Figure 7
From: Inhibition of protein geranylgeranylation induces apoptosis in synovial fibroblasts
TUNEL assay confirms the presence of DNA fragments in synovial fibroblasts treated with lovastatin. DNA fragments in synovial fibroblasts treated or not with 10 μM lovastatin for 72 hours were detected by a TdT-FragEL DNA fragmentation kit. After TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL) staining, cells were counterstained with hematoxylin. TUNEL-positive cells have dark nuclear staining, whereas the nuclei of TUNEL negative cells stain blue. Asterisk, 5 μM geranylgeranylpyrophosphate (GGPP) or 5 μM farnesylpyrophosphate (FPP) were included with the lovastatin.