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Table 4 FCCP and oligomycin pretreatment sensitize OVCAR3 cultures to cisplatin treatment

From: Mitochondrial membrane depolarization enhances TRAIL-induced cell death in adult human granulosa tumor cells, KGN, through inhibition of BIRC5

A

TRAIL

 

Untreated

50 ng/mL

100 ng/mL

ANOVA

FCCP (μM)

Vehicle

1.00 ± 0.12a

0.12 ± 0.01a,b,c*

0.07 ± 0.02a*

0.0001

1.0

0.98 ± 0.09a

0.21 ± 0.06a,b*

0.06 ± 0.01a*

0.0001

2.5

0.77 ± 0.08a

0.06 ± 0.05a,b,c*

0.00 ± 0.02a,b*

0.0001

5.0

0.70 ± 0.03a

0.01 ± 0.02a,c*

−0.02 ± 0.01b*

5.89E-07

ANOVA

 

0.0929

0.0436

0.0087

 

B

Cisplatin

 

Untreated

1 μM

10 μM

ANOVA

FCCP (μM)

Vehicle

1.00 ± 0.07a

1.16 ± 0.03a

0.79 ± 0.03a*

0.0052

1.0

0.84 ± 0.02a,b

0.89 ± 0.02b*

0.60 ± 0.01b*

8.79E-05

2.5

0.70 ± 0.01b,c

0.79 ± 0.02b,c*

0.52 ± 0.01b,c*

7.98E-05

5.0

0.54 ± 0.03c

0.57 ± 0.02d

0.40 ± 0.00d*

0.0015

ANOVA

 

0.0002

1.22E-06

2.47E-06

 

C

TRAIL

 

Untreated

50 ng/mL

100 ng/mL

ANOVA

Oligomycin (μM)

Vehicle

1.00 ± 0.01a

0.09 ± 0.02a*

0.14 ± 0.01a*

2.90E-08

1.0

0.94 ± 0.03a

0.01 ± 0.00a*

0.07 ± 0.00b*

6.04E-05

2.5

0.89 ± 0.05a

0.01 ± 0.02a*

0.08 ± 0.01b*

3.19E-06

5.0

0.78 ± 0.08a

0.06 ± 0.02a*

0.09 ± 0.01a*

5.10E-05

ANOVA

 

0.0988

0.0629

0.0091

 

D

Cisplatin

 

Untreated

1 μM

10 μM

ANOVA

Oligomycin (μM)

Vehicle

1.00 ± 0.02a

1.10 ± 0.05a

0.91 ± 0.03a*

0.0385

1.0

0.91 ± 0.04a

1.09 ± 0.03a*

0.80 ± 0.03a

0.0031

2.5

0.92 ± 0.02a

1.08 ± 0..02a

0.83 ± 0.05a

0.1875

5.0

0.90 ± 0.05a

0.99 ± 0.03a

0.87 ± 0.02a

0.0864

ANOVA

 

0.2729

0.1875

0.2136

 
  1. Resistance of OVCAR3 cultures to cell death inducing agents TRAIL or cisplatin was analyzed through inhibition of OXPHOS using oligomycin A and a mitochondrial membrane potential uncoupler, FCCP, using MTS viability assays. Results are presented as fold change to vehicle treated control cultures with differing letters indicating significant (p < 0.05) changes in viability with treatment of inhibitor, and asterisks indicating significant (* p < 0.05) changes in viability with treatment of cytotoxic agent. (A,C) OVCAR3 cultures are sensitive to cell-death via TRAIL. (B,D) OVCAR3 cultures were significantly sensitive to treatment with cisplatin, however pretreatment with both FCCP and oligomycin further decreased culture viability