“…Cell culture. RPTECs (renal proximal tubular epithelial cells) immortalized with a pLXSN-hTERT1 retroviral vector (CRL-4031, ATCC) are a relevant in vitro model to evaluate cisplatin’s deleterious effects [ 34 , 35 , 36 ]. Cells were cultured in DMEM-F12 medium (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) supplemented with 1% penicillin–streptomycin, 5 pmol/L triiodo-l-thyronine, 10 ng/mL recombinant human EGF, 3.5 μg/mL ascorbic acid, 5.0 μg/mL human transferrin, 5.0 μg/mL insulin, 25 ng/mL prostaglandin E1, 25 ng/mL hydrocortisone, 8.65 ng/mL sodium selenite, 0.1 mg/mL G418, and 1.2 g/L sodium bicarbonate (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA).…”