Figure 5.
Bortezomib induces oxidative stress in melanoma cells and inhibits cleavage of Caspase-3. (A) Melanoma cells were treated as indicated for 24 h. The cells were imaged on Zeiss Celldiscoverer 7 using 10 × magnification. The scale bar represents 100 μm. (B) Comparison of the intensity values of the red channel normalized to the cell nuclei. The data were analyzed using ImageJ software. Data in duplicates were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. (C) Proteome profiling of A2058 cells after treated with 20 ng/mL BOZ, 100 μg/mL ALA and their combination for 24 h. On the left panel, the array blots are presented. Spots for each protein are in duplicate. Red squares indicate the proteins quantified on the right panel. (D) Relative protein levels were analyzed using Image Lab 6.0.1 Software. The levels of significance are shown as follows: x: P < 0.05; y: P < 0.01; z: P < 0.001, determined by the One-way ANOVA test followed by Fishers LSD post hoc test.