Molecular mechanism of allicin-induced apoptosis in human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)

90% - 95% of oral malignancies are reported to be contributed by oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Patients with oral cancer also have suffered from a stagnant survival rate of 50% for decades. With the advancement in technologies and medicine discovery, the standard solutionfor oral cancer is vi...

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Published inAsia-Pacific journal of molecular biology and biotechnology Vol. 30; no. 3; p. 33
Main Authors Hazwani, Farrah, Amin, Indah Mohd, Rahim, Mohd Aizat Abdul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 2022
Subjects
Anticancer properties
Antiinfectives and antibacterials
Antioxidants
Antitumor agents
Apoptosis
Cancer
Caspase
Cell death
Cell proliferation
Chemotherapy
Cisplatin
Diarrhea
Fungicides
Genotoxicity
Inflammation
Nausea
Oral cancer
Oral carcinoma
Oral squamous cell carcinoma
Pain
Patients
Survival
Tumor cell lines
Vomiting
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Summary:90% - 95% of oral malignancies are reported to be contributed by oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Patients with oral cancer also have suffered from a stagnant survival rate of 50% for decades. With the advancement in technologies and medicine discovery, the standard solutionfor oral cancer is via chemotherapy and surgery. An alternative for the treatment is by incorporating a genotoxic drug, cisplatin. Unfortunately, cisplatin has been reported by many patients to give unpleasant effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Hence, a more reliable treatment needs to be unleashed. Allicin (diallylthiosulfinate) is well known for its antioxidant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial purposes. Numerous studies have also reported the effectiveness of allicin as an anticancer agent against multiple cancer cell strains. With treatment of allicin in a dose-dependent manner, inhibition of carcinoma cells proliferation through a programmed cell death called apoptosis was considered favourable. Allicin induces apoptosis by activating cascades of caspases and caspase independent pathways as well as increasing p53 and Bax/Bcl2 expression. Allicin serves many potentials to fight off oral cancer carcinoma cells but there seems to be a limited amount of study in the oral cancer area. Therefore, this review article would like to highlight the reported studies on allicin in various cancer cell lines including oral cancer cells.
ISSN:0128-7451
DOI:10.35118/apjmbb.2022.030.3.04