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. 2019 Jul 23;9:10681. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47128-1

Figure 3.

Figure 3

H2O2 scavengers protect osteosarcoma cells from PAM-induced apoptosis. (A) Effects of PAM +/− Cat activated during 5 minutes (3 L/min helium flow at 10 mm gap) were detected by WST-1 assay on SaOS-2, measured 2, 4 and 24 h after exposure. Catalase was added as control to untreated cell culture medium. Cell viability of Control + Cat, PAM + Cat and PAM-Cat is expressed relative to Control-Cat (untreated) and is the mean and standard deviation of three independent experiments (**p < 0.005; ***p < 0.001; two-sided Student’s t-test). (B) Concentration of NO2 and H2O2 in PAM+/-Catalase at different treatment times (1 to 5 min at 3 L/min and 10 mm gap). Catalase addition to PAM, not lead to significant differences on the concentration of NO2, but reduces H2O2 concentration in all conditions studied. Data are presented as mean, n = 3, Error bars represent the SD, and asterisks indicate statistically significant differences between the PAM +/− Catalase series (**p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; two-sided Student’s t-test). Concentration of RONS was measured immediately after APPJ treatments using untreated DMEM as blank. (C) SaOS-2 cells were treated with PAM + Pyr (top) and PAM-Pyr (bottom) activated by plasma at different Helium flows (1, 3 or 5 L/min) during 5 minutes. Apoptosis/Necrosis activation were examined for Annexin V/PI binding using FACS analysis. PAM + Pyr at 1 L/min produces 2.6% apoptotic cells, progressively increasing with 3 L/min (5.5%) and to 5 L/min (29.8%). PAM-Pyr boosts these values, leading to 20% at 1 L/min, 89% at 3 L/min and 93% at 5 L/min of apoptosis positive cells Representative data at 24 hours are shown. Analysis were done in duplicates.