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. 2014 Nov 19;7(2):76–82. doi: 10.14740/jocmr1996w

Table 1. Effects of PL-ES or PL-I-ES on Caspase Activity.

Cancer cells (controls) PL-ES (100 µg/mL)
PL-I-ES (250 µg/mL)
Csp-3 Csp-9 Csp-3 Csp-9
PC-3 (1.0)a 3.0 3.4 3.5 4.2
DU-145 (1.0)a 3.5 4.4 1.2b 1.3b
LNCaP (1.0)a 2.9 3.3 1.5b 1.6b
T24 (1.0)a 3.3 4.2 3.2 3.9
ACHN (1.0)a 2.6 3.0 1.1b 1.3b
A549 (1.0)a 2.8 3.3 2.5 2.9
MCF-7 (1.0)a 3.4 4.2 3.3 4.0
AGS (1.0)a 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.5
HepG2 (1.0)a 3.4 4.3 3.7 4.5
U-87 (1.0)a 2.8 3.1 2.3 2.6

aA value of 1.0 in parenthesis indicates an arbitrary number set for activity of caspase-3 (Csp-3) and caspase-9 (Csp-9) in control or untreated cells, following the results of enzymatic assays. bP > 0.05 (differences are not significant compared to controls).