Figure 6.
Ciprofloxacin inhibits NEPC tumor growth and suppresses expression of neuroendocrine markers in vivo. (A,B) Tumor growth curves, tumor images, and tumor weights of TD-NEPC (tumor n = 7–9) (A) and NCI-H660 (tumor n = 6–7) (B) treated daily with vehicle or ciprofloxacin (50 mg/kg via intraperitoneal injection). Error bars represent standard error of the mean (SEM). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, and n.s. = not significant, determined by Student’s t test. (C) IHC staining for MCM3, AR, CHGA, SYP, and Ki67 in NCI-H660 tumor xenografts treated with vehicle (Veh) or ciprofloxacin (CPX). Scale bars = 25 microns (upper panels) and 10 microns (lower panels). (D) Percentage of Ki67-positive cells per image. Error bars represent standard deviation. ****p < 0.0001 by Student’s t test.