Figure 1.
Chronic hypoxia reduces circadian BMAL1 expression in breast cancer cells. (a) Breast cancer cell lines were incubated in normoxia or 2% O2 hypoxia for 48 h. Cell lysates were analyzed by immunoblotting. (b) MCF-10A was incubated in normoxia or 2% O2 hypoxia for 48 h. Cell lysates were analyzed by immunoblotting. (c) MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 were incubated in normoxia or 2% O2 hypoxia for 24 and 48 h. Cell lysates were analyzed by immunoblotting. (d) MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 were incubated in normoxia, 2% or 10% O2 hypoxia for 48 h. Cell lysates were analyzed by immunoblotting. (e) MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 were incubated in normoxia or 2% O2 hypoxia for 48 h. Cell lysates were analyzed by RT-qPCR. Data represent the mean ± SD, n = 3. ** p < 0.01 vs. the control group by a Student’s t-test.