Shanghai Journal of Stomatology ›› 2019, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1): 20-24.doi: 10.19439/j.sjos.2019.01.004

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Effects of salinomycin on proliferative, migratory and invasive property of tongue squamous cell carcinoma cells in vitro

CHEN Jie1, JI Ping1,2,3, SU Lei-zhen1, LI Xian1   

  1. 1.Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. Chongqing 401147;
    2.Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences. Chongqing 401147;
    3.Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education. Chongqing 401147, China
  • Received:2018-06-20 Revised:2018-09-05 Online:2019-02-25 Published:2019-04-12

Abstract: PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of salinomycin on proliferative, migratory and invasive properties of tongue squamous cell carcinoma cells, and to explore its possible mechanism. METHODS: CCK8 assay was used to detect the effect of salicamycin and cisplatin on proliferative abilities of CAL-27 cells and EA.hy926 cells. The invasive and migratory ability was detected by Transwell assay. The protein expressions of E-cadherin, vimentin and β-catenin was evaluated by Western blot. SPSS20.0 software package was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Salicamycin can effectively inhibit proliferation of CAL-27 cells, and the inhibitive ability of salicamycin on the proliferation was stronger than that of cisplatin. CAL-27 cells were treated by salinomycin (4 μmol/L) before invasive and migratory abilities were examined. Compared with control group, the number of invasive and migratory cells in the salinomycin-treated group was significantly decreased (P<0.05). Western blot analysis showed that the protein expression of vimentin and β-catenin was significantly down-regulated. The expression of E-cadherin was significantly increased with the increase of salicamycin concentration. CONCLUSIONS: The proliferative, invasive and migratory ability of CAL-27 cells can be inhibited by salinomycin, which may be related to the inhibition of epithelial-mesenchymal transitions.

Key words: Salinomycin, Tongue, Squamous cell carcinoma, Proliferation, Invasion, Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions

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