Flow cytometry analysis was conducted to assess the effect of compound
5d on the cell cycle distribution in HepG2 cells. The
Flow Cytometry Kit for cell cycle analysis (ab139418_Propidium Iodide
Flow Cytometry Kit/BD) was used in this test. First, the HepG2 cells were seeded in six-well plates at a density of 2 × 10
5 cells/well and incubated for 24 h. In the second step, 10% FBS was added, and the cells were incubated at 37 °C and 5% CO
2. The medium was replaced with (DMSO 1%
v/
v) containing 7.1 µM of compound
5d and then incubated for 24 h. After that, the cells were fixed with 70% ethanol at 4 °C for 12 h and washed with cold PBS, and then rinsed with PBS. In the last step, 100 μL of RNase A was added to each well and incubated at 37 °C for 30 min and stained with 400 μL PI in the dark at room temperature for an additional 30 min. The stained cells were measured using an
Epics XL-MCL™ Flow Cytometer (Beckman Coulter), and the data were analyzed using Flowing software (version 2.5.1, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Turku, Finland).
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