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. 2017 Dec 13;7:17524. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16085-y

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Proposed metabolism basis underlying the chemo-drug resistance. The correlated events of glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, and glucose-alanine cycle provide protein synthesis materials and energy for cellular platinum efflux and DNA repair; both actions contribute to platinum drug resistance. One mole of glucose breaks down into two mole of pyruvate, during which the net energy obtaining is two mole of ATP. These ATP can be utilized in the activity of DNA repair from the damage of platinum-DNA adducts, as well as the platinum efflux from the cell.