Figure 2.
Cytotoxic potential of targeted therapeutic PLX4032 in BRAFV600E melanoma cells T24.6.9 is considerably higher than for classical chemotherapeutics. (A) Impedimetric detection of concentration- and time-dependent chemosensitivity to dacarbazine, cisplatin and PLX4032. Values are normalised to experiment starting point and solvent control (dashed line, 100%). (B) Linear fitting and time-dependent linear progression of logarithmised IC50 values with 95% confidence intervals (dashed lines) assessed by impedance spectroscopy (upper panel) and XTT assay (lower panel). (C) Staining of 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU)-positive (green), proliferating cells in untreated and treated cultures (3000 µM Dacarb, 10 µM cisPt or 10 µM PLX4032) after 72 h (red: MelanA, blue: cell nuclei, bar = 50 µm). (n values depicted in figure; mean ± s.e.m.; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001); Dacarb = dacarbazine; cisPt = cisplatin; XTT = tetrazolium salt-based cytotoxicity assay.