Prevention of oral carcinogenesis in rats by Dracaena cinnabari resin extracts

Al-Afifi, Nashwan Abdullah; Alabsi, Aied M.; Kaid, Fahmi; Bakri, Marina Mohd; Ramanathan, Anand

doi:10.1007/s00784-018-2685-6

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“…e IHC staining was carried out based on the automated process for routine staining at the pathology laboratory. e IHC computed analysis using Image J software was as explained in our previous work [24].…”

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Antitumor Activity ofFicus deltoideaExtract on Oral Cancer: An In Vivo Study

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Alabsi

Bakri

et al. 2020

Journal of Oncology

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Background. The aim of this study is to evaluate the chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activities of Ficus deltoidea (FD) in an animal model induced for oral cancer using 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO). Methods. Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomized into six groups (n = 7 per group): Group 1 (untreated group); Group 2 (control cancer group) received 4NQO only for 8 weeks in their drinking water; Groups 3 and 4 (chemopreventive) received 4NQO for 8 weeks and were simultaneously treated with FD extract at 250 and 500 mg/kg, respectively, by oral gavage; Groups 5 and 6 (chemotherapeutic) received 4NQO for 8 weeks followed by the administration of FD extract at 250 and 500 mg/kg, respectively, for another 10 weeks. The incidence of oral cancer was microscopically evaluated. Moreover, immunohistochemical expression was analysed in tongue specimens using an image analyser computer system, while the RT2 profiler PCR array method was employed for gene expression analysis. Results. The results of the present study showed a beneficial regression effect of the FD extract on tumor progression. The FD extract significantly reduced the incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) from 100% to 14.3% in the high-dose groups. The immunohistochemical analysis showed that the FD extract had significantly decreased the expression of the key tumor marker cyclin D1 and had significantly increased the expression of the β-catenin and e-cadherin antibodies that are associated with enhanced cellular adhesion. Based on the gene expression analysis, FD extract had reduced the expression of the TWIST1 and RAC1 genes associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and had significantly downregulated the COX-2 and EGFR genes associated with cancer angiogenesis, metastasis, and chemoresistance. Our data suggest that the FD extract exerts chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activities in an animal model induced for oral cancer using 4NQO, thus having the potential to be developed as chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agents.

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Section: Tumor Volume and Histopathological And Immunohistochemical Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Antitumor Activity ofFicus deltoideaExtract on Oral Cancer: An In Vivo Study

Al-koshab

Alabsi

Bakri

et al. 2020

Journal of Oncology

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“…Previous studies have reported the use of various herbal extracts at 1000 mg/kg, 15 2000 mg/kg, 16 or so in mice for cancer researches. The dose of 1980 mg/kg was used to study MDP protective effect on cardiac ischaemia/reperfusion in rats 17 .…”

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Development of a traditional Chinese medicine‐based agent for the treatment of cancer cachexia

Chu

Cheng

et al. 2022

J cachexia sarcopenia muscle

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Background Despite recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology of cancer cachexia, prevention/treatment of this debilitating disease remains an unmet medical need. Methods We developed an integrated, multi‐tiered strategy involving both in vitro and in vivo muscle atrophy platforms to identify traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)‐based anti‐cachectic agents. In the initial screening, we used inflammatory cytokine‐induced atrophy of C2C12 myotubes as a phenotypic screening platform to assess the protective effects of TCMs. The selected TCMs were then evaluated for their abilities to protect Caenorhabditis elegans from age‐related reduction of mobility and contractility, followed by the C‐26 colon adenocarcinoma mouse model of cachexia to confirm the anti‐muscle atrophy effects (body/skeletal muscle weights, fibre size distribution, grip strengths, and serum IL‐6). Transcriptome analysis, quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction, and immunoblotting were performed to gain understanding of the potential mechanism(s) by which effective TCM protected against C26 tumour‐induced muscle atrophy. Results Of 29 widely used TCMs, Dioscorea radix (DR) and Mu Dan Pi (MDP) showed a complete protection (all P values, 0.0002) vis‐à‐vis C26 conditioned medium control in the myotube atrophy platform. MDP exhibited a unique ability to ameliorate age‐associated decreases in worm mobility, accompanied by improved total body contractions, relative to control (P < 0.0001 and <0.01, respectively), which, however, was not noted with DR. This differential in vivo protective effect between MDP and DR was also confirmed in the C‐26 mouse model. MDP at 1000 mg/kg (MDP‐H) was effective in protecting body weight loss (P < 0.05) in C‐26 tumour‐bearing mice without changing food or water intake, accompanied by the restoration of the fibre size distribution of hindleg skeletal muscles (P < 0.0001) and the forelimb grip strength (P < 0.05). MDP‐treated C‐26‐tumour‐bearing mice were alert, showed normal posture and better body conditions, and exhibited lower serum IL‐6 levels (P = 0.06) relative to vehicle control. This decreased serum IL‐6 was associated with the in vitro suppressive effect of MDP (25 and 50 μg/mL) on IL‐6 secretion into culture medium by C26 cells. RNA‐seq analysis, followed by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction and/or immunoblotting, shows that MDP's anti‐cachectic effect was attributable to its ability to reverse the C‐26 tumour‐induced re‐programming of muscle homoeostasis‐associated gene expression, including that of two cachexia drivers (MuRF1 and Atrogin‐1), in skeletal muscles. Conclusions All these findings suggest the translational potential of MDP to foster new strategies for the prevention and/or treatment of cachexia. The protective effect of MDP on other types of muscle atrophy such as sarcopenia might warrant investigations.

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“…The tongues were fixed in 10% formalin, embedded in paraffin, sectioned into 4-µm sections, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). The sections were examined by two pathologists at our institution and classified as follows: (a) normal epithelia, (b) mild dysplasia, (c) moderate dysplasia, (d) severe dysplasia, and (e) oral cancer, including extraneous papillary tumors ( 23 , 24 ).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Hepatocyte Growth Factor Overexpression Slows the Progression of 4NQO-Induced Oral Tumorigenesis

Chen

Tang

et al. 2021

Front. Oncol.

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ObjectivesTo investigate the role of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-Met signaling in oral malignant transformation.MethodsWe used immunohistochemistry to investigate HGF and c-Met expression in 53 oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) specimens and 21 adjacent nontumor specimens and evaluated the associations between HGF and c-Met expression and clinicopathological parameters. Additionally, HGF-overexpression transgenic (HGF-Tg) and wild-type (Wt) mice were treated with 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO) to induce oral carcinogenesis for 16 weeks. At 16, 20, and 24 weeks, tongue lesions were collected for clinical observation; estimation of HGF, c-Met, and PCNA expression; apoptosis (TUNEL) assays; and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq).ResultsHGF and c-Met were positively expressed in 92.5% and 64% of OSCC samples, respectively. High HGF expression was significantly associated with smaller tumor size (p = 0.006) and inferior TNM stage (p = 0.032). No correlation between HGF and c-Met levels and other clinical parameters or prognosis was noted. In addition, HGF and c-Met expression was elevated in 4NQO-induced lesions of Wt mice. Compared with Wt mice, HGF-Tg mice have lower tumor incidence, number, volume, and lesion grade. In addition, the percentage of PCNA-positive cells in Wt mice was significantly higher than that in HGF-Tg mice at different time points. At 16 weeks, HGF-Tg mice exhibited less apoptotic cells compared with Wt mice (p < 0.000), and these levels gradually increased until the levels were greater than that of Wt mice at 24 weeks (p < 0.000). RNA-seq data revealed that 140 genes were upregulated and 137 genes were downregulated in HGF-Tg mice. KEGG enrichment analysis showed that upregulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) are highly correlated with oxidative and metabolic signaling and that downregulated DEGs are related to MAPK and PI3K-AKT signaling.ConclusionsHGF and c-Met expression is upregulated in OSCC tissues and is associated with the occurrence and development of OSCC. HGF overexpression in normal oral epithelial tissue can inhibit 4NQO-induced tumorigenesis potentially through inhibiting proliferation and accelerating apoptosis via MAPK and PI3K-AKT signaling.

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Prevention of oral carcinogenesis in rats by Dracaena cinnabari resin extracts

Cited by 12 publications

References 73 publications

Antitumor Activity ofFicus deltoideaExtract on Oral Cancer: An In Vivo Study

Antitumor Activity ofFicus deltoideaExtract on Oral Cancer: An In Vivo Study

Development of a traditional Chinese medicine‐based agent for the treatment of cancer cachexia

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Overexpression Slows the Progression of 4NQO-Induced Oral Tumorigenesis

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