Evaluation
of tau-induced cytotoxicity in the presence of different
concentrations of peptides. (A) Cell viability of SH-SY5Y cells in
the presence of peptides. Cells were incubated with different concentrations
of peptides; LPFFD, KLVFF, P3, P4, P5, P6 and (10–100 μM)
for 12 h and the viability was measured by MTT assay. DMEM media was
used to dissolve the indicated peptides, used as untreated control
and set to 100% viability. (B) Full-length tau aggregates (hTau40wt)
at 5 μM concentration in the absence or presence of indicated
concentrations of peptides (LPFFD, KLVFF, and P3–P6) was added
to the SH-SY5Y cells and incubated for 12 h at 37 °C. The cell
toxicity was measured by MTT assay. (C–G) Cell imaging. Images
of the cells post incubation for 12 h with peptides at various concentrations
in the absence and presence of 5 μM tau. The cells were observed
under a bright field microscope with a magnification of 20×.