Research Article
MnTE-2-PyP Attenuates TGF-β-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Colorectal Cancer Cells by Inhibiting the Smad2/3 Signaling Pathway
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MnTE-2-PyP attenuates TGF-β-induced expression of EMT markers in colorectal cancer cells. (a) The SW480 cells were pretreated with MnTE-2-PyP (30 μM) for 12 h and then treated with TGF-β (5 ng/ml) for 24 h. Western blotting analysis showed that TGF-β decreased the expression levels of the epithelial cell markers E-cadherin and occludin and increased the mesenchymal markers N-cadherin and vimentin in SW480 cells. MnTE-2-PyP suppressed the changes of markers related to EMT caused by TGF-β in SW480 cells. (b–f) Quantification of protein expression shown in (a) is normalized to GADPH. compared to the control group.
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