Abstract:
Objective To investigate the antitumor efficacy of DpC on head and neck cancer (HNC) cells compared with Dp44mT, and to further investigate the mechanism of DpC on tongue squamous carcinoma cells Cal-27. Methods CCK-8 assay was used to detect whether DpC could inhibit the proliferation of FaDu, Cal-27 and SCC-9 cells compared with Dp44mT; Annexin V-PI double staining was performed to detect the apoptosis proportion of FaDu, Cal-27 and SCC-9 cells treated with DpC and Dp44mT, then we used flow cytometry to detect the apoptosis; The mechanism of DpC on tongue squamous cell carcinoma cells Cal-27 was evaluated by Western blot. Results CCK-8 assay showed that DpC and Dp44mT significantly inhibited the proliferation of FaDu, Cal-27, SCC-9 cells in a concentration-dependent manner; the IC50 were 3.93 and 24.37μmol/L, 2.79 and 15.15μmol/L, 15.61 and 95.36μmol/L, respectively; flow cytometry showed that the proportion of apoptotic cells was gradually increased in a dose-dependent manner induced by DpC and Dp44mT (0, 2.5, 5, 7.5 μmol/L): and the apoptosis rates of HNC cells induced by DpC were significantly higher than those by Dp44mT: Cal-27 cells (Dp44mT:3.5%, 18.3%, 26.8%, 26.1%;DpC:3.5%, 15.8%, 28.4%, 39.8%),SCC-9 cells (Dp44mT:3.8%, 7.2%, 15.1%, 22.4%;DpC:4.1%, 10.7%, 22.3%, 28.9%),FaDu cells (Dp44mT:4.2%,8.0%,14.4%,20.0%;DpC:4.2%, 8.9%, 17.1%, 18.5%);Western blot showed that the expression of DNA damage related proteins, such as p-ATM, p-Chk-1, p-ATR, p-Chk-2, P-Histone H2AX, PARP, BRCA1, p-P53, were up-regulated with increased DpC concentration in Cal-27 cells. Conclusion DpC and Dp44mT could inhibit the proliferation and promote the apoptosis of HNC cells, and DpC has better antitumor efficacy than Dp44mT. Furthermore, the process may be associated with DNA damage.