Cellular Pre-Adaptation to the High O Concentration Used in Standard Cell Culture Confers Resistance to Subsequent HO-Induced Cell Death.

The addition of hydrogen peroxide (HO) to cultured cells is widely used as a method to modulate redox-regulated cellular pathways, including the induction of programmed cell death in cell culture experiments and the testing of pro- and antioxidant compounds. Here, we assessed the effect on the cellular response to HO of pre-adapting squamous cell carcinoma cells (A431) to the standard cell culture oxygenation of 18.6% O, compared to cells pre-adapted to a physiological skin O concentration (3.