Local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.
Local anesthetics are frequently used in fine-needle aspiration of thyroid lesions and locoregional control of persistent or recurrent thyroid cancer. Recent evidence suggests that local anesthetics have a broad spectrum of effects including inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosi...
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| author | Yuan-Ching Chang Yi-Chiung Hsu Chien-Liang Liu Shih-Yuan Huang Meng-Chun Hu Shih-Ping Cheng |
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| description | Local anesthetics are frequently used in fine-needle aspiration of thyroid lesions and locoregional control of persistent or recurrent thyroid cancer. Recent evidence suggests that local anesthetics have a broad spectrum of effects including inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis in neuronal and other types of cells. In this study, we demonstrated that treatment with lidocaine and bupivacaine resulted in decreased cell viability and colony formation of both 8505C and K1 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Lidocaine and bupivacaine induced apoptosis, and necrosis in high concentrations, as determined by flow cytometry. Lidocaine and bupivacaine caused disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential and release of cytochrome c, accompanied by activation of caspase 3 and 7, PARP cleavage, and induction of a higher ratio of Bax/Bcl-2. Based on microarray and pathway analysis, apoptosis is the prominent transcriptional change common to lidocaine and bupivacaine treatment. Furthermore, lidocaine and bupivacaine attenuated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) activity and induced activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and c-jun N-terminal kinase. Pharmacological inhibitors of MAPK/ERK kinase and p38 MAPK suppressed caspase 3 activation and PARP cleavage. Taken together, our results for the first time demonstrate the cytotoxic effects of local anesthetics on thyroid cancer cells and implicate the MAPK pathways as an important mechanism. Our findings have potential clinical relevance in that the use of local anesthetics may confer previously unrecognized benefits in the management of patients with thyroid cancer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ba5f13b1589443c8d239390747cc0312022-12-22T03:54:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0192e8956310.1371/journal.pone.0089563Local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.Yuan-Ching ChangYi-Chiung HsuChien-Liang LiuShih-Yuan HuangMeng-Chun HuShih-Ping ChengLocal anesthetics are frequently used in fine-needle aspiration of thyroid lesions and locoregional control of persistent or recurrent thyroid cancer. Recent evidence suggests that local anesthetics have a broad spectrum of effects including inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis in neuronal and other types of cells. In this study, we demonstrated that treatment with lidocaine and bupivacaine resulted in decreased cell viability and colony formation of both 8505C and K1 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Lidocaine and bupivacaine induced apoptosis, and necrosis in high concentrations, as determined by flow cytometry. Lidocaine and bupivacaine caused disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential and release of cytochrome c, accompanied by activation of caspase 3 and 7, PARP cleavage, and induction of a higher ratio of Bax/Bcl-2. Based on microarray and pathway analysis, apoptosis is the prominent transcriptional change common to lidocaine and bupivacaine treatment. Furthermore, lidocaine and bupivacaine attenuated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) activity and induced activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and c-jun N-terminal kinase. Pharmacological inhibitors of MAPK/ERK kinase and p38 MAPK suppressed caspase 3 activation and PARP cleavage. Taken together, our results for the first time demonstrate the cytotoxic effects of local anesthetics on thyroid cancer cells and implicate the MAPK pathways as an important mechanism. Our findings have potential clinical relevance in that the use of local anesthetics may confer previously unrecognized benefits in the management of patients with thyroid cancer.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3931808?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Yuan-Ching Chang Yi-Chiung Hsu Chien-Liang Liu Shih-Yuan Huang Meng-Chun Hu Shih-Ping Cheng Local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. PLoS ONE |
| title | Local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. |
| title_full | Local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. |
| title_fullStr | Local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. |
| title_short | Local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. |
| title_sort | local anesthetics induce apoptosis in human thyroid cancer cells through the mitogen activated protein kinase pathway |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3931808?pdf=render |
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