Fig. 3From: Enhanced natural killer cell anti-tumor activity with nanoparticles mediated ferroptosis and potential therapeutic application in prostate cancerA. Expression of ULBPs on prostate cancer cells after Ferumoxytol treatment. Cancer cells were treated with ferumoxytol for 24 h and, expression of ULBPs was measured by flow cytometry. B. MHC class I and II expression on PC-3 prostate cancer cell were determined by flow cytometry C. HMGB1 expression of each treatment was determined by flow cytometry. Cancer cells were co-cultured with mouse primary NK cells with or without ferumoxytol at a 1:1 effector: target ratio, and HMGB1 expression was measured. D. Cell-surface expression of PD-L1 in response to ferumoxytol mediated ferroptosis, as determined by flow cytometry. E. NK cell tumor cell killing effect of each treatment (only NK cells, ferumoxytol + NK cells, and ferumoxytol + NK cells + aPD-L1) was determined by CFSE/7AAD assay. F. Interferon gamma secretion after each treatment (only NK cells, ferumoxytol + NK cells, and ferumoxytol + NK cells + aPD-L1). The data represent mean ± s.d. (n = 3) and statistical significance was analyzed by two-tailed Student’s t-tests. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001Back to article page