Journal: International Journal of Oncology
Article Title: Overcoming acquired doxorubicin resistance of ovarian carcinoma cells by verapamil-mediated promotion of DNA damage-driven cytotoxicity
doi: 10.3892/ijo.2026.5861
Figure Lengend Snippet: Influence of combined treatment of A2780ADR with Doxo and selected inhibitors on DNA damage formation, proliferation and cell death. (A) At 24 h after treatment of logarithmically growing cells with the indicated concentrations of Doxo and inhibitors (EHT, 5 μ M; EST, 1 μ M; Ver, 50 μ M), the number of nuclear γH2AX-foci, 53BP1-foci, γH2AX/53BP1 co-localized foci and γH2AX pan-stained cells was analyzed as described in methods. The upper part of the figure shows representative images (total magnification, ×1,000). Quantitative data depicted in the histogram are the mean ± SD from n=5 microscopical images analyzed per experimental condition. * P≤0.05, ** P≤0.01, *** P≤0.001 mono-treatment vs. co-treatment; # P≤0.05, ## P≤0.01, ### P≤0.001 untreated vs. treated group). (B) Logarithmically growing Doxo resistant A2780ADR cells were co-treated with the indicated concentrations of Doxo and selected pharmacological inhibitors (EHT, 5 μ M; EST, 1 μ M; Ver, 50 μ M). At 24 h later, cells were pulse-labeled with EdU to monitor proliferation as described in methods and the percentage of EdU positive cells was determined microscopically (total magnification, ×400). Quantitative data shown in the histogram are the mean ± SD from five replicates. ** P≤0.05; ## P≤0.01; ### P≤0.001 (vs. untreated control). (C) PI staining of mono- and co-treated A2780ADR cells 72 h after treatment with Doxo (0.1 μ M) and pharmacological inhibitors (EHT, 5 μ M; EST, 1 μ M; Ver, 50 μ M). Left panel: representative images; right panel: percentage of PI positive cells (mean ± SD from n=5 microscopical images analyzed per experimental condition) (40× microscope objective). * P≤0.05; ** P≤0.01. mono-treatment vs. co-treatment; # P≤0.05; ## P≤0.01, Con vs treated group. Doxo, doxorubicin; EST, entinostat; EHT, Rac1 inhibitor EHT1864; Ver, verapamil; SD, standard deviation; PI, propidium iodide.
Article Snippet: Chemicals were obtained from the following providers: Entinostat (MS-275) was obtained from Selleck Chemicals, Doxo from STADA Consumer Health & STADAPHARM GmbH, etoposide, Ehop16, prexasertib (AZD-7762) and dexrazoxane were from MilliporeSigma, cisplatin from Accord Healthcare GmbH, olaparib from APeXBIO Technology LLC, niraparib from MedChemExpress, EHT1864 was purchased from Tocris Bioscience, rabusertib (LY2603618) and ricolinostat (ACY-1215) from MedChemExpress and verapamil (Ver) from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
Techniques: Staining, Labeling, Control, Microscopy, Standard Deviation