PMID- 32595733 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240328 IS - 1741-427X (Print) IS - 1741-4288 (Electronic) IS - 1741-427X (Linking) VI - 2020 DP - 2020 TI - Chrysophanol Regulates Cell Death, Metastasis, and Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Oral Cancer Cell Lines. PG - 5867064 LID - 10.1155/2020/5867064 [doi] LID - 5867064 AB - BACKGROUND: Oral cancer belongs to the class of head and neck cancers and can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated early. Activation of cell death via apoptosis or reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and inhibition of cell cycle progression, migration, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) may be a good strategy to arrest the development of oral cancer. In this study, we analyzed the possible action of chrysophanol isolated from the rhizomes of Rheum palmatum on the oral cancer cell lines FaDu (human pharynx squamous cell carcinoma) and SAS (human tongue squamous carcinoma) by investigating whether chrysophanol could influence cell death. METHOD: Cell viability was measured by using the MTT assay. For the detection of apoptosis, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) staining and subG1 population analysis were used. We also examined cell cycle progression and ROS levels by flow cytometry. Additionally, the expression of p53, p21, procaspase 3, cyclin D1, CDK4, cdc2, CDK2, E-cadherin, vimentin, and PCNA was evaluated by western blotting. CONCLUSION: Chrysophanol has an anticancer effect on FaDu and SAS cell lines. There is an increase in subG1 accumulation, ROS production, and cell cycle G1 arrest after treatment with chrysophanol. On the other hand, chrysophanol inhibited cell migration/metastasis and EMT. We proposed that chrysophanol may be a good candidate compound on oral cancer treatment in the further. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Po-Chih Hsu et al. FAU - Hsu, Po-Chih AU - Hsu PC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2598-1776 AD - Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Department of Dentistry, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan. FAU - Cheng, Ching-Feng AU - Cheng CF AD - Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan. AD - Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. FAU - Hsieh, Po-Chun AU - Hsieh PC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0416-8797 AD - Department of Chinese Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Yi-Hsuan AU - Chen YH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6455-8551 AD - Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan. FAU - Kuo, Chan-Yen AU - Kuo CY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5702-5730 AD - Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan. FAU - Sytwu, Huey-Kang AU - Sytwu HK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8937-0769 AD - National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, China. AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200526 PL - United States TA - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med JT - Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM JID - 101215021 PMC - PMC7271060 COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2020/07/01 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/01 06:01 PMCR- 2020/05/26 CRDT- 2020/06/30 06:00 PHST- 2019/12/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2020/5867064 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020 May 26;2020:5867064. doi: 10.1155/2020/5867064. eCollection 2020.