Abstract
DNA fragmentation and internucleosomal cleavage were rapidly initiated after lysosomal photodamage to murine leukemia cells, with apoptotic chromatin and DNA `ladders' detected within 30 min after irradiation. Apoptosis was inhibited by concurrent exposure of cells to a 10 nM concentration of the serine-threonine phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A and promoted by a serine/threonine kinase inhibitor. These results indicate that a late stage in apoptosis requires serine/threonine dephosphorylation.
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