Figure 8

Cell death in cultured luteal cells from early and late stage bovine CL following exposure to acrylamide and cytokines. The relative percentage of cells undergoing death after 48 h exposure to cytokines (Cyto) is depicted for early and late stage CL (Figure 8A and B, respectively). The cultures were also exposed to a 4 h pretreatment with 5mM acrylamide (Acryl) to disrupt K8/K18 filaments before cytokine treatment. Values shown are mean ± SEM; different letters indicate significant differences (P<0.05; n=3 expts.).