Sodium arsenite and dimethylarsenic acid induces apoptosis in OC3 oral cavity cancer cells

Su Zhen Wu, Yu Yan Lan, Chiao Yun Chu, Yi-Ping Lee, Hong Yi Chang, Bu Miin Huang

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1 引文 斯高帕斯(Scopus)

摘要

Although arsenic is an environmental toxicant, arsenic trioxide (ATO) is used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with anticancer effects. Studies have demonstrated oral cancer is in the top 10 cancers in Taiwan. High rate of oral cancers is linked to various behaviors, such as excessive alcohol consumption and tobacco use. Similarly, betel chewing is a strong risk factor in oral cancer. In the present study, oral squamous carcinoma OC3 cells were investigated with the treatments of sodium arsenite (NaAsO2) and dimethylarsenic acid (DMA), respectively, to examine if arsenic compounds have anti-cancer efforts. It was found that 1 µM NaAsO2 and 1 mM DMA for 24 h induced rounded contours with membrane blebbing phenomena in OC3 cells, revealing cell apoptotic characteristics. In addition, NaAsO2 (10-100 µM) and DMA (1-100 mM) significantly decreased OC3 cell survival. In cell cycle regulation detected by flow cytometry, NaAsO2 and DMA significantly augmented percentage of subG1 and G2/M phases in OC3 cells, respectively. Annexin V/PI double staining assay was further used to confirm NaAsO2 and DMA did induce OC3 cell apoptosis. In mechanism investigation, western blotting assay was applied and the results showed that NaAsO2 and DMA significantly induced phosphorylation of JNK, ERK1/2 and p38 and then the cleavages of caspase-8, -9, -3 and poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) in OC3 cells, dynamically. In conclusion, NaAsO2 and DMA activated MAPK pathways and then apoptotic pathways to induce OC3 oral cancer cell apoptosis.

原文English
文章編號26
期刊Molecular Medicine Reports
27
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2023 2月

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 生物化學
  • 分子醫學
  • 分子生物學
  • 遺傳學
  • 腫瘤科
  • 癌症研究

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