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. 2020 Apr 20;11(4):248. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-2471-7

Fig. 3. SPR promotes HCC progression independent of its enzymatic activity.

Fig. 3

a The inhibitory activities of sulfathiazole (SFZ) against human SPR were measured in a spectrophotometric assay. b The effects of SFZ on cell viability of SMMC-7721 and BEL-7402 cells were detected using colony formation assay. c Cell apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry after treatment with SFZ at the indicated concentrations for 96 h in SMMC-7721 and BEL-7402 cells. d The effect of BH4 on cell apoptosis of SMMC-7721 and BEL-7402 cells transfected with siSPR. e The enzymatic activity of SPR in the wild type (WT) and indicated SPR mutant at different protein amount titrations in the biochemistry enzymatic assay. f The point mutant of SPR in SMMC-7721 was confirmed by Sanger sequencing. g Apoptosis in SMMC-7721 and SMMC-7721/SPR D257G cells was analyzed by detecting the PARP cleavage and Caspase 3 cleavage level. h The colony formation assay of SMMC-7721 with the indicated mutant. Data are represented as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. The p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant for all tests. TAX paclitaxel.