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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nanomedicine (Lond). 2011 Jan;6(1):25–42. doi: 10.2217/nnm.10.129

Table 3.

Cytotoxicity of catalase nanozymes (Z=1) in vitro

Formulation IC50, mg/ml a
BMM BBMEC CATH.a
PEI50 0.4 ± 0.1 > 3 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.1
PEI50-PEG 2 ± 0.1 > 3 ± 0.1 > 3 ± 0.1
PL10-PEG 0.4 ± 0.07 1 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.05
PL30-PEG 0.02 ± 0.03 0.2 ± 0.02 0.045 ± 0.09
PL50-PEG 0.01 ± 0.05 0.15 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.06
EPL 2 ± 0.1 > 3 ± 0.1 1.5 ± 0.1
PGLU50-PEG 2 ± 0.2 > 5 ± 0.1 1 ± 0.1
PEI50/catalase 0.7 ± 0.2 > 3 ± 0.1 2 ± 0.1
PEI50-PEG/catalase >3 ± 0.05 > 3 ± 0.1 > 3 ± 0.1
PL10-PEG/catalase 0.5 ± 0.07 2 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.01
PL30-PEG/catalase 0.04 ± 0.001 0.18 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.001
PL50-PEG/catalase 0.03 ± 0.001 0.2 ± 0.05 0.02 ± 0.001
EPL/catalase 0.2 ± 0.05 > 3 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.1
PGLU50-PEG/catalase > 5 ± 0.1 > 5 ± 0.2 > 3 ± 0.2
a

The IC50 values refer to polymer concentration in treatment solutions. No toxicity of catalase alone was observed at concentrations up to 6 mg/ml.