Abstract
Background/Aim: We investigated the effects of chloroquine, an autophagy inhibitor, on doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in A549 cells. Materials and Methods: A549 cells were treated with doxorubicin, chloroquine, or both. Then, cytotoxicity was measured. The expression levels of caspases and mitogen-activated protein kinases were also quantified. In addition, the levels of doxorubicin-derived reactive oxygen species were measured. Results: Chloroquine enhanced doxorubicin-induced apoptosis and oxidative stress and suppressed the doxorubicin-induced extracellular-signal-regulated kinase activation. Conclusion: Chloroquine enhances doxorubicin-induced and oxidative stress-mediated apoptosis. This mechanism may involve the dephosphorylation of extracellular-signal-regulated kinases.
- Chloroquine
- doxorubicin
- A549 cells
- autophagy
- apoptosis
- oxidative stress
- caspase
- extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
- Received May 20, 2022.
- Revision received June 3, 2022.
- Accepted June 6, 2022.
- Copyright © 2022 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.
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