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To elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving paclitaxel-induced apoptosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines.

January 19, 2009Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Apoptotic mechanism of paclitaxel‐induced cell death in human head and neck tumor cell lines

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To elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving paclitaxel-induced apoptosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines.
Treated FaDu (hypopharyngeal), OEC-M1 (gingival), and OC3 (buccal) cancer cell lines with paclitaxel at concentrations of 50 to 500 nM for 24 to 48 hours.
Evaluated apoptotic responses using morphological analysis, cell viability assays, flow cytometry for cell cycle distribution, and Western blotting to detect caspase activation and PARP cleavage.
Paclitaxel significantly reduced cell survival rates from 87% to 27% in a dose- and time-dependent manner (P < 0.05).
Flow cytometry showed 50 nM paclitaxel induced G2/M phase arrest within 8 hours, followed by a significant decrease in G2/M cells and an increase in the apoptotic sub-G1 population after 24 hours (P < 0.05).
Treatment triggered significant cleavage and activation of caspases-3, -6, -8, and -9, along with poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage across all tested cell lines (P < 0.05).

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JHJenn Ren HsiaoNational Cheng Kung University Hospital SLSew-Fen LeuHungkuang University BHBu-Miin HuangNational Cheng Kung University

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In vitro study demonstrates paclitaxel induces cell cycle arrest and caspase activation in head and neck carcinoma lines, suggesting a clear apoptotic pathway.

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Hsiao et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa951b23863d2665e2568fe https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0714.2008.00732.x

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In vitro study demonstrates paclitaxel induces cell cycle arrest and caspase activation in head and neck carcinoma lines, suggesting a clear apoptotic pathway.

Apoptotic mechanism of paclitaxel‐induced cell death in human head and neck tumor cell lines

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Apoptotic mechanism of paclitaxel‐induced cell death in human head and neck tumor cell lines

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