Figure 7.
Knockdown of PTEN expression rescued down-regulate the activity of PI3K/AKT pathway by PCB treatment in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells. (A) Knockdown of PTEN in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells was confirmed by western blot analysis. (B) After PTEN protein knockdown, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells were treatment with PCB (0, 80, 160, or 240 µM) for 72 h and the expression of PI3K, total AKT, phosphorylated AKT were examined. GAPDH served as an internal control. Bands were quantified using Image J software. Each bar represents the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 vs. the control group.