Research Article

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

Table 5

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

24 h48 h72 h

ControlHealthy cells85.9 ± 1.688.5 ± 0.788.5 ± 0.7
Early apoptosis2.2 ± 0.31.0 ± 0.13.8 ± 0.3
Late apoptosis9.7 ± 1.47.1 ± 0.64.3 ± 0.4
Necrosis2.2 ± 0.53.4 ± 0.23.4 ± 0.9

NLCHealthy cells87.0 ± 0.487.1 ± 0.886.3 ± 0.4
Early apoptosis2.8 ± 0.82.7 ± 0.12.9 ± 0.2
Late apoptosis8.3 ± 0.48.5 ± 0.18.9 ± 0.2
Necrosis1.9 ± 0.11.7 ± 0.31.9 ± 0.2

3 μMHealthy cells88.5 ± 1.286.4 ± 1.391.2 ± 2.0
Early apoptosis2.1 ± 0.71.5 ± 0.23.5 ± 0.2
Late apoptosis7.5 ± 0.78.6 ± 1.42.2 ± 1.7
Necrosis1.9 ± 0.43.5 ± 0.83.1 ± 0.0

6 μMHealthy cells90.3 ± 0.492.4 ± 0.589.4 ± 0.9
Early apoptosis2.4 ± 0.20.9 ± 0.24.4 ± 1.3
Late apoptosis6.2 ± 0.53.7 ± 0.52.6 ± 0.4
Necrosis1.1 ± 0.03.0 ± 0.23.6 ± 0.4

12 μMHealthy cells91.2 ± 0.292.6 ± 0.391.3 ± 2.1
Early apoptosis2.3 ± 0.40.7 ± 0.24.2 ± 1.4
Late apoptosis5.3 ± 1.12.5 ± 0.71.9 ± 1.4
Necrosis1.2 ± 0.74.2 ± 0.62.6 ± 0.5