Table 2. Interaction ratios in the GFP assay of drug and radiation combinations in HCT116 GFP cells cultured as spheroids for 7 days then incubated with drugs for 7 days with irradiation (6 Gy) at 4–6 h after addition of drug.
SIo/SIe | 5-FU | Oxaliplatin | Deferoxamine | Ciclopirox | Salinomycin | Tirapazamine | VLX50 | VLX60 | VLX600 |
Highest conc. | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.96 | N/A | N/A | 1.09 | 0.92 | N/A | 1.05 |
1.01 | 0.98 | 1.02 | N/A | N/A | 1.04 | 0.84* | N/A | 1.00 | |
0.97 | 1.02 | 0.94 | N/A | N/A | 1.09 | 0.89* | N/A | 0.94 | |
1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.01 | N/A | 1.03 | 1.04 | N/A | 0.89* | |
0.98 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.02 | N/A | 1.02 | 0.95 | 1.05 | 0.85* | |
0.99 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.00 | N/A | 1.08* | 0.98 | 1.02 | 0.85* | |
1.01 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.02 | 1.33 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.86* | |
1.01 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.93 | |
Lowest conc. | 1.04 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.94* | 1.02 |
One-sample t-test. Mean interaction ratios (SIo/SIe) significantly different than 1.0 (two-tailed p-value <0.05) are shown with an asterisk. Mean interaction ratios (SIo/SIe) less than 1 indicates synergy and are shown in bold. Mean values are based on 3–8 independent experiments, with duplicate wells for each drug concentration. For drug concentrations, see Table 1. N/A, SId ≤25%.