HCT116 and HT29 were cultured in RPMI-1640 medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum (Thermo Fisher, Waltham, MA, USA). To induce oxaliplatin resistance, HCT116 and HT29 were treated with 0.1 μM oxaliplatin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) for 9 days, and then incubated with 0.5 μM oxaliplatin for 15 days. Followed by cultured in medium containing 1 μM oxaliplatin for 30 days, the cells were exposed to 2 μM oxaliplatin to establish oxaliplatin-resistant CRC cells (HCT116/R and HT29/R) according to previous study [15 (link)]. To induce inactivation of MAPK signaling, cells were treated with 20 nM SB 203580 (Thermo Fisher) for 24 hours.