Figure 5.
Apoptosis is increased in CD44v7−/− and CD44v6/v7−/− mice. (A) TUNEL assay of colonic sections from TNBS-treated mice. CD44 wild-type (wt), CD44v6/v7−/−, and CD44v7−/− mice were treated with TNBS or not treated (co), and frozen with sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin (HE). Apoptotic nuclei were detected with biotinylated nucleotides (DeadEnd; Promega) followed either by diaminobenzidine (DAB) detection or by fluorescein-dUTP (Roche Molecular Biochemicals) (FITC). (B) LPMCs from TNBS-treated wild-type (WT), CD44v7−/−, and CD44v6/v7−/− mice were incubated with annexin V–FITC (CLONTECH Laboratories, Inc.) and propidium iodide (PI). The percentage of live cells is indicated for one of four experiments.