Doxorubicin anti-tumor mechanisms include Hsp60 post-translational modifications leading to the Hsp60/p53 complex dissociation and instauration of replicative senescence
Low doxorubicin doses induce replicative senescence in human lung mucoepidermoid carcinoma cells. Cells treated with doxorubicin show a reduction of Hsp60 levels and an increase in its acetylation. Hsp60 acetylation may induce the destabilization of the pro-tumor Hsp60/p53 complex in these cells. p53 may exert its tumor suppressive function by activating p53-dependent cell senescence pathway via the induction of p21.