Fig. 2. Cory promotes apoptosis in PDAC cells.
a FACS-based evaluation of apoptosis rates of Panc-1 and Patu-8988 cells incubated with 200 μM Cory for 24 and 48 h or various concentrations of Cory (0, 200, and 400 μM) for 24 h. b TUNEL assay-based evaluation of apoptosis rates. Green, TUNEL; Blue, DAPI. Scale bar, 50 μm. Apoptosis index was expressed as the ratio of (TUNEL-positive cells)/(the number of nuclei) × 100%. c Protein expression levels of cleaved PARP and cleaved Caspase3 in the cells treated with 100 μM Cory for 24 or 48 h. The protein levels were normalised to GAPDH. Values were calculated based on three independent experiments and presented as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001, compared with the control.
