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Table 3 Cell cycle distribution after 24 h gemcitabine or dFdU under normoxia or hypoxia

From: The radiosensitising effect of gemcitabine and its main metabolite dFdU under low oxygen conditions is in vitro not dependent on functional HIF-1 protein

Condition

G0/1phase

S phase

G2/M phase

 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

MDA-MB-231 wt

         

0 nM dFdC/dFdU (N)

51.36

7.38

 

24.85

3.39

 

18.79

4.90

 

8 nM dFdC (N)

25.76

8.82

*

67.73

6.35

*

9.65

1.66

*

2 μM dFdU (N)

37.25

8.74

*

44.28

18.19

*

13.07

8.33

 

0 nM dFdC/dFdU (H)

48.61

6.04

 

29.69

7.94

 

18.41

8.85

 

8 nM dFdC (H)

41.95

17.94

 

53.28

17.17

*

8.81

1.43

*

2 μM dFdU (H)

49.31

11.21

 

37.79

12.98

 

5.46

0.22

 

MDA-MB-231 EV

         

0 nM dFdC/dFdU (N)

44.02

9.86

 

25.31

5.77

 

16.31

2.50

 

8 nM dFdC (N)

43.97

6.20

 

29.82

7.59

 

13.53

4.80

 

2 μM dFdU (N)

39.05

15.49

*

42.19

19.60

*

8.72

2.45

 

0 nM dFdC/dFdU (H)

51.31

11.10

 

27.28

9.94

 

10.17

4.03

¶

8 nM dFdC (H)

52.53

13.96

 

28.11

13.79

 

8.57

2.37

¶

2 μM dFdU (H)

50.51

14.73

 

33.15

19.84

 

6.56

2.31

 

MDA-MB-231 dnHIF

         

0 nM dFdC/dFdU (N)

49.22

8.46

 

23.60

4.67

 

16.97

2.19

 

8 nM dFdC (N)

41.89

18.19

 

31.65

15.59

 

13.38

7.75

 

2 μM dFdU (N)

41.77

18.66

*

44.09

14.32

*

7.94

1.98

 

0 nM dFdC/dFdU (H)

47.65

8.00

 

28.50

5.61

¶

13.03

3.99

¶

8 nM dFdC (H)

40.86

13.01

 

34.76

14.29

 

12.90

8.00

 

2 μM dFdU (H)

51.22

12.61

 

34.17

8.23

 

7.18

1.81

 
  1. dFdC: gemcitabine; N: normoxia; H: hypoxia.
  2. ¶: p < 0.05 vs. corresponding normoxic condition (same treatment, same cell line); *: p < 0.05 vs. untreated control (same pO2, same cell line).
  3. All results are from at least 3 independent experiments ± SD.