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. 2022 Sep 19;79(10):524. doi: 10.1007/s00018-022-04541-6

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

The NF-kB inhibition induces apoptotic cell death in endometrioid cancer cells. A Ishikawa and AN3CA cells were treated with BAY11-7082 (NF-kB pathway inhibitor) for 48 h and cell viability was assessed by MTT assay. Similar results were obtained in three separate experiments. B Representative results of flow cytometry analysis of BAY11-7082-induced cell apoptosis. Ishikawa or AN3CA cells treated with BAY11-7082 10 µM for 48 h were stained with Annexin V and propidium iodide (left panel). Histograms represent the percentage of apoptotic cells (early, Q4 quadrant; and late apoptosis, Q2 quadrant), obtained in response to vehicle or BAY11-7082 treatment. Mean values ± SD of assays performed in duplicate are shown. C Expression of proteins from cells treated with NF-kB inhibitor BAY-118072 (10 µM, 48 h) was evaluated by immunoblotting. D Impairment of p65/RELA expression activates JNK apoptotic pathway. Immunoblot analysis of cells transiently transfected with an empty vector or a vector encoding for a non-degradable IKBα protein (SR-IKBα). Right histograms show the corresponding quantification of p65 levels, referred to GAPDH. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001 (Student’s t test)