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. 2021 Nov 5;12(11):1048. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-04344-w

Fig. 4. SNS-032 attenuated migration and invasion of ESCC cells.

Fig. 4

A Wound healing assay was performed to examine the migration of ESCC cells (KYSE30 and KYSE150) incubated with 100 nM SNS-032. Scale bar: 100 μm. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, by Student’s t test. B, C SNS-032 suppressed the migration (B) and invasion (C) of ESCC cells detected by transwell assays. Left: Representative images; Right: Quantitative analysis of five independent experiments. Scale bar: 100 μm. ***P < 0.001, by Student’s t test. D Western blot analysis of MMP-1 and MMP-2 in KYSE30 and KYSE150 cells treated with increasing concentrations of SNS-032 for 48 h. E SNS-032 dose-dependently decreased mRNA levels of MMP-1 in ESCC cells. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001, one-way ANOVA, post hoc intergroup comparisons, Tukey’s test. F Enforced overexpression of MMP-1 rescued the inhibition of migration and invasion by SNS-032 in KYSE30 cells. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001, one-way ANOVA, post hoc intergroup comparisons, Tukey’s test. G Silencing MMP-1 by lentiviral shRNA significantly enhanced the inhibitory effects of SNS-032 on the migration and invasion of KYSE30 cells. **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001, one-way ANOVA, post hoc intergroup comparisons, Tukey’s test.