Manganese exposure results in decreased protein synthesis in Vero cells.

Percent protein synthesis of Vero cells incubated in the presence of various concentrations of MnCl₂ for 4 hours followed by an additional 4 hour incubation at half of the MnCl₂ concentration. One hundred percent protein synthesis was determined from Vero cells incubated in the absence of any exogenous MnCl₂. All points were assayed in triplicate and error bars indicate standard deviation. Two-tailed Student’s t test was used to assess statistical significance when compared to the no manganese control (* P<0.05, ** P<0.005, *** P<0.0005).