Figure 2.
Niclosamide treatment induces apoptosis in esophageal cancer cell lines. (A) BE3 cells were treated with 10 µM niclosamide, then harvested at different time-points after treatment, or (B) treated with various doses of niclosamide for 48 h. Treated cells were lysed for western blot analysis of PARP. The position of the native PARP (f-PARP) and the cleaved fragment (c-PARP) is indicated. (C) CE48T, (D) CE81T and (E) BE3 cells were treated with 10 µM niclosamide for 48 h and the apoptosis levels were detected by Annexin V/PI staining. DMSO treatment was used as the control. The proportion of Annexin V+/PI− and Annexin V+/PI+ cells indicated the early apoptotic and dead cells, respectively. Results were expressed as the means ± SD of three independent experiments. *P<0.05, **P<0.005, and ***P<0.0005. PARP, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.