Parameters | Unexposed with apical mucus | Unexposed w/o apical mucus | NC with apical mucus | NC w/o apical mucus | AGuIX 1 mM | AGuIX 10 mM | ||||
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Apical exp. with mucus | Apical exp. w/o mucus | Basal exp. | Apical exp. with mucus | Apical exp. w/o mucus | Basal exp. | |||||
Morphological profile modifications | – | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
TEER (11 Ω·cm2) | 463 ± 135 | 401 ± 70 | 465 ± 92 | 263 ± 61 | 297 ± 48.4 | 254 + 35 | 412 + 46 | 266 ± 40#* | 261 + 22 | 422 + 81 |
LDH release (vs. unexposed cells) | < 5% | < 5% | < 5% | < 5% | < 5% | < 5% | < 5% | < 5% | ||
1L8 production (pg/mL) | 2630 ± 598 | 3550 ± 910 | 4046 ± 479 | 3690 ± 865 | 3273 ± 587 | 3720 ± 604 | 2810 ± 1038 | 2912 ± 615 | 3354 ± 1376 | 2726 ± 1038 |
Mucociliary clearance (μm/s) | ND | ND | 33.0 ± 1.5 | 34.4 ± 2.5 | ND | ND | ND | 35.8 ± 1.9 | 35.6 ± 0.6 | 38.7 ± 1.4 |
Cilia beating frequency (Hz) | ND | ND | 7.45 ± 0.57 | 6.28 ± 0.94 | ND | ND | ND | 7.77 ± 0.57 | 7.15 ± 0.6 | 6.65 ± 0.32 |
Permeability Papp (× 10−7 cm/s) | 4.12 ± 0.7 | 3.61 ± 0.7 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 5.91 ± 1.08 | 5.92 + 0.31 | ND |