Journal: Drug Delivery
Article Title: Liposome-mediated delivery of a ruthenium-based metallodrug to overcome cisplatin resistance in osteosarcoma
doi: 10.1080/10717544.2026.2671485
Figure Lengend Snippet: Antitumor effect of organometallic compounds in osteosarcoma cell lines. Cell viability (WST-1 assay) in 2D cultures measured after the treatment of 143B Par (A), OS833 Par (B), 143B CisPt-R (C), and OS833 CisPt-R (D) with increasing concentrations of free or encapsulated drugs for 72 h. The effect of equivalent amounts of empty nanoparticles in each cell line is shown. IC 50 values for each treatment are indicated. Error bars represent the standard deviation of three independent experiments. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences between cisplatin and Ru3 (black) or LIP-Ru3 (salmon) (**** p < 0.0001; two-way ANOVA Tukey's test). (E and F) Analysis of DNA damage (formation of −H2AX foci) in 143B CisPt-R cells treated with the IC 75 of CisPt (8.4 µM), Ru3 (0.9 µM), LIP-Ru3 (0.8 µM), or the equivalent amount of empty nanoparticles (LIP-Empty) for 24 hours. Representative images of immunofluorescence staining (scale bar = 25 µm) (E) and quantification of the formation of gH2AX foci in >100 cells (F) are shown. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; One-way ANOVA Tukey's test). (G) Cell cycle distribution of 143B CisPt-R cells treated with the IC 50 of CisPt (5 µM), Ru3 (0.5 µM), LIP-Ru3 (0.5 µM), or the equivalent amount of empty nanoparticles (LIP-Empty) for 48 hours. The normalized percentage of cells in each cell cycle phase (mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments) is shown. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences in G 0 /G 1 phase (blue) between LIP-empty control and Ru3-formulations and in the G 2 /M phase (pink) between LIP-empty and CisPt (**** p < 0.0001; two-way ANOVA Tukey's test).
Article Snippet: Human osteosarcoma cell line 143B (CRL-8303) was obtained from the ATCC repository (Manassas, VA, USA).
Techniques: WST-1 Assay, Standard Deviation, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Control