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. 2018 May 24;9(6):621. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-0691-x

Fig. 2. Lapatinib-resistant cells are protected from proteotoxic stress.

Fig. 2

a, b Lapatinib-resistant human BT474R cells (a) and mouse 125R cells (b) are more resistant to proteotoxic stress induced by the proteasome inhibitor MG132 (0.5 μM for 48 h) than their corresponding lapatinib-sensitive control cells. Cell viability assay. One representative experiment out of two independent experiments (each performed in triplicate) is shown; *p < 0.05 for three technical replicas, Student’s t-test. ce Under proteotoxic stress induced by (c) the proteasome inhibitor MG132 (1 μM for 48 h) and (d) heat shock (43 C, 30 min, Western blot 48 h after) lapatinib-resistant human and murine cells have decreased apoptosis (cleaved PARP) and increased phospho-HSF1 (Ser326 e, f) compared to lapatinib-sensitive cells. Lapatinib-resistant murine 125R cells show upregulated heat shock protein Hsp70 to lapatinib-sensitive cells after proteotoxic stress induced by (g) heat shock (43 C, 30 min, Western blot 2 h after) and proteasome inhibitor MG132 (h). Western blot analysis. GAPDH and Hsc70 as a loading control