Fig. 2

Effects of cyst(e)inase on cell cycle progression and stress signaling. a Quantification of cell cycle phase distribution 24 h after cyst(e)inase treatment (n = 3 independent experiments). b Cell cycle phase distribution 48 h after cyst(e)inase treatment for Panc1 cells. c, d Quantification of cell cycle phase distribution for Panc1 c, MIA-PaCa2 and BxPC3 cells d 48 h after treatment (n = 3 independent experiments). e Regulatory cell cycle proteins following 24 and 48 h cyst(e)inase treatment. f, g Effect of treatment on mTORC1 signaling via the eIF2α-ATF4-Sestrin2 pathway in Panc1, BxPC3 f and MIA-PaCa2 g cells. h Effect of treatment on AMPK signaling. For e−h, “+” represents 250 nM cyst(e)inase treatment except for e, where “+” for Panc1-48 h represents 100 nM treatment. All data represent mean ± s.e.m. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001, ns, not significant; compared to untreated controls; two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s method for multiple-comparison test. Experiment in (e−h) were repeated twice with similar results. All other experiments were repeated three times