Figure 2.
Compound 4 toxicity requires iron and is inhibited by U0126. (A) NCI-H522 cells were exposed to the indicated concentrations of 4 in the presence or absence of deferoxamine. Bars = standard deviation. (B) Dose and time-dependency of compound 4 toxicity was tested on NCI-H522. (C) Inhibiting MEK1/2 reduced killing by 4 in HT1080 cells and NCI-H522. (D) Erk phosphorylation in NCI-H522 cells. Western blotting to detect phosphorylated Erk in the presence or absence of U0126 is shown. Actin is included as a loading control. To measure viability, cells were exposed to drugs for the times indicated and then stained with methylene blue.