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. 2019 Sep 6;5(9):eaax0937. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0937

Fig. 2. Nanofibers inhibit CA IX–associated cancer cell behaviors.

Fig. 2

(AW) Self-assembled nanofibers may concentrate CA inhibitors on the hypoxic cancer cell membrane, enhancing their inhibitory effect. (A) The alterations of extracellular culture medium after 48-hour treatment of 500 μM N-pepABS or N-pep for MDA-MB-231 cells under hypoxia, with the appearance of gel-like materials (black arrows) on the bottom of culture plate. (B) Transwell data of MDA-MB-231 cells treated with 200 μM N-pepABS, ABS, and solvent control for 24 hours under hypoxia, followed by another 10-hour migration in the upper chamber. (C) The mRNA and protein expression level of CA IX after cells incubated for 48 hours. GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. (D) Cell proliferation of MDA-MB-231 with treatment of N-pepABS, N-pep, pepABS, or ABS, respectively, for 72 hours under both hypoxia (sky blue) and normoxia (black). The bar image was represented as means ± SD, while *P < 0.05 was thought as significant difference (Photo credit: Chunying Chen, The National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China).