Effect of Gancaonin N on MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway in LPS-induced A549 cells. Gancaonin N (5–40 μM) was pretreated 2 h prior to LPS-induced inflammation in A549 cells, incubated for 6 h with LPS (5 μg/mL). The protein levels of ERK (A), p38 (B), and NF-κB p65 (C) were investigated by immunoblotting assay. Ratio of each protein was determined by ImageJ. The expression of NF-κB p65 (D) in the nucleus was confirmed using immunofluorescence assay (magnification: 400×, scale bar:75 μm). Values are represented as means ± SEM. ###
p < 0.001 is significantly different from non-treated group; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 are significantly different from only LPS-treated group.