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Article Exploring the Role of Quercetin on Doxorubicin and Lapatinib-Mediated Cellular and Mitochondrial Responses Using in Vitro and in Silico Studies(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2025) Erguc, Ali; Albayrak, Gokay; Muhammed, Muhammed Tilahun; Karakus, Fuat; Arzuk, Ege; Ince-Erguc, ElifDoxorubicin (DOX) and lapatinib (LAP) have been reported to cause liver toxicity. The roles of mitochondrial and cellular responses in DOX and LAP mediated-hepatotoxicity have not been investigated with or without quercetin (QUE) in HepG2 cells sensitive to mitochondrial damage (high-glucose or galactose media) in addition to in silico studies. Our results revealed that cytosolic pathways might play role a in DOX-induced cytotoxicity rather than mitochondria. QUE exacerbated DOX-induced ATP depletion in both environments. Our data also indicated that cytosolic and mitochondrial pathways might play a role in LAP-induced cytotoxicity. Incubating QUE with LAP increased ATP levels in high-glucose media. Therefore, QUE might have protective effect against LAP-induced cytotoxicity resulting from cytosolic pathways. The findings from in vitro experiments that QUE increased DOX or LAP-induced mitochondrial dysfunction were confirmed by the results from in silico studies indicating that QUE incubated with LAP or DOX might increase mitochondrial dysfunction.