Figure 3.
Apoptosome activity potential of cells. Cells were exposed to microwave irradiation or thermal treatment, incubated for 3 h, and then analyzed for (A) apoptosome activity potential, based on western blotting (see Fig. S2 for COX IV results); (B) DNA fragmentation, by TUNEL staining; and (C) caspase 3/7 activity, measured using ELISA. The uncropped western blot images are shown in Fig. S3. Data are expressed as the means ± SD of 4 independent experiments. *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 versus the negative control.