10% Polyacylamide gel recipe (Lower gel buffer 20 ml,ddH2O 33.4 mL, 30% Acrylamide/Bis-acrylamide (29:1) 26.6 mL. 10% APS (fresh) 200 µL TEMED 70 µL) | Home-made | NA | Resolving gel for SDS-PAGE |
10% Polyacylamide gel recipe (Upper gel buffer 10 mL, ddH2O 23.6 mL, 30% Acrylamide/Bis-acrylamide (29:1) 6.4 mL 10% APS (fresh) 160 µL TEMED 40 µL) | Home-made | NA | Stacking geL for SDS-PAGE |
| 100 mL Trypsin EDTA 1X, 0.25% Trypsin/2.21 mM EDTA in Sodium Bicarbonate | Corning | 25-053-C1 | Used to detach adherent cells during routine passaging and prior to cell seeding. |
| 10x Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) | Bio-Rad | 1610780 | Diluted to 1× and used for washing steps, blocking solution, antibody dilutions, fixation, and permeabilization. |
| 10X Running buffer (6 L) Tris 181.8 g +Glycene 864.0 g+SDS 60 g | Home-made | NA | Run to proteins sample in the gel |
| 10X Transfer (6 L) Tris 181.8 g+ Glycene 864 g | Home-made | NA | Transfter the protein from gel to membrane |
| 10x Tris Buffered saline | Bio-Rad | 1706435 | buffer |
| 30% (w/v)Acrylamide ;0.8(w/v)/Bis-acrylamide stock solution (37.5:1) | Ultrapure EC-890 | EC-890 | For SDS-PAGE |
| ABTR2 cells | Mayo clinic | NA | acquired PARPi-resistant ovarian cancer cell lines |
| AKT Lysis Buffer Recipe (50 mM HEPES (pH 7.6), 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 10 mM NaF, 30 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 1 mM Na3VO4, 10 mM 2-glycerophosphate, 10 μg/mL leupeptin, 5 μg/mL aprotinin, 5 μg/mL pepstatin, and 20 mM microcystin-LR. | Home-made | NA | Cell lysis buffer |
| Ammonium Persulfate | Bio-Rad | 16107000 | Molecular biology as a polymerization for gels an oxidizing agent used as a free-radical initiator |
| Anti-phospho-Histone H2A.X (Ser139) Antibody, clone JBW301 | Sigma-Aldrich | 05-636 | Primary antibody used to detect γH2AX foci. Used at 1:1000 dilution |
| Anti-Rad51 (Ab-1) Rabbit pAb | Sigma-Aldrich | PC130 | Primary antibody used to detect RAD51 nuclear foci as a marker of homologous recombination activity. Used at 1:1000 dilution |
| Bovine serum albumin Protease free | GoldBio | A-420-250 | Used to prepare blocking solution (5% BSA in PBS) to reduce non-specific antibody binding during immunofluorescence staining. |
| ChemiDoc Imaging System | Bio-Rad | 12003154 | Imaging system |
| Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope | ZEISS | Zeiss LSM 780 | Immunofluorescence imaging, γH2AX foci analysis, RAD51 foci quantification, protein co-localization, and 3D image acquisition |
| Countess II FL Automated Cell Counter | Life Technologies | AMQAF1000 | Automated Cell Counter |
| Cover slips | Cardinal Health | M6045-10A | Placed over mounted samples to protect stained cells and enable high-resolution imaging. |
| ECM 830 Square Wave Electroporation System | Hbio-BTX | 45-2052 | Electroporation system suitable for applications for gene delivery in mammalian cells |
| Fetal Bovine Serum | Corning | 35-010-CV | Added to RPMI-1640 (as 8%) to support cell growth and viability. |
| Glycine | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A13816.0C | Buffer |
| Goat anti-Mouse IgG (H+L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 594 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A-11032 | Secondary antibody used to detect γH2AX primary antibody. Used at 1:350 dilution |
| Goat anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 488 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | A-11034 | Secondary antibody used to detect RAD51 primary antibody. Used at 1:350 dilution |
| GraphPad Prism | GraphPad Software | version 10.6.1 | Statistical analysis, graph generation, and data visualization. |
| HEPES 1M | Corning | 25060-C1 | PH maiantance buffer in the pH 7.2-7.6 range |
| Hoechst 33342 solution (20 mM, 5 mL) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 62249 | was used for nuclear staining |
| Horseradish peroxidase-conjugated anti-mouse immunoglobulin G | Cell Signaling Technology | 7076S | Secondary antibody used for detection of mouse (β-actin) primary antibody in Western blotting. |
| Horseradish peroxidase-conjugated anti-rabbitimmunoglobulin G | Cell Signaling Technology | 7074S | Secondary antibody used for detection of rabbit primary antibody (RAD51) in Western blotting. |
| Instant non-fat dry milk | Hyvee | G461A323 | Blocking reagent |
| Laemmli Sample Buffer (4×) | Bio-Rad | 1610747 | Sample Buffer |
| Lonza's MycoAlert Mycoplasma Detection Assays | Lonza Bioscience | LT07-218 | Used to routinely confirm that cell cultures are free of mycoplasma contamination. |
| Lower gel Recipe is (1 L)(Tris 181.7 g+SDS 4.0 g)PH to 8.8 w/cenc HCl | Home-made | NA | Resolving gel for SDS-PAGE |
| Mouse monoclonal Anti-beta Actin antibody | Abcam | ab8226 | Primary antibody used to detect β-actin as a loading control in Western blot analyses. |
| Non-targeting control luciferase siRNA (siLUC): 5′-CUUACGCUGAGUACUUCGA-3′ | Horizon Discovery | NA | working concentration 20 nmol |
| Nunc Lab Tek II, 8-chamber slide W/cover RS Glass slide sterile | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 154534 | Used for seeding and culturing cells for immunofluorescence staining and confocal imaging. |
| OVCAR-8 cells | National Cancer Institute, (NIH) | NA | Ovarian cancer cell lines |
| Paraformaldehyde 16% Aqueous Solution EM Grade | Electron microscopy sciences | 15710-S | Diluted to 3 |