SKOV3 and A2780CIS cells were plated in T25 flasks 24 h before drug exposure. Afterward, samples were treated with 37°C warm media mixed with 100 nM onalespib, 500 nM cisplatin, or a combination of onalespib and cisplatin for 96 h before flow cytometry. Harvested cells were washed in cold PBS and stained with propidium iodide (PI) and
Alexa Fluor 488 annexin V (Alexa Fluor
®488 Annexin V/Dead Cell Apoptosis Kit with
Alexa Fluor 488 annexin V and PI for flow cytometry, ThermoFisher Scientific, Sweden) according to manufactures instructions. CellEvent
TM Caspase-3/7 Green Flow Cytometry Assay Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Sweden) was used to analyze caspase 3/7 activity. Caspase activity inhibition on SKOV3 and A2780CIS apoptosis were evaluated by pan-caspase inhibitor
z-VAD-FMK (Selleckchem, Germany). Cells were pretreated with or without 20 μM
z-VAD-FMK for 1 h followed by incubation with 500 nM cisplatin and 100 nM onalespib. Apoptotic cells were visualized using a
CytoFLEX (Beckman Coulter, Krefeld, Germany). Obtained data were analyzed by FlowJo
TM Software for Windows (Version 10.6.1. Becton, Dickinson and Company, Ashland, OR, United States). One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison’s test determined significance, where
p < 0.05 was considered significant. The number of replicates within each experimental group was two. Each experiment was repeated three times.
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