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ORAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 8, Pages 785-790Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.04.002
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nitric oxide; tongue; squamous cell carcinoma; apoptosis; p53
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Nitric oxide has been reported to have cytotoxic effects in several tumor cells. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of exogenous nitric oxide on apopotosis in oral squarrous cell carcinoma cells and to reveal its possible mechanism. Tca8113 cells were cultured with various concentrations of nitric oxide that were released from sodium nitroprusside (SNP). Nitrite/nitrate levels in the culture supernatant were determined using a commercial available nitric oxide kit. Cellular proliferation was determined by MTT assay. Apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry. Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) was determined by immunocytochemistry. p53 expression was assessed by Western blot. SNP can release nitric oxide into the culture medium in a dose-dependent manner. Nitric oxide remarkably inhibits proliferation in a dose and time-dependent manners and Lead to apoptosis of the Tca8113 cell. The p53 expression was elevated accompanying by the increased apoptotic cells. No difference of iNOS was found whether or not the cells were treated with SNP. Exogenous nitric oxide had an inhibitory effect on Tca8113 cells proliferation in a dose and time-dependent manners and possibly via p53 dependent apoptosis pathway. Exogenous nitric oxide had no significant effect on cellular iNOS protein. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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