FIGURE 7.
Inositol-requiring enzyme-1 inhibits mTOR and reduces ER stress-apoptosis. Cells were cultured with 40 μM Bz-ATP, 1 μM 4μ8C, and 5 μM rapamycin. Western blotting (A,B) and qRT-PCR (C) were used to detect the protein and mRNA expression levels of IRE1, mTOR, PERK, caspase-12, CHOP, LC3B, and Beclin-1. Flow cytometry was used to detect the percentage of double-stained Annexin-V/PI cells (D) and the level of intracellular oxidative stress, ROS (E). (F) The caspase-3 activity assay; the statistical results are homogenized. Data are expressed as means ± standard deviations of at least three independent experiments. ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01.