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Effects of Anti-tumor Drugs on OC2 Human Oral Cancer Cells

The present study explored the effect of three anti-tumor drugs (cisplatin, fluorouracil, and temozolomide) on viability and cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) in OC2 human oral cancer cells. The effect of cisplatin related mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) phosphorylation was also examined. Cisplatin at concentration of 25-150 £gM decreased viability in a concentration-dependent manner, and so did fluorouracil (50-1000 £gM) and temozolomide (50-600 £gM). The three anti-tumor drugs all failed to induce a [Ca2+]i increase; thus it seemed that these drugs induced cell death via Ca2+-independent pathways. Immunoblotting showed that OC2 cells have background phospho-ERK, phospho-JNK and phospho-p38 MAPKs. It was found that cisplatin influenced the phosphorylation of ERK, JNK and p38 MAPKs at different time points.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0903108-013633
Date03 September 2008
CreatorsSu, Hsing-Hao
ContributorsChung-Ren Jan, Chung-Lung Cho, Ching-Mei Hsu, Jiin-Tsuey Cheng, Ching-Mei Hsu
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0903108-013633
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