TABLE 3.

Induction of AHR–ARNT-dependent reporter gene expression by Ellipticine in Hepa-1 cells stably transfected with pAhRDtkLuc3

Treatment	Luciferase activity/μg of protein (avg ± SD)	Pa
0.1% DMSO	11.9 ± 1.3
10 nM Ellipticine	21.3 ± 0.0	>0.05
100 nM Ellipticine	41.5 ± 2.1	<0.0001
10 nM TCDD	66.8 ± 9.6	<0.0001

^aBonferroni P value for one-way analysis of variance of comparisons to DMSO-treated control.