Fig. 4 in Nerolidol inhibits proliferation of leiomyoma cells via reactive oxygen species-induced DNA damage and downregulation of the ATM/ Akt pathway

Fig. 4. Treatment with nerolidol triggered DNA damage in rat leiomyoma cells. (A, B) ELT3 cells were harvested and treated with 100 μM nerolidol for 30 min, followed by determination of DNA damage using the comet assay. H2O2 (200 μM) was used as the positive control. The tail moments are indicated by red arrows in (A), as quantified using a live video imaging system, and dot plots show the mean ± SD in (B). (C, D, E) ELT3 cells were treated with 100 μM nerolidol for 1 h, followed by incubation with anti-p-γH2AXser139 antibody and FITC-conjugated secondary antibody. Nuclei were visualized using DAPI (blue). (C) P-γH2AXser139 expression was quantified using an automated imaging system. The relative positive cell number and the nuclear p-γH2AXser139 intensities are plotted in (D) and (E), respectively. The p-value was calculated using one-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple post hoc test for each group. *, p <0.05; **, p <0.01, and ***, p