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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Jan 1;15(1):131–139. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-1691

Table 1.

NQO1 enzymatic activity and LD50 of β-lap ± Dic in three different prostate cancer cell lines

Cell Lines NQO1 level (nmol cytochrome c reduced/min/mg protein)* LD50 values of β-Lap (μM, 2 h)
Dicoumarol (−) Dicoumarol (+)§
DU145 556 ± 18 3.0 ± 0.1 9.1 ± 0.6
PC-3 107 ± 17 1.5 ± 0.1 20.0 ± 4.4
LNCaP NQO1+ 108 ± 21 2.7 ± 0.9 > 20
LNCaP NQO1− 2.4 ± 0.1 11.8 ± 1.7 ND
*

Values are mean ± SEM; n = 6 per group.

§

Dicoumarol was administered at 40 μM concomitant with 2 h β-lap treatments.