Fucoidan/UVC Combined Treatment Exerts Preferential Antiproliferation in Oral Cancer Cells but Not Normal Cells
| Title: | Fucoidan/UVC Combined Treatment Exerts Preferential Antiproliferation in Oral Cancer Cells but Not Normal Cells |
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| Authors: | Ya-Ting Chuang, Jun-Ping Shiau, Ching-Yu Yen, Ming-Feng Hou, Jiiang-Huei Jeng, Jen-Yang Tang, Hsueh-Wei Chang |
| Source: | Antioxidants, Vol 11, Iss 9, p 1797 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Subject Terms: | fucoidan, ultraviolet C, oral cancer, combined treatment, oxidative stress, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950 |
| More Details: | Combined treatment is a promising anticancer strategy for improving antiproliferation compared with a single treatment but is limited by adverse side effects on normal cells. Fucoidan (FN), a brown-algae-derived polysaccharide safe food ingredient, exhibits preferential function for antiproliferation to oral cancer but not normal cells. Utilizing the preferential antiproliferation, the impacts of FN in regulating ultraviolet C (UVC) irradiation were assessed in oral cancer cells. A combined treatment (UVC/FN) reduced cell viability of oral cancer cells (Ca9-22 and CAL 27) more than single treatments (FN or UVC), i.e., 53.7%/54.6% vs. 71.2%/91.6%, and 89.2%/79.4%, respectively, while the cell viability of UVC/FN treating on non-malignant oral (S–G) was higher than oral cancer cells, ranging from 106.0 to 108.5%. Mechanistically, UVC/FN preferentially generated higher subG1 accumulation and apoptosis-related inductions (annexin V, caspases 3, 8, and 9) in oral cancer cells than single treatments. UVC/FN preferentially generated higher oxidative stress than single treatments, as evidenced by flow cytometry-detecting reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial superoxide, and glutathione. Moreover, UVC/FN preferentially caused more DNA damage (γH2AX and 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine) in oral cancer cells than in single treatments. N-acetylcysteine pretreatment validated the oxidative stress effects in these UVC/FN-induced changes. Taken together, FN effectively enhances UVC-triggered antiproliferation to oral cancer cells. UVC/FN provides a promising potential for preferential and synergistic antiproliferation in antioral cancer therapy. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 11091797 2076-3921 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/9/1797; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3921 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/antiox11091797 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/25a75b243e004095b3b96e78963a0650 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.25a75b243e004095b3b96e78963a0650 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 11091797 20763921 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/antiox11091797 |
| Published in: | Antioxidants |
| Language: | English |