Research Article

The Synergistic Reducing Drug Resistance Effect of Cisplatin and Ursolic Acid on Osteosarcoma through a Multistep Mechanism Involving Ferritinophagy

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The combination of UA and Cis synergistically triggered an evident increase in cellular ROS production and lipid peroxide generation and morphological changes in mitochondria. The subcellular structural changes in HOS cells treated with the combination of UA and Cis or either drug alone for 24 h were analysed by TEM. The red arrows indicated mitochondria (a) (, scale bar: 2 μm, scale bar: 1 μm). Cellular ROS levels were measured by flow cytometry (b, e) (). Representative immunofluorescence images of BODIPY were obtained after UA and/or Cis treatment (c, d) (, scale bar: 100 μm). MDA and 4-HNE levels in HOS cells treated with UA and/or Cis for 24 h (f, g) (). The data are presented as the . vs. the control group.
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