Figure 7.
Wound healing and cell invasion assays. (a) Representative brightfield images of the scratches (marked by white lines) in MIA PaCa-2 cells at 0, 24 and 48 hours, after treatments with berberine or DMSO. (b) Representative brightfield images of the scratches in U343 cells at 0, 24, 48 and 72 hours, after treatments with berberine or DMSO. (c,d) The values reported in the graphs represent the mean distance taken at each time from the wound edges (normalized to the DMSO group) ±S.D. Ber = berberine. (e) Impaired invasion of berberine-treated MIA PaCa-2 in transwell assay. (f) The graph reports the relative invasive score (±S.D.) corresponding to each berberine concentration, compared to DMSO. (g) The transcriptional profile of DAP1 and CXCR4 was analyzed by Real Time RT-PCR. The treatments with berberine or DMSO alone are in x-axis. The values reported in graphs represent the mean ± S.D. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.