Figure 6

Effects of Sal B on cell viability and toxicology in HK-2 cells. (A) Cell viability was determined by the alamarBlue assay. The results were expressed as a percentage in the reduction of alamarBlue. 1 μM and 10 μM of Sal B had no significant effect (P > 0.05) on cell viability during each incubation time period, whereas 100 μM of Sal B decreased the viability of HK-2 cells by 11% (P < 0.05) and 20% (P < 0.05), when compared with control cells after 12 h and 24 h of incubation, respectively. (B) Cell toxicology was determined by high content screening (HCS) assay. HK-2 cells were plated in a 96-well plate at a density of 4,000 cells/well. Cells were incubated with 1-100 μM of Sal B for 24 h and then stained with 1 × MPCT1 Fluor Dye. Cell images from the various fluorescent dye stains were taken by HCS (×200). There were no obvious changes in nuclear morphology, membrane permeability, or lysosomal mass/pH after incubation with 1 μM and 10 μM of Sal B when compared with control cells. However, 100 μM of Sal B presented as an obvious cytotoxicity to cells. As shown by the indicator dye, there are fewer nuclei and an increase in membrane permeability.