Research Article

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

Table 4

Percentage of healthy, apoptotic, and necrotic cells of 3T3-L1 treated with TQ as determined by flow cytometry.

24 h48 h72 h

ControlHealthy cells86.7 ± 1.884.7 ± 4.284.4 ± 2.4
Early apoptosis3.3 ± 0.11.1 ± 0.14.2 ± 0.4
Late apoptosis6.2 ± 0.810.3 ± 0.59.2 ± 1.7
Necrosis3.8 ± 0.93.9 ± 0.14.2 ± 0.3

3 μMHealthy cells89.3 ± 0.380.6 ± 3.786.4 ± 2.1
Early apoptosis2.9 ± 0.31.2 ± 0.53.5 ± 0.6
Late apoptosis6.6 ± 0.415.3 ± 3.68.0 ± 1.3
Necrosis1.2 ± 0.42.9 ± 0.52.1 ± 0.3

6 μMHealthy cells87.6 ± 2.182.5 ± 3.082.1 ± 3.1
Early apoptosis2.8 ± 1.11.2 ± 0.53.8 ± 0.5
Late apoptosis6.3 ± 1.213.1 ± 2.810.5 ± 1.2
Necrosis3.3 ± 0.63.2 ± 0.83.6 ± 0.3

12 μMHealthy cells88.7 ± 1.384.1 ± 2.882.9 ± 2.9
Early apoptosis2.3 ± 0.81.9 ± 0.33.9 ± 0.7
Late apoptosis5.5 ± 0.611.5 ± 2.79.9 ± 1.9
Necrosis3.5 ± 0.62.5 ± 0.43.3 ± 0.6