Figure 4.
PLNC8 αβ antagonizes S. aureus-induced cytotoxicity and modulates the inflammatory responses of human keratinocytes. (A) Representative images of HaCaT cells after infection with S. aureus for 1 h followed by addition of PLNC8 αβ for 6 h, scale bar is 50 µm. (B) PLNC8 αβ antagonized S. aureus-mediated cytotoxicity, which was determined by measuring LDH activity, and promoted cell viability. The secretion of (C) IL-6 and (D) CXCL8 was significantly reduced by the peptides, except the highest dose (25 µM), which increased IL-6 secretion. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 (One-way ANOVA with Sidak’s post-hoc test).