We have previously reported that dauricine protects brain tissues from focal cerebral ischemia. To corroborate this effect, neurotoxicity due to hypoxia and hypoglycemia was assessed in primary cultures of rat cortical neurons by using a trypan blue exclusion method. To further clarify the
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effects of dauricine (Dau) on insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I)-induced hypoxia inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in human breast cancer cells (MCF-7).
METHODS
Serum-starved MCF-7 cells were pretreated for 1