Not exact matches
Mean γH2Ax foci / nuclei was observed to significantly
increase (p < 0.05) with
increasing concentrations of
Bleomycin (20, 40, 60, 80 μM) in parental HCT - 116 (Fig 1e and 1f).
a) Graph showing dose dependant (20, 40, 60, 80 µM)
increase of number of enriched Side Population of HCT 116 post treatment with
Bleomycin b) Representative FACS analysed FlowJo images showing enriched side population post treatment with
Bleomycin.
c) Graph showing dose dependant (20, 40, 60, 80 µM)
increase in CD44 enriched cells post treatment with
Bleomycin sulphate (p < 0.001).
Furthermore, on treatment with 80μM
bleomycin, a significant (p < 0.05)
increase in expression of stemness genes like CD44, Oct 4 and a significant downregulation of CD24 gene (p < 0.05) was observed in clonospheric HCT116 when compared to Parental HCT116 (Fig. 3a and 3b).
To check for the presence of this subpopulation of SP cells, we exposed HCT116 to
increasing concentrations of
Bleomycin and performed Hoechst efflux assay.
A significant population of cells was observed to efflux Hoechst 33342 dye when treated with
increasing concentration of
Bleomycin (20, 40, 60, 80 μM)(Fig 1a and 1b).
With
increasing dosage of
Bleomycin, significantly low foci per nuclei (p < 0.05) was observed in clonospheres as compared to that in parental HCT - 116 (Fig 2a and 2b).
To check for the extent of DSB generation, we treated HCT - 116 with
increasing concentrations of
Bleomycin and quantified the formation of γH2Ax foci.
Immunocytochemistry also confirmed reduced expression of CD44 in siTRF2 silenced HCT116 cells as compared to Scrambled siRNA when treated with
increasing concentration of
Bleomycin (Fig 4d).
To further characterize the stem cell like properties of SP cells we treated HCT116 with
increasing concentrations of
Bleomycin and observed variation in CD44 percentage.
A significant
increase in stem cells in terms of CD44 positive population was observed with higher
Bleomycin concentration (p < 0.001)(Fig 1c and 1d).
Elevated TRF2 expression in clonospheres at high concentration of
Bleomycin may contribute to
increased expression of stem cell factors.
siTRF2 transfected cells were treated with
increasing concentrations of
Bleomycin sulphate (0µM, 40µM and 80µM) and immunocytochemistry was performed as per laboratory standardized protocols [22].
DNA damage, in terms of average olive tail moment, was observed to
increase with
increasing concentration of
Bleomycin in Parental HCT 116 cells.