Research Article

Murine Pancreatic Beta TC3 Cells Show Greater -Oligoadenylate Synthetase ( AS) Antiviral Enzyme Activity and Apoptosis Following IFN- or Poly(I:C) Treatment than Pancreatic Alpha TC3 Cells

Table 1

Summary of mean percentage increases of protein levels and enzyme activities of 2 5 AS and PKR in beta TC3 and alpha TC3 cells after 24 hours 500 U/ml of IFN-α stimulation.

AS (% increase ± SD)*PKR (% increase ± SD)*
Beta TC3 cells Alpha TC3 cells Beta TC3 cells Alpha TC3 cells

Protein680 ± 70214 ± 19166 ± 10171 ± 12
Activity769 ± 78189 ± 15151 ± 13121 ± 19

% indicates no change.