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. 2022 Apr 15;12(8):1362. doi: 10.3390/nano12081362

Table 2.

Quality and quantity of RNA extracted from NR8383 cells exposed to TiO2 NP through nebulization following the initial or current protocol. Results in red indicate a poor RNA quality or quantity preventing the use of the sample.

Initial Protocol (57 μL, 30 mg/mL NP) Current Protocol (114 μL, 15 mg/mL NP)
Exposure Biological Replicate RNA Quantity (μg/μL) OD 260/280 OD 260/230 RNA Quantity (μg/μL) OD 260/280 OD 260/230
1 89.04 1.66 1.84 32.31 2.09 2.09
2 7.99 2.25 0.46 55.30 2.01 1.80
H2O 3 121.07 2.12 1.14 69.60 2.13 2.18
4 206.30 2.04 2.32 16.09 2.08 1.43
5 / / / 48.94 2.18 1.98
1 3.30 1.86 0.26 3.61 1.83 3.72
2 96.96 2.03 1.81 61.96 2.14 2.16
TiO2 NP 3 8.01 2.48 51.25 91.57 1.99 2.05
4 134.43 2.08 1.55 58.93 2.10 2.02
5 / / / 66.30 2.06 2.17
Mean 83.61 2.07 1.33 50.46 2.06 2.16
SD 73.27 0.24 0.70 26.34 0.10 0.59