Table 2

Ginkgolide B-treated SH-SY5Y cells are resistant to PAF or arachidonic acid: The survival of untreated cells, and cells treated with 1 μM ginkgolide B, subsequently incubated with different neurotoxins at the concentrations shown. Values shown represent the percentage survival of treated cells compared to untreated cells. Each value is the mean ± SD from triplicate experiments repeated three times (9 observations).


conc
untreated cells
ginkgolide B-treated cells

medium

100 ± 3
98 ± 5
arachidonic acid (μM)
50
14 ± 2
46 ± 3**

25
25 ± 5
72 ± 6**

12.5
57 ± 3
93 ± 4**
hydrogen peroxide (μM)
20
3 ± 1
3 ± 2

10
7 ± 2
8 ± 2

5
46 ± 4
48 ± 6
PAF (μM)
40
18 ± 1
75 ± 7**

20
37 ± 2
97 ± 3**

10
62 ± 3
100 ± 2**
staurosporine (ng/ml)
20
40 ± 3
38 ± 3

4
72 ± 4
69 ± 2

0.8
93 ± 3
95 ± 3

** = Cell survival significantly greater (p < 0.05) than untreated cells incubated with neurotoxin.

Bate et al. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2004 1:4   doi:10.1186/1742-2094-1-4