Figure 4.
No apoptosis was observed in cisplatin treated heart or kidney. Heart and kidney from Drosophila treated with and without 50μg/ml cisplatin was observed for apoptosis. (A) Heart (www.flybase.org/reports/FBim0000047 permissions requested) was stained for active caspase 3 (green), pericardin (red) and nuclei visualized using bisbenzimide (blue). No caspase activity or nuclear fragmentation was observed in (B) control or (C) cisplatin treated heart. (D) Kidney (www.flybase.org/reports/FBim0000045 permissions requested) stained for active caspase 3 (green) and nuclei (blue) showed no positive caspase 3 staining or nuclear fragmentation in (E) controls or (F) cisplatin treated kidney.