title: Ultrastructure alterations in adriamycin-resistant and cisplatin-resistant human ovarian cancer cell lines exposed to nonlethal ultrasound.
abstract: Human ovarian cancer cell lines, SKOV3 and its adriamycin-resistant substrain SKOV3/ADR and COC1 and its cisplatin-resistant substrain COC1/DDP, were exposed to nonlethal ultrasound. Ultrastructures in sham-insonated and insonated cells were inspected by transmission electron microscopy, and cytochrome C in cytosol was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Ultrasound exposure led to no significant changes in SKOV3/ADR cells, but tumid mitochondria occurred in SKOV3 cells. Mitochondria changes were also detected in some exposed COC1 and COC1/DDP cells. Apoptotic bodies could be detected in either control or insonated COC1/DDP cells. A few exposed COC1/DDP cells became reticular. Cytochrome C in cytosol in exposed SKOV3/ADR cells was increased but that in exposed COC1/DDP cells was decreased. These findings revealed that the bioeffect of ultrasound on chemosensitive cells was not identical to that of chemoresistant ones, and ultrasound was a potential approach for treatment of drug-resistant ovarian cancers.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. yutinghe@hotmail.com
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000032:analysis; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy; D014465:Ultrasonics
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004317:Doxorubicin; D045304:Cytochromes c; D002945:Cisplatin