Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University, 1780 Gobara Hirooka, Shiojiri, Nagano 399-0781, Japan.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Sep 6;58(9):1229. doi: 10.3390/medicina58091229.
Background and Objectives: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the sixth most common malignancy in the world. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel has been shown to be involved in angiogenesis in multiple types of tumors. However, not much is known about TRPV4′s involvement in OSCC. Thus, in this study, we investigate the effect of administering a TRPV4 agonist on angiogenesis in OSCC. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were used in this study. 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO) was used to induce OSCC. Cisplatin (an anticancer drug), and GSK1016790A (an agonist for TRPV4) was used in this study. Immunohistochemistry was employed to examine the TRPV4 expression. An RT2 Profiler PCR Array was performed for gene expression analysis of TRPV4, vascular growth factors that correspond directly with angiogenesis, such as angiopoietin (Ang-1 and Ang-2), and tyrosine kinase (Tie-1 and Tie-2) receptors. Tumor vessel maturity was assessed by microvessel density and microvessel-pericyte-coverage index. Results: RT2 profiler PCR array showed significant elevated levels of Ang-1 (2.1-fold change; p < 0.05) and Tie-2 (4.5-fold change; p < 0.05) in OSCC following the administration of a combination of GSK1016790A and cisplatin. Additionally, the combination treatment significantly reduced the microvessel density (p < 0.01) and significantly increased the percentage of microvessels covered with pericytes (p < 0.01) in OSCC. Furthermore, tumor size was significantly reduced (p < 0.05) in rats that received cisplatin alone. The combination treatment also greatly reduced the tumor size; however, the data were not statistically significant. Conclusions: The findings suggest that combining a TRPV4 agonist with cisplatin for treatment of OSCC promote vessels normalization via modulation of Ang-1/Tie-2 pathway.
口腔鳞状细胞癌(OSCC)是世界上第六种最常见的恶性肿瘤。瞬时受体电位香草醛 4(TRPV4)通道已被证明参与多种类型肿瘤的血管生成。然而,TRPV4 参与 OSCC 的情况知之甚少。因此,在这项研究中,我们研究了给予 TRPV4 激动剂对 OSCC 血管生成的影响。
本研究使用 36 只 Sprague Dawley(SD)大鼠。使用 4-硝基喹啉 1-氧化物(4NQO)诱导 OSCC。顺铂(一种抗癌药物)和 GSK1016790A(TRPV4 的激动剂)用于本研究。免疫组织化学用于检测 TRPV4 表达。进行 RT2 Profiler PCR 阵列以分析 TRPV4、与血管生成直接对应的血管生长因子(如血管生成素(Ang-1 和 Ang-2)和酪氨酸激酶(Tie-1 和 Tie-2)受体)的基因表达。通过微血管密度和微血管周细胞覆盖率指数评估肿瘤血管成熟度。
RT2 Profiler PCR 阵列显示,在给予 GSK1016790A 和顺铂联合治疗后,OSCC 中 Ang-1(2.1 倍变化;p <0.05)和 Tie-2(4.5 倍变化;p <0.05)的水平显著升高。此外,联合治疗显著降低 OSCC 中的微血管密度(p <0.01)并显著增加周细胞覆盖的微血管百分比(p <0.01)。此外,单独给予顺铂的大鼠肿瘤体积明显减小(p <0.05)。联合治疗也大大降低了肿瘤体积;然而,数据没有统计学意义。
这些发现表明,联合使用 TRPV4 激动剂和顺铂治疗 OSCC 通过调节 Ang-1/Tie-2 通路促进血管正常化。