Figure 4.
Effects of YM155 on the protein expression of p65 NF-κB. RCC786.0 was treated with 40 nM of YM155 in the absence or presence of TNF-α stimulation. Using western immunoblotting analysis, the expression levels of the phosphorylated (phospho-) and total p65 were probed at 6 h and 24 h. In the nuclear extract of YM155 treated cells, (A) there was an increase in p65 NF-κB at 6 h, (B) there was a decrease in p65 NF-κB at 24 h. The increased/decreased was greater in cells stimulated with TNF-α. There was no concurrent increase in levels of phosphorylated p65. In the cytoplasmic extract of YM155 treated cells, (C) there was an increase in phospho-p65 but total p65 was not affected at 6 h, (D) there was no significant change in total p65 at 24 h and phospho- p65 was maintained at basal levels. TATA-box binding protein (TBP) and beta actin (β-actin) were used as loading control for nuclear and cytoplasmic fraction respectively.