Caki cells were treated with honokiol alone, TRAIL alone or honokiol plus TRAIL. To measure DNA fragmentation, we used cell death detection ELISA plus kit (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN, USA) according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. The reaction products were analyzed by spectrophotometry (BMG Labtech, Ortenberg, Germany) at 405 and 490 nm (reference wavelength). For DEVDase activity assay, cells were harvested and incubated with reaction buffer containing acetyl-Asp-Glu-Val-Asp p-nitroanilide (Ac-DEVD-pNA) substrate, as previously described [37 (link)].
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