PMID- 34848458 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211210 LR - 20211214 IS - 1791-7530 (Electronic) IS - 0250-7005 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 12 DP - 2021 Dec TI - Efficacy of a Novel Oral Chemotherapeutic Agent, TAS-102, Against Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells. PG - 6039-6049 LID - 10.21873/anticanres.15423 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: TAS-102 is effective against unresectable advanced or recurrent colorectal and gastric cancer. However, its effect on oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is still unknown. Here, we tried to clarify the possible effect of TAS-102 against angiogenesis and proliferation of human OSCC cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay, migration assay and mice xenograft models were used to determine the effect of TAS-102 on growth and migration of OSCC. The activity of phosphorylated nuclear factor kappa light-chain-enhancer of activated B-cells (NF-kappaB) (p-p65) in cells was detected by immunocytochemistry. The expression of p-AKT serine/threonine kinase 1 (p-AKT), p-p65, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) and CD31 in mouse tumors were detected by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: TAS-102 significantly inhibited growth and migration of OSCC both in vitro and in vivo. It suppressed the activity of NF-kappaB in cells. TAS-102 down-regulated the expression of p-AKT, VEGF, FGF2 and CD31, which was associated with reduced vascularization of HSC2 tumor lesions. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that TAS-102 might inhibit angiogenesis and proliferation of OSCC cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved. FAU - Harada, Koji AU - Harada K AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan harako@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp. FAU - Ferdous, Tarannum AU - Ferdous T AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan. FAU - Mishima, Katsuaki AU - Mishima K AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Greece TA - Anticancer Res JT - Anticancer research JID - 8102988 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Drug Combinations) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Pyrrolidines) RN - 0 (trifluridine tipiracil drug combination) RN - QR26YLT7LT (Thymine) RN - RMW9V5RW38 (Trifluridine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement/drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Drug Combinations MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mouth Neoplasms MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Neovascularization, Pathologic/drug therapy MH - Pyrrolidines/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck MH - Thymine/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Trifluridine/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays OTO - NOTNLM OT - NF-kappaB OT - TAS-102 OT - anti-angiogenesis OT - oral squamous cell carcinoma OT - p-AKT OT - phosphorylated AKT EDAT- 2021/12/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/01 06:05 PHST- 2021/08/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/12/01 06:05 [entrez] PHST- 2021/12/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 41/12/6039 [pii] AID - 10.21873/anticanres.15423 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anticancer Res. 2021 Dec;41(12):6039-6049. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.15423.