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. 2013 Feb 15;319(4):536–545. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.12.003

Table 1.

Mean % tail DNA in Caco2 and HepG2 cells (± SD) after 24 h TP incubations, compared to positive and negative controls.

Caco2
Tetrapyrrole (μM) % tail DNA±SD % tail DNA pos control±SD % tail DNA neg control±SD
BR 0.5 18.7±3p 36.5±4 21.3±3
BR 5 21.3±3.8p
BR 17 13.8±1.9np
BRDT 0.5 10.8±2.6np 29.1±2.7 7.7±2.0
BRDT 5 11.7±2.6p
BRDT 17 18.2±4.1p
BR-DME 0.5 8.7±2.7 21.9±3.9 9.9±4.0
BR-DME 5 11.5±2.3p
BR-DME 17 15.0±6.9p
BV 0.5 20.9±4.3p 30.1±5.0 16.5±2.6
BV 5 20.8±2
BV 17 18.4±2.7
BV-DME 0.5 15.6±3.5p 26.6±2.9 15.5±2.5
BV-DME 5 15.3±3.2p
BV-DME 17 12.9±2.2p



HepG2

Tetrapyrrole % tail DNA±SD % tail DNA pos control±SD % tail DNA neg control±SD

BR 0.5 10.8±2.8 18.5±3.9 9.3±1.0
BR 5 9.2±2.9
BR 17 9.7±1.3
BRDT 0.5 8.2±0.8p 13.3±0.9 7.4±2.0
BRDT 5 8.8±1.4p
BRDT 17 8.5±1.1p
BR-DME 0.5 8.8±2.5p 13.4±2.5 6.8±2.3
BR-DME 5 9.3±1.3p
BR-DME 17 8.7±2.5
BV 0.5 17.2±1.4n 16.8±0.7 12.3±1.0
BV 5 15.1±0.9np
BV 17 16.6±1.3n
BV-DME 0.5 17.0±2.2np 21.6±2.1 12.3±1.6
BV-DME 5 14.6±2.0p
BV-DME 17 17.8±1.4np
BR: unconjugated bilirubin, BRDT: bilirubin ditaurate, BV: biliverdin, BV-DME: biliverdin dimethyl ester, TP: tetrapyrrole.
  • p: significantly different to positive control (p≤0.05).
  • n: significantly different to negative control (p≤0.05).
  • np: significantly different to negative and positive controls (p≤0.05).