Figure 10.
Validation of cuproptosis induced by elesclomol. (A) Cell viability of HCC cell when grown in the presence or absence of serum and treated with elesclomol. (B) Cell viability of HCC cell when grown in the presence or absence of serum and treated with either elesclomol or elesclomol in the presence of CuCl2. (C, D) HA22T and Huh7 cells were exposed to different doses of elesclomol for 24h and detected by CCK8 reagent. (E, F) Representative images of HCC cells treated with elesclomol (40nM) with or without TTM (5 μM) for 48h. Scale bars represent 200μm. (G, H) The rescue effect of cell death inhibitors on elesclomol treatment in HA22T and Huh7 was explored through CCK8 assay. Data was presented as mean+SD. ZVF, Z-VAD-FMK; Fer-1, ferrostatin-1; Nec-1, necrostatin-1; NAC, N-acetyl cysteine; TTM, Tetrathiomolybdate.