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Table 3 Total cell number of untreated and RNase treated cell lines over a certain period of incubation

From: Promises of eukaryotic ribonucleases for cancer treatment: a systematic review

S/N

Author, YYYY

RNase

Experiment

Total cell number*

(× 105 cells/ml)

Cell Growth (Proliferation)

Cell lines (Description)

Concentration

0 h

24 h

48 h

72 h

1

Ardelt et al., 2007 [24]

Amphinase (Amph)

HL-60 (Human promyelocytic leukemia)

U-937 (Human monocytic leukemia)

Jurkat cells (T-cell leukemia)

Control

2.0

4.0

10.0

22.0

Amph, 1 μg/ml

2.0

4.0

5.0

7.0

Amph, 5 μg/ml

2.0

3.0

2.5

3.0

Amph,10 μg/ml

2.0

2.0

2.5

2.0

2

Darzynkiewicz et al., 1988 [16]

P-30 protein (Pannon)

HL-60 (Human promyelocytic leukemia)

Control

2.0

4.5

8.0

17.0

P-30, 10 μg/ml

2.0

3.0

3.5

5.5

P-30, 20 μg/ml

2.0

2.9

2.9

2.0

3

Laccetti et al., 1992 [11]

BS-RNase

FRTL-5 (Fischer rat normal thyroid cells)

Control

0.75

5.0

10

10.5

↓↑

BS-RNase, 5 µg/ml

0.75

5.0

9.5

10.3

BS-RNase, 10 µg/ml

0.75

4.5

9.5

10.1

BS-RNase, 50 µg/ml

0.75

4.5

9.0

10.0

TK-6 (Fischer rat thyroid tumor cells)

Control

0.75

3.5

11.0

13.0

BS-RNase, 5 μg/ml

0.75

3.5

10.5

12.5

BS-RNase, 10 μg/ml

0.75

2.5

10.0

12.0

BS-RNase, 50 μg/ml

0.75

2.0

8.0

10.5

MPTK-6 (Fischer rat lung metastasis of TK-6 cells)

Control

0.75

4.0

10.5

12.5

BS-RNase, 5 μg/ml

0.75

2.5

7.5

9.0

BS-RNase, 10 μg/ml

0.75

2.0

5.0

8.0

BS-RNase, 50 μg/ml

0.75

1.5

3.0

6.0

4

Castro et al., 2011 [29]

PE5

NCI/ADR-RES

(Drug resistant ovarian cancer cells)

Control

0.07

0.07

0.07

0.07

PE5, 2 μM

0.07

0.06

0.06

0.05

PE5, 14 μM

0.07

0.06

0.05

0.03

PE5, 35 μM

0.07

0.06

0.04

0.01

Onconase (Onc®)

NCI/ADR-RES

(Drug resistant ovarian cancer cells)

Control

0.07

0.07

0.06

0.06

Onc, 2 μM

0.07

0.06

0.05

0.04

Onc, 5 μM

0.07

0.06

0.05

0.04

  1. *All values of total cell number are approximate value and extracted from each respective reference. ↓ Down arrows indicate the decreasing pattern of cell proliferation. ↓↑ balanced cell proliferation i.e no difference between treated and untreated groups