Figure 4.
Crosstalk between the Wnt/β-catenin and NF-κB pathways. (a) Immunoblotting analysis of the expression of β-TrCP in PC9 and PC9/ER cells cotreated with AG-205 (1 μM) plus erlotinib (20 nM). Data are means ± SD (n = 3); (One-Way ANOVA followed by Tukey correction). (b) Immunoblotting analysis of the expression levels of β-TrCP and IκBα in cells cotreated with XAV939 (10 μM) plus erlotinib (20 nM) for 72 h and 30 min, respectively. Data are means ± SD (n = 3); *P < 0.05 (One-Way ANOVA followed by Tukey correction). (c) Immunoblotting analysis of the expression of β-catenin in cells cotreated with JSH-23 (10 μM) and erlotinib (20 nM). Data are means ± SD (n = 3); *P < 0.05 (One-Way ANOVA followed by Tukey correction). N.S; not significant. (d,e) WST-8 assay of the effects of combination treatment of erlotinib and (d) MG-132 or (e) GS-143 on cell viability. Data are means ± SD (n = 3); **P < 0.01, †P < 0.05, ††P < 0.01 vs. PC9/ER cells treated with erlotinib alone, ‡‡P < 0.01 vs. PC9 cells treated with erlotinib alone (Two-Way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni correction); N.S; not significant.