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. 2019 Aug 20;10(9):630. doi: 10.1038/s41419-019-1733-8

Fig. 4. PPD inhibited EMT of HCC cells by targeting STAT3.

Fig. 4

a Molecular docking scores for PPD and six potential targets. b Predicted model of PPD binding to the SH2 domain of STAT3 as shown by computational docking. The protein backbone is portrayed as a transparent green ribbon, and PPD is depicted as atom-red sticks-and-balls. c Biacore analysis results of PPD and STAT3. d, e PPD inhibited the translocation of STAT3 to the nucleus in PLC/PRF/5 cells detected by immunofluorescence and Western blot. f, g Effect of PPD on the migration and invasion of STAT3 knockdown PLC/PRF/5 and HepG2 cells. h Dual-luciferase assay results for PLC/PRF/5 and HepG2 cells suggest that Twist1 is a target gene of PPD. i Protein expression level changes of Twist1, E-cadherin, and vimentin in the PLC/PRF/5 and HepG2 cells treated with PPD. The GAPDH blot served as a loading control