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Butyrate promotes oral squamous cell carcinoma cells migration, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
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- Association of Epithelial to Mesenchymal transition Markers on Prognosis and Clinicopathological Characteristics in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Head and neck pathology · 2025Pooled it
- Demystifying the link between periodontitis and oral cancer: a systematic review integrating clinical, pre-clinical, and in vitro data.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2025Pooled it
- EIF2AK2 activates autophagy via JAK2/STAT3 pathway to promote oral squamous cell carcinoma malignancy.Odontology · 2026Article
- SigMine and OPathDb: a literature-mining pipeline and database of potential opportunistic pathogens.Archives of microbiology · 2026Article
- Sodium butyrate suppresses endometrial cancer cell growth by inhibiting thymidylate synthase and reprogramming pyrimidine metabolism.Genes & nutrition · 2026Article
- Emerging Therapeutic Strategies in Oral Cancer: Epigenetic, Mitochondrial and Immunotherapy Approaches.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Microbial crosstalk along the oral-gut axis: organ-specific oncogenic adaptations of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum.Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Review
- Metabolic crosstalk between oral microbiota and the host in OSCC: emerging roles of microbial metabolites in tumor initiation and progression.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Review
- The microbiome in cancer.iMeta · 2025Review
- [Effects of LncRNA SNHG20 on epithelial mesenchymal transition and microtubule formation in human oral squamous cell carcinoma cells through targeted regulation of the miR-520c-3p/Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2025Article
- Host-microbe computational proteomic landscape in oral cancer revealed key functional and metabolic pathways between Fusobacterium nucleatum and cancer progression.International journal of oral science · 2025Article
- About a Possible Impact of Endodontic Infections byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Targeting histone deacetylases in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Review
- Sulforaphane Inhibits Adhesion and Migration of Cisplatin- and Gemcitabine-Resistant Bladder Cancer Cells In Vitro.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Proof-of-Principle Study Suggesting Potential Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Butyrate and Propionate in Periodontal Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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- Synergistic effects of sodium butyrate and cisplatin against cervical carcinomaFrontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), the most common type of primary malignant tumor in the oral cavity, is a lethal disease with high recurrence and mortality rates. Butyrate, a metabolite produced by periodontal pathogens, has been linked to oral diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of sodium butyrate (NaB) on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of OSCC cells
methodsTwo OSCC cell lines (HSC-4 and SCC-9) were treated with NaB at different concentrations. The cell proliferation was assayed by CCK-8, ethylene deoxyuridine (EdU), and flow cytometry. Wound healing and transwell assay were performed to detect cell migration and invasion. Changes in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers, including E-cadherin, Vimentin, and SNAI1, were evaluated by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), western blot, and immunofluorescent staining. The expression levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) were analyzed by qRT-PCR and gelatin zymography.
resultsOur results showed that NaB inhibited the proliferation of OSCC cells and induced cell cycle arrest at G1 phase, but NaB significantly enhanced cell migration and invasion compared with the control group. Further mechanistic investigation demonstrated that NaB induced EMT by increasing the expression of Vimentin and SNAI1, decreasing the expression of membrane-bound E-cadherin, and correspondingly promoting E-cadherin translocation from the membrane to the cytoplasm. In addition, the overexpression of MMP1/2/9/13 was closely related to NaB treatment.
conclusionsOur study conclude that butyrate may promote the migration and invasion of OSCC cells by inducing EMT. These findings indicate that butyrate may contribute to OSCC metastasis.
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