Figure 6.
NLRP3 inflammasome induced by NETs promotes NSCLC progression is associated with the activation of NF-κB. (A) The protein expression level of p-p50, p50, p-p65, p65 in NSCLC cells treated with NETs was detected by Western blotting. (B) Nuclear translocation of NF-κB in A549 and SK-MES-1 cells treated with NETs or combined with DNase I were detected by con-focal microscopy (magnification, 3000×; scale bar, 5μm). Immunofluorescence assays (C) and Western blot (D) were used to detect the effect of NETs on NLRP3 inflammasome in A549 and SK-MES-1 cells after p50 knockdown (magnification, 200×; scale bar, 50 μm). (E) Downregulation of p50 attenuated the effect on promoting EMT of NETs in NSCLC cells by Western blot. (F, G) Downregulated p50 reverses NETs-induced promotion of NSCLC cells metastasis using transwell assay (magnification, 100×) (E) and wound healing assays (magnification, 50×) (F).