NOTCH1 and breast carcinoma: The cytotoxic effect of CDDP, VPA, and SAHA was determined in the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell lines with increased and decreased Notch1 activity using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay in order to establish the IC50 value for each analyzed compound in all cell lines (Table 1).