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. 2014 Feb 28;13:41. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-13-41

Table 2.

Suppression of microtubule dynamic instability in MCF7-EGFP-α-tubulin cells incubated with vehicle, taccalonolide AJ or Paclitaxel

 
Vehicle
25nM AJ
50nM AJ
100nM AJ
50nM Paclitaxel
150nM Paclitaxel
  Value ± SEM Value ± SEM % Change Value ± SEM % Change Value ± SEM % Change Value ± SEM % Change Value ± SEM % Change
Growth rate (μm/min)
7.5±0.25
7.2±0.3
−5.1
6.9±0.3
−8.50
6.5±0.3
−13.3**
7.2±0.3
−3.9
6.5± 0.3
−13.3**
Shortening rate (μm/min)
13.9±0.9
12.0±0.8
−14.0
8.6±0.4
−38.5***
9.1±0.9
−34.9***
12.0±0.7
−13.9
8.0±0.5
−42.5***
Percent Time Growing
35.8
29.2
−18.6
14.9
−58.3
14.9
−58.4
26.0
−27.5
18.2
−49.3
Percent Time Shortening
16.6
13.7
−17.3
9.7
−41.6
9.7
−41.7
11.5
−31.1
7.8
−53.4
Percent Time Attenuated
47.6
57.1
20.1
75.4
59.0
75.4
58.6
62.6
31.6
74.1
55.8
Catastrophe Frequency (per min)
1.8±0.1
1.6±0.2
−8.9
1.2±0.1
−32.8***
1.2±0.1
−36.1***
1.4±0.1
−21.1*
1.3±0.2
−30.0*
Rescue Frequency (per min)
10.4±0.5
10.5±0.6
0.6
11.6±0.7
11.4
11.0±0.7
5.9
11.2±0.6
7.5
12.8±0.6
22.8**
Dynamicity
5.1
3.8
−25.3
1.9
−62.3
1.9
−62.1
3.3
−34.1
1.9
−62.33
MTs/Cells Counted
40/18
41/13
41/13
31/12
47/14
30/13
% Dynamic MTs 65 51 41 32 54 44

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001 as determined with a Student’s t-test.