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From: FKBPL and its peptide derivatives inhibit endocrine therapy resistant cancer stem cells and breast cancer metastasis by downregulating DLL4 and Notch4

Fig. 4

AD-01 inhibits MDA-MB-231 cell migration and invasion, and metastatic load in MDA-MB-231 mouse model of lung metastasis in SCID mice. MDA-MB-231 cell migration (a) and invasion (b) were assessed following 24 h treatment with AD-01 (1 nM) using a Boyden chamber assay. Data points are mean ± SEM. n ≥ 3. ** p < 0.01, ***p < 0.01 (t-test). c SCID mice were treated for 7 days with AD-01 or PBS before MDA-MB-231-LucD3H1 cells were injected i.v. Control group received PBS i.p. daily (n = 6) whereas treatment groups received AD-01 i.p. 0.3 mg/kg/day (n = 5) or 0.003 mg/kg/day (n = 5) for further 28 days. Lung metastasis colonization was assessed using non-invasive bioluminescence of total photon flux at day 0 and 28. A representative bioluminescent image of lungs from each group is shown inset. d Lung metastasis colonization was assessed using non-invasive bioluminescence of total photon flux at day 26 following inoculation of SCID mice with one million MDA-MB-231-LucD3H1 pre-treated with PBS or AD-01 (1 nM) for 1 day in vitro. Following inoculation and detection of lung metastatic load, AD-01 (0.3, n = 5 or 0.003 mg/kg/day; n = 5) or PBS (100 μl; n = 5) were administered i.p. daily for 26 days. Each mouse is plotted on the graph. Representative bioluminescent images of lung metastatic load and other organs from each group are shown inset. * p < 0.05 (one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test)

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