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. 2011 Dec 28;6(12):e29733. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029733

Figure 1. Evaluation of INSL3 toxicity and its effects on ALP production in human osteoblasts.

Figure 1

A. TUNEL analysis on human osteoblasts stimulated overnight with INSL3 at 1 nM, 10 nM and 100 nM. Positive control is obtained treating cells with DNase. Green fluorescence indicates DNA fragmentation. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (Blue). B. Quantitative RT-PCR for ALP in human osteoblasts stimulated with INSL3 at different concentrations. Quantification was normalized to the expression of the housekeeping gene β2-microglobulin on control (no stimulation). Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) of the mean of three different experiments performed in triplicate. C. Immunoenzymatic assay of ALP production in human osteoblasts after a 24 hour stimulation with INSL3 at different concentration. Control is obtained without stimulation. Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) of the mean of three different experiments performed in triplicate. * P<0.05 vs control.