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. 2009 Apr 30;1:39–48. doi: 10.2147/cmar.s4548

Table 5.

Cell cycle distribution and mitotic delay in breast cancer cell lines

Cell line Without IR Treatment
With IR treatment
G2delay indexa %G2–Ma G2/G0–G1a (G2/G0–G1)/Sa
%G0–G1a % Sa %G2–Ma %G0–G1a % Sa %G2–Ma
MCF7b 63.4 ± 5.6f 18.8 ± 2.7e 16.6 ± 2.1e,f 68.2 ± 3.2e,f 11.2 ± 1.1f 17.5 ± 1.4e,f 5.6 ± 10.8e,f 17.5 ± 1.4e,f 25.8 ± 2.7e,f 1.4 ± 0.1e,f
BT-20c 52.2 ± 15.6 13.9 ± 1.4g 31.9 ± 14.6 41.6 ± 15.3g 11.8 ± 1.0g 45.2 ± 15.6 95.6 ± 14.0g 45.2 ± 15.6 146.7 ± 117.4g 10.3 ± 7.8
HCC1937d 45.4 ± 6.1 20.7 ± 1.6 32.1 ± 4.0 22.3 ± 3.2 18.6 ± 1.3 56.0 ± 1.9 116.2 ± 18.2 56.0 ± 1.9 0 257.4 ± 49.70 12.4 ± 1.9
Fold difference 20.7 3.2 10.0 8.9

Notes:

a

p<0.05, ANOVA test for differences among three cell lines;

b

MCF7 cells with wild-type BRCA1 and wild-type p53; 35,43

c

BT-20 cells with wild-type BRCA1 and mutant p53; 35,36

d

HCC1937 cells with mutant BRCA1 and mutant p53; 44

e

p < 0.05, Bonferroni post hoc pair-wise comparison, MCF7 compared to BT-20 cell line;

f

p < 0.05, Bonferroni post hoc pair-wise comparison, MCF7 compared to HCC1937 cell line;

g

p < 0.05, Bonferroni post hoc pair-wise comparison, BT20 compared to HCC1937 cell line.

Abbreviation: IR, ionizing radiation.