Research Article

Migration and Proliferation Effects of Thymoquinone-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carrier (TQ-NLC) and Thymoquinone (TQ) on In Vitro Wound Healing Models

Table 2

Percentage of healthy, apoptotic, and necrotic cells of 3T3 treated with TQ-NLC as determined by flow cytometry.

24 h48 h72 h

ControlHealthy cells91.7 ± 0.189.4 ± 0.086.7 ± 1.2
Early apoptosis0.9 ± 0.11.2 ± 0.12.3 ± 0.6
Late apoptosis6.6 ± 0.18.7 ± 0.19.9 ± 0.6
Necrosis0.8 ± 0.10.7 ± 0.01.1 ± 0.1

NLCHealthy cells90.1 ± 0.289.9 ± 0.187.4 ± 0.0
Early apoptosis2.0 ± 0.12.2 ± 0.22.7 ± 0.3
Late apoptosis4.6 ± 0.14.5 ± 0.25.8 ± 0.3
Necrosis3.3 ± 0.13.4 ± 0.44.1 ± 0.1

3 μMHealthy cells92.1 ± 0.889.3 ± 1.595.1 ± 0.8
Early apoptosis1.5 ± 0.30.9 ± 0.21.3 ± 0.2
Late apoptosis5.0 ± 0.68.3 ± 1.22.7 ± 0.4
Necrosis1.5 ± 0.41.5 ± 0.50.9 ± 0.2

6 μMHealthy cells89.9 ± 0.292.8 ± 0.193.6 ± 0.9
Early apoptosis0.9 ± 0.10.6 ± 0.11.8 ± 0.1
Late apoptosis7.7 ± 0.34.9 ± 0.23.9 ± 0.1
Necrosis1.5 ± 0.01.8 ± 0.40.7 ± 0.7

12 μMHealthy cells93.6 ± 2.094.7 ± 0.293.2 ± 0.7
Early apoptosis0.2 ± 1.10.5 ± 0.11.1 ± 0.1
Late apoptosis0.8 ± 2.43.8 ± 0.04.4 ± 0.6
Necrosis5.4 ± 1.51.0 ± 0.01.3 ± 0.0

Each data point represents the mean of three independent experiments. Each value was represented as mean ± SEM.