Fig. 1: The Inhibition of mitochondrial glutamine metabolism induces senescence in PDAC cells

a, 8988T cells were plated in complete media which was replaced the following day with Gln-free medium. Percentages of SA-β-gal positive cells are shown. b, Representative images of SA β-gal staining for 8988T cells in the presence or absence of Gln. c, Percentages of SA-β-gal positive cells in 8988T cells treated with increasing concentrations of DON. d, Percentages of SA-β-gal positive cells in control (shGFP) and GLS knockdown (shGLS) 8988T cells (left). Western blot confirmed knockdown of GLS expression (right). β-actin serves as a loading control. All error bars ± SEM. **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001