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. 2020 Apr 7;10:383. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00383

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Western blot analysis of proteins related to the EGFR signal pathway, including EGFR, p-EGFR, PI3K, p-PI3K, Akt, p-Akt, mTOR, p-mTOR, IKKα, IκBα, NFκB p65, MAPK, and p-MAPK. (A) Western blot images. β-Actin is used as a loading control for total protein, and histone H3 is used as a loading control for nuclear proteins. CTX, cetuximab treatment; RES, resveratrol treatment. The full-length blots are shown as Figures S7C,D. (B) Relationship between the EGFR signaling pathway and Cx43 (1, 14, 15). Cetuximab inhibits the binding reaction of EGF to EGFR, which inhibits the whole EGFR signaling pathway. Akt, a key molecule in this pathway, interacts with Cx43. Resveratrol increases Cx43 expression and phosphorylation.