Figure 3.
stTRAIL-mediated potent induction of apoptosis. (a) U87MG or (b) U251N cells were treated with 1 μM of camptothecin (CPT), Rb7Δ19, H5CmTERT-Rd19-Ad, or H5CmTERT-Ad/TRAIL. At 48 h post-treatment, a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL) assay was conducted. The cells were counted (TUNEL-positive vs total cell count) in five independent fields within microscopic images. The data are representative of three independent experiments conducted in triplicate; *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001. CPT served as a positive control of induction of apoptosis. A representative field from three independent experiments is shown. Original magnification: ×100 and ×400.