Figure 1.
Kinetics of the NO effect (SNP) on chondrocyte apoptosis. Cells (5x105 normal human chondrocytes), treated with SNP at different concentrations for 12, 24, and 48 hours were fixed in 70% ethanol at 4°C, then washed and incubated with RNase and PI for 15 minutes at room temperature in the dark. Data are expressed as a percentage of apoptotic (hypodiploid) nuclei. The graph shows that SNP dose dependently induces chondrocyte apoptosis.