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. 2015 Apr 23;6(4):e1729. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2015.104

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Formation of a z-VAD-resistant pro-casapse-8 complex after 5-FU treatment. HCT116 or C3KO cells were treated with DMSO or 5-FU (50 μg/ml). (a) Levels of caspase-8 and RIP1 at 24 h. (b) Analysis of caspase-8 (IP-Cas-8) or caspase-3 interacting proteins (IP-Cas-3) at 24 h. Input, whole cell lysate. (c) Analysis of caspase-8 (IP-Cas-8), caspase-3 (IP-Cas-3), or RIP1 (IP-RIP1) interacting proteins. Cells treated as (b) in the presence of z-VAD (20 μM). (d) Reconstitution of catalytically dead (C163A) or full-length caspase-3 (FLC3) in C3KO cells confirmed by western blotting. (e) Levels of HMGB1 in the medium of reconstituted C3KO cells at 48 h. (f) Fractions of PI+/Annexin V- in the reconstituted C3KO cells at 48 h. Data are the mean + S.E.M. of triplicate wells. **P<0.01