Figure 2.
Bufalin inhibits β-catenin/TCF signaling in HCC cells. (A) Bufalin induced the redistribution of β-catenin from nuclei to cytoplasm. Red immunofluorescence staining of β-catenin was shown in representative images and nuclei were counterstained with DAPI. (B) Bufalin inactivated β-catenin signaling in a dose-dependent manner. Western blot analysis was performed to detect the expression of active and total β-catenin, CCND1, EGFR and PCNA. β-actin was used as a loading control. (C) Bufalin decreased CCND1 and EGFR mRNA levels, but not CTNNB1, in a dose-dependent manner. Various concentrations of bufalin were incubated with PLC5 cells and quantitative RT-PCR was performed to detect transcript levels. ***P < 0.001.