Fig. 2.
Effect of VX-745 on paracrine MM cell growth in the BM.
(A) MM.1S (●), RPMI8226 (▪), and U266 (▴) (3 × 104) cells were cultured in the presence of VX-745 (0.06 μM-20 μM) for 48 hours, and cell viability was assessed by MTT assay. (B) MM.1S cells were cultured in BMSC-coated 96-well plates for 48 hours, in the absence (■) or presence of 0.2 μM (▤), 1 μM (▧), and 5 μM (▪) VX-745. DNA synthesis was assessed by [3H]TdR uptake. (C) BMSCs were cultured with 3 × 104 MM.1S cells in the absence (■) or presence of 0.2 μM (▤), 1 μM (▧), and 5 μM (▪) VX-745 for 24 hours. IL-6 in culture supernatants was measured by ELISA.