“…Cells were plated and treated as described above in the "Flow Cytometry" section. In some experiments NICs containing cysteamine and phenylthiyl ligands, CysAm and Ph complexes, respectively, were used at IC50 doses that are 3.5 µM for CysAm [56] and 25 µM for Ph [57]. After exposure to the studied compounds for 6 h, cells were washed with PBS and lysed on ice for 15 min in the buffer containing 10 mM HEPES (pH 7.9), 1.5 mM MgCl 2 , 10 mM KCl, 0.1% NP-40, 1 mM DTT, 1 mM PMSF, and protease inhibitor cocktail (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA).…”