scholarly journals Anticancer Effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza Alcohol Extract on Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Hung Wang ◽  
Kuo-Yu Hsuan ◽  
Ling-Ya Chu ◽  
Chia-Ying Lee ◽  
Yu-Chang Tyan ◽  
...  

Researchers have reported significant effects from Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) in terms of inhibiting tumor cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis in breast cancer, hepatocellular carcinomas, promyelocytic leukemia, and clear cell ovary carcinomas. Here we report our data indicating that Danshen extracts, especially alcohol extract, significantly inhibited the proliferation of the human oral squamous carcinoma (OSCC) cell lines HSC-3 and OC-2. We also observed that Danshen alcohol extract activated the caspase-3 apoptosis executor by impeding members of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family, but not by regulating the Bcl-2-triggered mitochondrial pathway in OSCC cells. Our data also indicate that the extract exerted promising effects in vivo, with HSC-3 tumor xenograft growth being suppressed by 40% and 69% following treatment with Danshen alcohol extract at 50 and 100 mg/kg, respectively, for 34 days. Combined, our results indicate appreciable anticancer activity and significant potential for Danshen alcohol extract as a natural antioxidant and herbal human oral cancer chemopreventive drug.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzo Abe ◽  
Yoshiki Mukudai ◽  
Mai Kurihara ◽  
Asami Houri ◽  
Junichiro Chikuda ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Tumor protein D52 (TPD52) reportedly plays an important role in the proliferation and metastasis of various cancer cells, including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells, and is expressed strongly at the center of the tumor, where the microenvironment is hypoxic. Thus, the present study investigated the roles of TPD52 in the survival and death of OSCC cells under hypoxia, and the relationship with hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). We examined the expression of TPD52 in OSCC cells under hypoxic conditions and analyzed the effects of HIF on the modulation of TPD52 expression. Finally, the combinational effects of TPD52 knockdown and HIF inhibition were investigated both in vitro and in vivo. Results The mRNA and protein levels of TPD52 increased in OSCC cells under hypoxia. However, the increase was independent of HIF transcription. Importantly, the observation was due to upregulation of mRNA stability by binding of mRNA to T-cell intercellular antigen (TIA) 1 and TIA-related protein (TIAR). Simultaneous knockdown of TPD52 and inhibition of HIF significantly reduced cell viability. In addition, the in vivo tumor-xenograft experiments showed that TPD52 acts as an autophagy inhibitor caused by a decrease in p62. Conclusions This study showed that the expression of TPD52 increases in OSCC cells under hypoxia in a HIF-independent manner and plays an important role in the proliferation and survival of the cells in concordance with HIF, suggesting that novel cancer therapeutics might be led by TPD52 suppression.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzo Abe ◽  
Yoshiki Mukudai ◽  
Mai Kurihara ◽  
Asami Houri ◽  
Junichiro Chikuda ◽  
...  

Abstract Background. Tumor protein D52 (TPD52) reportedly plays an important role in the proliferation and metastasis of various cancer cells, including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells, and is expressed strongly at the center of the tumor, where the microenvironment is hypoxic. Thus, the present study investigated the roles of TPD52 in the survival and death of OSCC cells under hypoxia, and the relationship with hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). We examined the expression of TPD52 in OSCC cells under hypoxic conditions and analyzed the effects of HIF on the modulation of TPD52 expression. Finally, the combinational effects of TPD52 knockdown and HIF inhibition were investigated both in vitro and in vivo.Results. The mRNA and protein levels of TPD52 increased in OSCC cells under hypoxia. However, the increase was independent of HIF transcription. Importantly, the observation was due to upregulation of mRNA stability by binding of mRNA to T-cell intercellular antigen (TIA) 1 and TIA-related protein (TIAR). Simultaneous knockdown of TPD52 and inhibition of HIF significantly reduced cell viability. In addition, the in vivo tumor-xenograft experiments showed that TPD52 acts as an autophagy inhibitor caused by a decrease in p62.Conclusions. This study showed that the expression of TPD52 increases in OSCC cells under hypoxia in a HIF-independent manner and plays an important role in the proliferation and survival of the cells in concordance with HIF, suggesting that novel cancer therapeutics might be led by TPD52 suppression.


2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1450-1459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Wang ◽  
Chongkui Sun ◽  
Shiliang He ◽  
Xiurong Guo ◽  
Hao Xu ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Groeger ◽  
H. P. Howaldt ◽  
H. Raifer ◽  
S. Gattenloehner ◽  
T. Chakraborty ◽  
...  

Immunobiology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 216 (12) ◽  
pp. 1302-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Groeger ◽  
Eugen Domann ◽  
Jose R. Gonzales ◽  
Trinad Chakraborty ◽  
Joerg Meyle

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