Table I.
Effects of exposure to CdCl2 for 48 h on the live cell number and viability of HPNE and AsPC-1 cells.
| CdCl2 concentration
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth media | Low-serum MEM | 2 ppm | 6 ppm | 14 ppm | |
| HPNE | |||||
| Live cell no. (RFU) | 3,711±100 | 3,591±71 | 3,478±70 | 3,585±52 | 3,518±87 |
| Viability (%) | 84.2±0.3 | 81.9±0.2 | 80.7±0.4 | 80.6±0.2 | 78.6±0.5 |
| AsPC-1 | |||||
| Live cell no. (RFU) | 15,501±1,518 | 15,247±1,206 | 12,318±231 | 12,048±1,033 | 7,054±678a |
| Viability (%) | 62.4±2.3 | 71.1±1.1 | 58.9±1.4 | 56.9±6.6 | 30.7±4.1a |
a
P<0.0001 compared to the growth media. Data are expressed as the means ± SEM, n=4. CdCl2, cadmium chloride.