Acetone extracts of lichens collected in Chile inhibited A549 cell motility.
(A) Quantitative analysis of migration assays of A549 cells treated with 5 μg/mL of acetone extracts of Pseudocyphellaria glabra, Pseudocyphellaria coriacea, Nephroma sp., Physcia sp., Flavoparmelia caperata, Hypotrachyna sinuosa, Rhizoplaca melanophthalma, Rhizoplaca melanophthalma, Pseudocyphellaria argyracea, Pseudocyphellaria verrucosa, Xanthoparmelia sp., Protousnea sp. and Xanthoparmelia sp.. (B) Representative images of migration assays of A549 cells treated with the extracts of R. melanophthalma, H. sinuosa, P. coriacea, P. glabra and Nephroma sp. (C-D) Invasion assays of A549 cells treated with 5 μg/mL of acetone extracts of R. melanophthalma, H. sinuosa, P. coriacea, P. glabra and Nephroma sp. (C) and quantitative analysis of invaded cell numbers in each treatment (D). Quantitative data were obtained from three independent experiments, n = 3. Data represent mean ± S.E.M. (standard error of the mean). ***p<0.001 compared to DMSO-treated A549 cells.
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