Research Article

Effect of Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate on Helicobacter pylori-Induced Apoptosis in AGS Cells

Table 1

Summary of apoptosis-related proteins expression ratio after DEHP alone or DEHP combined with H. pylori (MOI = 100 : 1) treatmenta.

Ratio Medium
(1% DMSO)
Medium
(1% DMSO) + Hp/AGS cells (MOI 100 : 1)
Medium
(w/o DMSO) + Hp/AGS cells (MOI 100 : 1)
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSD

Active caspase-3/actin4Vehicle1.00 0.00 4.95 4.49
0.1 uM DEHP1.14 0.50 5.17 4.36
80 uM DEHP2.23 1.17 10.57 8.81
Only H. pylori 3.75 4.05

Active caspase-8/actin3Vehicle1.00 0.00 0.98 0.37
0.1 uM DEHP1.31 0.78 0.77 0.42
80 uM DEHP1.47 0.81 0.99 0.50
Only H. pylori 0.61 0.24

Bax/Bcl-25Vehicle1.00 0.00 1.33 0.29
0.1 uM DEHP1.30 0.44 1.54 0.49
80 uM DEHP1.56 0.54 1.89 0.53
Only H. pylori   1.47 0.32

The protein expression ratio was normalized to vehicle group.