Imm-H induces apoptosis in human T cell lines but not in the
BL2 B cell leukemia line. In A, flow cytometry analysis
of the malignant CCRF-CEM T cell leukemia line gated for
annexin+/pI− incubated for 36 h with 10
μM Imm-H and 20 μM dGuo. The percent of cells within each quadrant
is indicated. The lower right quadrant corresponds to cells undergoing
apoptosis. In B, the gated percent of
apoptotic cells from flow cytometry for CCRF-CEM and BL2 cells
incubated for 36 h with 10 μM Imm-H, 20 μM dGuo, and 20 μM
dCyd, as indicated (Imm-H, dGuo, dCyd). Only CCRF-CEM T cell line
undergoes apoptosis in the presence of dGuo and Imm-H (Imm-H,
dGuo). Culture conditions that rescue CCRF-CEM from growth inhibition
by dGuo and Imm-H do not induce apoptosis (Imm-H and Imm-H,
dCyd). Similar results were obtained with the MOLT-4 leukemia cell line
(data not shown). BL2 are resistant to apoptosis after exposure
to Imm-H.