PMID- 35955957 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220815 LR - 20220815 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 15 DP - 2022 Aug 8 TI - Stellettin B-Induced Oral Cancer Cell Death via Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Mitochondrial Apoptotic and Autophagic Signaling Pathway. LID - 10.3390/ijms23158813 [doi] LID - 8813 AB - Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) affects tens of thousands of people worldwide. Despite advances in cancer treatment, the 5-year survival rate of patients with late-stage OSCC is low at 50-60%. Therefore, the development of anti-OSCC therapy is necessary. We evaluated the effects of marine-derived triterpene stellettin B in human OC2 and SCC4 cells. Stellettin B dose-dependently decreased the viability of both cell lines, with a significant reduction in OC2 cells at >/=0.1 microM at 24 and 48 h, and in SCC4 cells at >/=1 microM at 24 and 48 h. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells were significantly observed at 20 microM of stellettin B at 48 h, with the overexpression of cleaved caspase3 and cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Moreover, mitochondrial respiratory functions were ablated by stellettin B. Autophagy-related LC3-II/LC3-I ratio and Beclin-1 proteins were increased, whereas p62 was decreased. At 20 microM at 48 h, the expression levels of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress biomarkers calnexin and BiP/GRP78 were significantly increased and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways were activated. Further investigation using the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA) demonstrated that it alleviated stellettin B-induced cell death and autophagy. Overall, our findings show that stellettin B induces the ER stress, mitochondrial stress, apoptosis, and autophagy, causing cell death of OSCC cells. FAU - Kuo, Tsu-Jen AU - Kuo TJ AD - Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. AD - School of Dentistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan. AD - Department of Dentistry, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, Taiwan. FAU - Jean, Yen-Hsuan AU - Jean YH AD - Section of Orthopedics, Department of Surgery, Antai Medical Care Corporation Antai Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital, Pingtung 92842, Taiwan. FAU - Shih, Po-Chang AU - Shih PC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6124-5090 AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan. FAU - Cheng, Shu-Yu AU - Cheng SY AD - Department of Environmental Protection, Green Technology Research Institute, CPC Corporation, No. 2, Zuonan Rd., Nan-Tzu District, Kaohsiung 81126, Taiwan. FAU - Kuo, Hsiao-Mei AU - Kuo HM AD - Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. FAU - Lee, Yi-Ting AU - Lee YT AD - Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. FAU - Lai, Yu-Cheng AU - Lai YC AD - Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. AD - Department of Orthopedics, Asia University Hospital, Taichung 41354, Taiwan. FAU - Tseng, Chung-Chih AU - Tseng CC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5791-5928 AD - Zuoying Branch of Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung 80284, Taiwan. AD - Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Wu-Fu AU - Chen WF AD - Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan. FAU - Wen, Zhi-Hong AU - Wen ZH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4411-044X AD - Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. LA - eng GR - 109-2314-B-182A-080-MY2/Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan/ GR - 108-2313-B-110-001-MY3/Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan/ GR - VGHKS109-119/Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital/ GR - CMRPG8K1402/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220808 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Triterpenes) RN - 0 (stellettin B) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis MH - Autophagy MH - *Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress MH - Humans MH - *Mouth Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Signal Transduction MH - *Triterpenes/pharmacology PMC - PMC9368952 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BiP/GRP78 OT - ER stress OT - autophagy OT - mitochondrial stress OT - stellettin B COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/08/13 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/16 06:00 PMCR- 2022/08/08 CRDT- 2022/08/12 01:14 PHST- 2022/07/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/12 01:14 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms23158813 [pii] AID - ijms-23-08813 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms23158813 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Aug 8;23(15):8813. doi: 10.3390/ijms23158813.