Figure 6From: Selective anticancer activity of a hexapeptide with sequence homology to a non-kinase domain of Cyclin Dependent Kinase 4THR53 cancer cell killing requires cells to have entered the cell division cycle, does not cause perturbation of cycling cells but does alter relative Cdk1/Cdk4 co-expression. A. Macroscopic appearances of cycling THR53-treated MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in medium + 10% FCS (left hand panels) compared to the same cells held outside the cell cycle in medium + 0.1%FCS (right hand panel) B. DNA histograms of H460 human non-small cell lung cancer cells exposed to THR53 or an autophagy-inducing dose of 50 μM chloroquine. C. Sequential Western blots of Cdk1 and Cdk4 expression in RT112 human bladder cancer cells at 0 - 10 days after exposure to 5 mM linear, end-capped, PRGPRP. D. Western blot of Cdk1 and Cdk4 expression in H460 human non-small cell lung cancer cells 24 hours after exposure to 100 μM and 200 μM THR53.Back to article page