Mechanism of induction of binucleated cells by multiwalled carbon nanotubes as revealed by live-cell imaging analysis

Table 1 Observation of cell division involving MWCNTs using live-cell imaging^a

MWCNTs (μg/mL)	Experiment	Total of recorded cells	No. of divided cells	No. of dead cells during mitosis	No. of binucleated cells during mitosis
0	1	76	37	1	0
	2	74	27	2	0
	3	82	29	1	0
	Total	232	93 (40 %)	4 (1.7 %)	0
12.7	1	33	16	0	0
	2	32	13	1	0
	3	47	11	3	0
	Total	112	40 (38 %)	4 (3.2 %)	0
25.3	1	38	5	2	1
	2	51	19	2	2
	3	81	25	7	2
	Total	170	49 (27 %)	11 (5.9 %)	5 (3.0 %)
50.6	1	86	12	10	1
	2	101	11	5	0
	3	95	11	6	0
	Total	282	34 (12 %)	21 (7.6 %)	1 (0.4 %)

^aStatistical analysis for the incidences of divided, dead, and binucleated cells was not done, as described in Materials and Methods

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