Journal: BioMed Research International

Article Title: Role of the Death Receptor and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signaling Pathways in Polyphyllin I-Regulated Apoptosis of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma HepG2 Cells

doi: 10.1155/2018/5241941

Figure Lengend Snippet: Primer sequences and Tm for RT-qPCR.

Article Snippet: The primary antibodies included B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), Bcl-2-associated X (Bax), IRE-1, FAS associated via death domain (FADD), FAS, β -actin (Wuhan Boster Biological Technology, Ltd.,), TNF- α , CHOP and caspase-12 (BIOSS, Beijing, China) at 1:500 dilution and Cleaved-caspase3 (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, MA, USA), cleaved-caspase8 (Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology, Shanghai, China) at 1:1 000 dilution.

Techniques: Sequencing

Journal: Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Article Title: Scutellarein selectively targets multiple myeloma cells by increasing mitochondrial superoxide production and activating intrinsic apoptosis pathway.

doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.09.024

Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 2. Scutellarein treatment activated the intrinsic apoptosis pathway in multiple myeloma cells in vitro. A–C, analysis of caspase-9, -8 and -3 activities in IM-9, MM.1R or viable circulating B lymphocytes (CBL) after treatment with indicated concentrations of scutellarein for 24 h. Caspase activity was measured by the relative fluorescent units (RFU) of cleaved substrates. Data was normalized to the vehicle-treated CBL group. D–I, influence of FADD or APAF1 knockdown on the apoptosis- inducing effect of 400 μg/ml scutellarein treatment for 24 h. shRNA targeting green fluorescent protein gene (sh-NC) was used as negative control for FADD or APAF1 knockdown. Data in DeI were normalized to the un-transfected group (WT) in each cell line. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001; ****, p < 0.0001.

Article Snippet: Antibodies for detecting FADD (PA1464, BosterBio, Pleasanton, USA), Apaf-1 (PA1249-1, BosterBio), active Caspase-3 (269518, Novus Biologicals, Littleton, USA) Bax (AF820, R& D Systems, Minneapolis, USA), Bcl-2 (RP1003, BosterBio) and GAPDH (HPA040067, Atlas Antibodies, Bromma, Sweden) were applied following manufacturer’s instructions.

Techniques: In Vitro, Activity Assay, Knockdown, shRNA, Negative Control, Transfection