Figure 4.
Western blot analysis of apoptosis-related proteins and ERK signaling. Cells were treated with solvent control (0.25% ethanol + 0.25% DMSO), 5-FU (75 µM), TNJ-Cr (0.25 mg/mL), TNJ-Bs (1.00 mg/mL), 5-FU (75 µM) + TNJ-Cr (0.25 mg/mL) and 5-FU (75 µM) + TNJ-Bs (1.00 mg/mL) for 48 h. Total ERK1/2 was used as a loading control (a). The relative fold of protein expression was shown as a bar graph from the intensity of the protein band compared with a loading control. Bar graph represents mean ± SD from three independent experiments (b). *p < 0.05 indicates a significant difference between the treatments and the solvent control; **p < 0.05 indicates a significant difference between the single and combined agent treatments. The blot images are shown in Supplementary Fig. S3.