Research Article

Neuropeptides SP and CGRP Diminish the Moraxella catarrhalis Outer Membrane Vesicle- (OMV-) Triggered Inflammatory Response of Human A549 Epithelial Cells and Neutrophils

Table 1

Percentage of live, apoptotic, and dead A549 cells expressed as and analyzed by Annexin V and Dead Cell assay kit using Muse Cell Analyzer.

LiveTotal apoptoticDead

8 h of incubation
 Untreated control88.42 ± 1.4510.72 ± 0.990.87 ± 0.29
 Positive control H2O2 (5 mM)67.07 ± 2.6027.98 ± 4.844.93 ± 2.30
 OMVs (20 μg/ml)82.21 ± 0.3517.70 ± 0.280.28 ± 0.18
 OMVs (20 μg/ml) + SP (10−8 M)81.64 ± 5.5617.83 ± 5.060.5 ± 0.49
 OMVs (20 μg/ml) + CGRP (10−8 M)84.78 ± 0.8114.90 ± 0.780.23 ± 0.18
 OMVs (100 μg/ml)78.28 ± 1.3120.23 ± 3.010.38 ± 0.39
 OMVs (100 μg/ml) + SP (10−8 M)82.18 ± 1.4517.40 ± 1.480.43 ± 0.04
 OMVs (100 μg/ml) + CGRP (10−8 M)86.00 ± 2.3313.40 ± 2.190.6 ± 0.14
 SP (10−8 M)NDNDND
 CGRP (10−8 M)NDNDND
24 h of incubation
 Untreated control86.25 ± 2.1412.88 ± 1.80.87 ± 0.55
 Positive control H2O2 (5 mM)38.51 ± 0.3559.99 ± 0.981.49 ± 1.34
 OMVs (20 μg/ml)83.98 ± 2.8615.00 ± 3.041.03 ± 0.18
 OMVs (20 μg/ml) + SP (10−8 M)90.08 ± 0.609.10 ± 0.210.83 ± 0.39
 OMVs (20 μg/ml) + CGRP (10−8 M)83.33 ± 2.7215.83 ± 2.720.85 ± 0.01
 OMVs (100 μg/ml)68.25 ± 2.1830.98 ± 2.200.70 ± 0.13
 OMVs (100 μg/ml) + SP (10−8 M)80.05 ± 0.0717.80 ± 1.982.15 ± 2.05
 OMVs (100 μg/ml) + CGRP (10−8 M)83.68 ± 3.0814.85 ± 1.341.48 ± 1.73
 SP (10−8 M)82.23 ± 0.4615.30 ± 1.702.48 ± 2.16
 CGRP (10−8 M)89.33 ± 1.529.43 ± 2.051.23 ± 0.53

Total apoptotic refers to early apoptotic and late apoptotic cells. ND: not determined.