Table 6

Effect of ALDH-1 AS expression on enzyme activity and sensitivity to 4-HC of A549 cells

WTAS-NAS-CAS-NC
Enzyme activity
 nmol/107cells/min760  ± 426-a 408  ± 76-c 464  ± 286-c 202  ± 126-c
4-HC treatment
 40 μg/ml126  ± 8 (1.5)6-b 15  ± 5 (0.4)6-c 7  ± 2 (0.16)6-c 2  ± 2 (0.03)6-c
 60 μg/ml18  ± 4 (0.21)000
  • 6-a Results represent mean ± S.D. of 10 enzyme activity measurements done at two different time points of cell culture.

  • 6-b Results represent mean ± S.D. of total colonies scored in four replicate culture plates, each plated at 2.5 × 104 treated cells/plate. Values in parentheses represent percentage recovery of colonies from 4-HC-treated cells in relation to the number of colonies obtained from untreated cells.

  • 6-c Significantly different compared with WT group,P < .005.