Fig. 3.
Effects of peptide inhibitors of caspases on Fas- or tumor-induced DNA degradation in Jurkat cells.
[3H]TdR-labeled Jurkat cells were pretreated with Z-VAD-FMK or Z-DEVD-FMK at the indicated concentrations for 16 hours and then coincubated with tumor at a 40:1 tumor-to-lymphocyte cell ratio for an additional 16 hours. Jurkat cell apoptosis was determined by measuring the loss of 3H-labeled DNA. The error bars represent the SEM of 8 replicates. Similar results were obtained in the absence of inhibitors or in the presence of the control inhibitor Z-FA-FMK.