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. 2021 Feb 19;129(2):027005. doi: 10.1289/EHP7297

Figure 5.

Figures 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F, 5G, and 5H are a set of internalization images of M D A-M D-231 cells, and Figure 5I is a bar graph. In Figures 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F, 5G, and 5H, images of M D A-M D-231 cells showing the effects of bisphenol S on epidermal growth factor with 50 micrometers are presented. Epidermal growth factor is exposed to 100 nanograms per alexa fluor 647-labeled epidermal growth factor (Figure 5A,E); bisphenol S plus epidermal growth factor is exposed to 1 microgram per milliliter bisphenol S plus 100 nanograms per milliliter epidermal growth factor (Figure 5B,F); bisphenol S 10 plus epidermal growth factor is exposed to 10 micrograms per milliliter bisphenol S plus 100 nanograms per milliliter epidermal growth factor, (Figure 5C,G);and epidermal growth factor plus epidermal growth factor is exposed to 100 nanograms per milliliter non-labeled epidermal growth factor plus 100 nanograms per milliliter epidermal growth factor (Figure 5D,H). The cells were exposed for 5 minutes. In Figure 5I, the bar graph titled M D A-M D-231 plots relative epidermal growth factor-label abundance, ranging from 0 to 120 in increments of 20 (y-axis) across epidermal growth factor, bisphenol S 1 plus epidermal growth factor, bisphenol S 10 plus epidermal growth factor, and epidermal growth factor plus epidermal growth factor (x-axis).

Effect of BPS on EGF internalization in MDA-MD-231 cells. (A–D) Representative images of EGF in MDA-MD-231 cells, (E-H) their respective post-processed images, and (I) quantification (mean±SEM) following exposure to EGF* (100 ng/Alexa Fluor 647-labeled EGF) (A,E); BPS1+EGF* (1μg/mL BPS+100 ng/mL EGF*) (B,F); BPS10+EGF* (10μg/mL BPS+100 ng/mL EGF*) (C,G); and EGF+EGF* (100 ng/mL nonlabeled EGF+100 ng/mL EGF*) (D,H). Images were taken 1 h after a 5-min exposure. The results were normalized by the number of cells and are expressed as the percentage of the EGF* group. n=4 replicates/group. A generalized linear model was used to compare treatments. Different letters denote statistical differences among treatment groups at p<0.05. Colors in the processed images indicate the individual fluorescent signals detected by the software used to quantify the EGF internalization. Note: BPS, bisphenol S; EGF, epidermal growth factor; SEM, standard error of the mean.