FIGURE 6.
Ecdysterone synergizes with doxorubicin and 2-DG to induce apoptosis and death of breast cancer cell lines. Annexin V-FITC/7-AAD profiles of (A) MCF7, (B) MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells treated with doxorubicin, ecdysterone, and 2-DG alone or in combination for 48 h (flow cytometry). (C,D) Diagrams show the rate of apoptosis/total cell death for the same cell lines based on Annexin V-FITC/7-AAD data. (E,F) Diagrams show percent of live/dead cells. Results are calculated as the mean ± SEM of three experiments. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; n.s – not significant.