Figure 4

Functional study of HNP 1-3. Normal microscopy (A&B) and flourescence microscopy (C&D) of MDCK cells. MDCK cells were exposed to calcein with (A&C) and without HNP 1-3 (B&D). By fluorescence microscopy (C&D) the cells were observed to uptake calcein only when treated with fractions containing HNP 1-3/calcein (C). Fractions containing unidentified peptides purified from colon tumors were used as negative controls together with calcein and did not stimulate the cells to uptake calcein (D). Cell islands treated with HNP 1-3 appeared diffuse and showed enlarged nuclei, indicating apoptosis (A).