SOX-2, and Nanog, time dependently. The effect of (A) SAHA and (B) TSA treatement on the mRNA expression of Oct-4, Sox-2, and Nanog in PANC-1 or MiaPaCa-2 cells at 24 h and 48 h time-point. GAPDH was used as internal control. The relative expression of mRNA is shown as the fold ratio of the density of each sample to the GAPDH density of RT-PCR products. (C) Images of tumor sphere formation in PANC-1 and MiaPaCa-2 cells pre-treated with SAHA or TSA. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. (D) SAHA and TSA suppresses sphere-forming PANC-1 cells expressing CSC markers. Immunocytochemical analyses of Oct-4 and SOX-2 in sphere-forming PANC-1 cells after treatment with SAHA and TSA for 5 days.