ArticleOncology letters2016
Regulation of C6 glioma cell migration by thymol.
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- Thymol as adjuvant in oncology: molecular mechanisms, therapeutic potentials, and prospects for integration in cancer management.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024Review
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- The anticancer effects of thymol on HepG2 cell line.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2023Article
- Thymol has anticancer effects in U-87 human malignant glioblastoma cells.Molecular biology reports · 2022Article
- Suppression of PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in chrysoeriol-induced apoptosis of rat C6 glioma cells.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2022Article
- Chemical Composition and New Biological Activities of Essential Oil and Hydrosol ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Antitumor Effects of Carvacrol and Thymol: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Pharmacological Properties and Molecular Mechanisms of Thymol: Prospects for Its Therapeutic Potential and Pharmaceutical Development.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Tumor cell motility exhibits a crucial role in tumor development. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate whether thymol could reduce C6 glioma cell migration. Cell viability was determined using the EZ-Cytox Cell Viability kit. The scratch wound healing and Boyden chamber assays were performed to test C6 glioma cell migration in the presence of fetal bovine serum (FBS). Additionally, the study investigated whether signaling proteins relevant to C6 glioma cell migration, i.e., extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK)1/2, protein kinase Cα (PKCα), matrix metallopeptidase (MMP)9 and MMP2, were affected by thymol treatment. Up to 30 µM, thymol did not alter cell viability, whereas 100 µM thymol induced the death of ~20% of the cells. Furthermore, thymol (30 µM) significantly reduced FBS-induced migration. In the FBS-stimulated C6 glioma cells, thymol (30 µM) suppressed PKCα and ERK1/2 phosphorylation. MMP9 and MMP2 production was also significantly reduced by treatment with 30 µM thymol in the C6 glioma cells. Taken together, these results indicate that thymol attenuates C6 glioma cell migration. Additionally, the study suggests that the effect of thymol on the FBS-induced migration of C6 glioma cells affects PKCα and ERK1/2 signaling, and suppresses MMP9 and MMP2 production.
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