Combination of Mitochondrial and Plasma Membrane Citrate Transporter Inhibitors Inhibits De Novo Lipogenesis Pathway and Triggers Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

<div>Effect of citrate transporter inhibitors on apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of HepG2 cells. Cells were treated with IC<sub>50</sub> concentrations of CTPi, PMCTi, and a combination of 0.4 mM of each inhibitor for 24 h. The control was defined as a vehicle for which cells were treated with a medium containing 0.2% DMSO alone. (a) Flow cytometry shows representative dot plot analysis. (b) Effect of citrate transporter inhibitors on apoptosis of HepG2 cells are represented in the bar graph. (c) The bar charts show percentages of cells population in G0/G1, S, and G2/M phases (set as 100%). All data are expressed as mean ± SEM of at least three independent experiments. <svg height="13.8634pt" id="M5" style="vertical-align:-3.8339pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -10.0295 50.1655 13.8634" width="50.1655pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M499 152C501 180 492 209 480 228C432 233 403 235 357 256C403 278 432 279 480 284C492 303 504 328 499 359C477 375 447 382 424 380C396 342 380 317 338 288C342 339 356 364 376 408C366 429 350 451 320 463C295 451 274 429 265 408C284 364 297 339 301 288C259 317 244 341 216 380C193 382 166 379 141 359C139 332 148 303 160 284C208 279 237 277 283 256C237 234 208 233 160 228C148 209 136 184 141 152C163 137 193 130 216 132C244 170 260 195 302 224C298 173 284 148 265 104C274 83 290 61 320 49C345 61 366 83 376 104C356 148 343 173 339 224C381 195 396 171 424 132C447 130 474 133 499 152Z" id="g14-43"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,6.344,-2.062)"><path d="M516 277C516 378 460 448 376 448C335 448 288 434 240 401C158 345 127 277 107 159C53 -161 38 -221 23 -247L28 -261C43 -260 95 -250 114 -226C122 -216 129 -199 146 -75C152 -29 157 0 164 31C182 9 206 -12 237 -12C267 -12 325 8 376 46C451 102 516 179 516 277ZM432 259C432 134 366 40 259 40C236 40 204 48 171 76L195 203C219 327 253 400 326 400C398 400 432 336 432 259Z" id="g113-239"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,17.009,0)"><path d="M512 -3V55L134 254V256L512 456V514L75 281V230L512 -3Z" id="g117-91"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,28.272,0)"><path d="M241 635C89 635 35 457 35 312C35 153 89 -12 240 -12C390 -12 443 166 443 312C443 466 390 635 241 635ZM238 602C329 602 354 454 354 312C354 172 330 22 240 22C152 22 124 173 124 313S148 602 238 602Z" id="g113-49"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,34.512,0)"><path d="M113 -12C146 -12 170 11 170 46C170 78 146 103 114 103S58 78 58 46C58 11 82 -12 113 -12Z" id="g113-47"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,37.476,0)"><path d="M241 635C89 635 35 457 35 312C35 153 89 -12 240 -12C390 -12 443 166 443 312C443 466 390 635 241 635ZM238 602C329 602 354 454 354 312C354 172 330 22 240 22C152 22 124 173 124 313S148 602 238 602Z" id="g113-49"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,43.716,0)"><path d="M153 550H386L412 615L406 623H120L82 318C104 327 142 338 184 338C294 338 347 275 347 187C347 112 305 39 221 39C160 39 119 71 97 89C88 97 80 96 71 90C59 80 50 67 49 57C48 45 52 36 66 23C80 9 123 -12 169 -12C221 -11 288 15 342 59C403 109 431 165 431 225C431 308 366 395 238 395C212 395 165 379 127 364L153 550Z" id="g113-54"></path></g></svg> versus the control group.</div>

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Figure 2: Combination of Mitochondrial and Plasma Membrane Citrate Transporter Inhibitors Inhibits De Novo Lipogenesis Pathway and Triggers Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells 

Figure 2 | Combination of Mitochondrial and Plasma Membrane Citrate Transporter Inhibitors Inhibits De Novo Lipogenesis Pathway and Triggers Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells 