TABLE 1

Effect of chemotherapeutic agents on MEF cell viability (IC50)

MEF (Hmgb1+/+ vs. Hmgb1−/−) were incubated with different drug concentrations for 5 days, and viability was measured by MTT assay. Each value is the mean of three replicates ± S.D. (P < 0.05).


Drug

IC50a
Hmgb1+/+ MEF
Hmgb1−/− MEF
μM
Mercaptopurine 0.8 ± 0.12 8.9 ± 0.65
Thioguanine 0.5 ± 0.11 2.2 ± 0.29
Cytarabine 0.4 ± 0.02 1.7 ± 0.08
Fluorouracil 1.3 ± 0.35 6.2 ± 0.17
Fludarabine 2.9 ± 0.13 4.3 ± 0.21
Cladribine 1.9 ± 0.29 2.91 ± 0.16
Gemcitabine 0.02 ± 0.001 0.02 ± 0.005
Clofarabine
0.6 ± 0.15
0.7 ± 0.07