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. 2008 Apr;10(4):303–313. doi: 10.1593/neo.07834

Table 3.

In Vitro Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of HT29 Tumor Extracts Following Vehicle and LAQ824 Treatment.

Metabolites (µmol/g wet weight) Control (N = 5) LAQ824 (N = 5) P
(A) Phosphorus MRS
PE 1.13 ± 0.20 1.85 ± 0.09 .02
PC 1.87 ± 0.21 2.72 ± 0.21 .04
GPE 1.66 ± 0.44 0.49 ± 0.10 .05
GPC 2.34 ± 0.33 0.81 ± 0.08 .01
Pi 5.01 ± 0.91 9.00 ± 1.23 .06
(B) Proton MRS
PC 1.76 ± 0.16 2.51 ± 0.25 .04
GPC 2.05 ± 0.23 1.26 ± 0.13 .02
Free choline 0.16 ± 0.03 0.49 ± 0.08 .01
Leucine 0.23 ± 0.03 0.41 ± 0.08 .005
Iso-leucine 0.11 ± 0.02 0.22 ± 0.02 .005
Valine 0.26 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.04 .04
Glutamate 2.05 ± 0.35 0.97 ± 0.09 .04
Glutamine 0.88 ± 0.11 0.44 ± 0.12 .03
PCr + Cr 5.19 ± 0.70 2.40 ± 0.99 .05
Glucose 0.95 ± 0.06 0.37 ± 0.08 .001
Lactate 6.84 ± 0.79 5.80 ± 2.24 NS
Alanine 1.82 ± 0.26 2.05 ± 0.10 NS
Taurine 6.91 ± 0.82 5.17 ± 0.42 NS
Glycine 1.46 ± 0.18 1.23 ± 0.05 NS

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.

PE indicates phosphoethanolamine; PC, phosphocholine; GPE, glycerophosphoethanolamine; GPC, glycerophosphocholine; PCr, phosphocreatine; Cr, creatine; Pi, inorganic phosphate; NS, not statistically significant (P > .1).

Two-tailed unpaired t test was used to compare changes between the vehicle- and LAQ824-treated groups.