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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
卷 42, 期 1, 页码 75-82出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2012.1692
关键词
oral cancer cells; head and neck cancer; gamma-tocotrienol; docetaxel; nuclear factor-kappa B; anti-apoptotic proteins; caspases
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资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22592335, 23390464, 24659896] Funding Source: KAKEN
Taxanes, including docetaxel, are widely used for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. However, the gastrointestinal toxicity of docetaxel has limited its high-dose clinical use. In this study, we examined the synergistic anticancer effects of combined low-dose docetaxel and gamma-tocotrienol treatment on human oral cancer (B88) cells. We treated B88 cells with docetaxel and gamma-tocotrienol at concentrations of 0.5 nM and 50 mu M, respectively. When cells were treated with either agent alone at a low dose, no significant cytotoxic effect was observed. However, the simultaneous treatment of cells with both agents almost completely suppressed cell growth. Whereas docetaxel stimulated the expression of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) p65 protein in B88 cells, gamma-tocotrienol slightly inhibited the expression of constitutive nuclear p65 protein. Of note, the combined treatment with both agents inhibited docetaxel-induced nuclear p65 protein expression. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) revealed that the simultaneous treatment with these agents suppressed the NF-kappa B DNA binding activity in B88 cells. In addition, gamma-tocotrienol downregulated the docetaxel-induced expression of NF-kappa B-regulated gene products associated with the inhibition of apoptosis. Furthermore, the activation of initiator caspases, caspases-8 and -9, and the effector caspase, caspase-3, was detected following treatment with both agents. Finally, apoptosis was also clearly observed as demonstrated by the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and nuclear fragmentation through the activation of caspase-3 by combined treatment with docetaxel and gamma-tocotrienol. These findings suggest that the combination treatment with these agents may provide enhanced therapeutic response in oral cancer patients, while avoiding the toxicity associated with high-dose beta-tubulin stabilization monotherapy.
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