Table 1.

Activation of caspase-3 after intracellular delivery of PKCδ catalytic fragment in PC12 cells

TreatmentCaspase-3 activity (fluorescence units/mg protein/hr)% Reagent control
Reagent control25,293  ± 5726100
Catalytic active PKCδ fragment86,296  ± 34,116341  ± 135*
Heat inactivated PKCδ catalytic fragment29,814  ± 6851118  ± 27
  • * Asterisk indicates significant difference (p < 0.05) compared with reagent control. The data are given as the mean ± SEM from two separate experiments performed in triplicate.