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Cytotoxic effect of 2, 5-dimethyl-celecoxib as a structural analog of celecoxib on human colorectal cancer (HT-29) cell line
Corresponding Author(s) : Fatemeh Kheradmand
Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Vol. 64 No. 7: Issue 7
Abstract
Dimethyl-celecoxib (DMC), a close derivative of celecoxib (CXB) with a low COX-2 inhibitory function, exhibits signiï¬cant anti-neoplastic properties. In this study, we have investigated the effect of CXB and DMC on the human HT-29 cell line. The cellular viability, caspase-3 activity, and VEGF, NF-κB, and COX-2 genes expressions were assessed respectively with MTT, colorimetric, and real-time RT-PCR methods. DMC, a close analogue of CXB, was more potent in inhibiting the growth of cells (IC50: 23.45 µM at 24 hr) than CXB (IC50: 30.41 µM at 24 hr). Both CXB and DMC caused a significant difference in caspase-3 activity compared to the control group. DMC significantly decreased the NF-κB expression. Down-regulation of the COX-2 mRNA expression in the celecoxib-treated group was significant compared with that in the DMC-treated group. Alterations in the mRNA expression of VEGF were not significant between the groups. Owing to the more potent growth inhibitory effects of DMC compared to that of celecoxib, it may be important to conduct research on the anticancer application of this compound, which can reduce the side effects relating to COX2 inhibition.
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- Cao Y, Prescott SM. Many actions of cyclooxygenase-2 in cellular dynamics and in cancer. J Cell Physiol. 2002;190(3):279-86.
- Kim N, Kim CH, Ahn DW, Lee KS, Cho SJ, Park JH, et al. Anti-gastric cancer effects of celecoxib, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, through inhibition of Akt signaling. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(3):480-7.
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- Koki AT, Leahy KM, Masferrer JL. Potential utility of COX-2 inhibitors in chemoprevention and chemotherapy. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 1999;8(10):1623-38.
- Ninomiya I, Nagai N, Oyama K, Hayashi H, Tajima H, Kitagawa H, et al. Antitumor and anti-metastatic effects of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition by celecoxib on human colorectal carcinoma xenografts in nude mouse rectum. Oncology reports. 2012;28(3):777-84.
- Arico S, Pattingre S, Bauvy C, Gane P, Barbat A, Codogno P, et al. Celecoxib induces apoptosis by inhibiting 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 activity in the human colon cancer HT-29 cell line. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2002;277(31):27613-21.
- Chen WC, Lin MS, Ye YL, Gao HJ, Song ZY, Shen XY. microRNA expression pattern and its alteration following celecoxib intervention in human colorectal cancer. Experimental and therapeutic medicine. 2012;3(6):1039-48.
- Thun MJ, Namboodiri MM, Calle EE, Flanders WD, Heath CW, Jr. Aspirin use and risk of fatal cancer. Cancer Res. 1993;53(6):1322-7.
- Kim SH, Hwang CI, Juhnn YS, Lee JH, Park WY, Song YS. GADD153 mediates celecoxib-induced apoptosis in cervical cancer cells. Carcinogenesis. 2007;28(1):223-31.
- Harris RE, Namboodiri KK, Farrar WB. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and breast cancer. Epidemiology. 1996;7(2):203-5.
- Bocca C, Bozzo F, Bassignana A, Miglietta A. Antiproliferative effects of COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib on human breast cancer cell lines. Mol Cell Biochem. 2011;350(1-2):59-70.
- Funkhouser EM, Sharp GB. Aspirin and reduced risk of esophageal carcinoma. Cancer. 1995;76(7):1116-9.
- Yu L, Chen M, Li Z, Wen J, Fu J, Guo D, et al. Celecoxib antagonizes the cytotoxicity of cisplatin in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells by reducing intracellular cisplatin accumulation. Mol Pharmacol. 2011;79(3):608-17.
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- Deckmann K, Rorsch F, Steri R, Schubert-Zsilavecz M, Geisslinger G, Grosch S. Dimethylcelecoxib inhibits mPGES-1 promoter activity by influencing EGR1 and NF-kappaB. Biochemical pharmacology. 2010;80(9):1365-72.
- Abdelrahim M, Safe S. Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors decrease vascular endothelial growth factor expression in colon cancer cells by enhanced degradation of Sp1 and Sp4 proteins. Mol Pharmacol. 2005;68(2):317-29.
- Xu K, Gao H, Shu HK. Celecoxib can induce vascular endothelial growth factor expression and tumor angiogenesis. Molecular cancer therapeutics. 2011;10(1):138-47.
- Shao D, Kan M, Qiao P, Pan Y, Wang Z, Xiao X, et al. Celecoxib induces apoptosis via a mitochondriadependent pathway in the H22 mouse hepatoma cell line. Molecular medicine reports. 2014;10(4):2093-8.
- Abrahao AC, Giudice FS, Sperandio FF, Pinto Junior Ddos S. Effects of celecoxib treatment over the AKT pathway in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology. 2013;42(10):793-8.
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- Zhu J, Song X, Lin HP, Young DC, Yan S, Marquez VE, et al. Using cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors as molecular platforms to develop a new class of apoptosis-inducing agents. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2002;94(23):1745-57.
- Laiyemo AO. The risk of colonic adenomas and colonic cancer in obesity. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2014;28(4):655-63.
- Xu HB, Shen FM, Lv QZ. Celecoxib enhanced the cytotoxic effect of cisplatin in drug-resistant human gastric cancer cells by inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2. European journal of pharmacology. 2015;769:1-7.
- Atari-Hajipirloo S, Nikanfar S, Heydari A, Noori F, Kheradmand F. The effect of celecoxib and its combination with imatinib on human HT-29 colorectal cancer cells: Involvement of COX-2, Caspase-3, VEGF and NF-kappaB genes expression. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2016;62(2):68-74.
- Virrey J, Kardosh A, Golden E, Louie S, Petasis N, Schönthal A, et al. Abstract# 128: 2, 5-Dimethyl-celecoxib exerts antiangiogenic effects on the tumor vasculature. Cancer research. 2009;69(9 Supplement):128.
- Gharghabi M, Rezaei F, Ghahremani MH. Celecoxib Treatment Alters p53 and MDM2 Expression via COX-2 Crosstalk in A549 Cells. Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2016;15(2):483-9.
- Fitzgerald GA. Coxibs and cardiovascular disease. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(17):1709-11.
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Kim N, Kim CH, Ahn DW, Lee KS, Cho SJ, Park JH, et al. Anti-gastric cancer effects of celecoxib, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, through inhibition of Akt signaling. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(3):480-7.
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Koki AT, Leahy KM, Masferrer JL. Potential utility of COX-2 inhibitors in chemoprevention and chemotherapy. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 1999;8(10):1623-38.
Ninomiya I, Nagai N, Oyama K, Hayashi H, Tajima H, Kitagawa H, et al. Antitumor and anti-metastatic effects of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition by celecoxib on human colorectal carcinoma xenografts in nude mouse rectum. Oncology reports. 2012;28(3):777-84.
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Chen WC, Lin MS, Ye YL, Gao HJ, Song ZY, Shen XY. microRNA expression pattern and its alteration following celecoxib intervention in human colorectal cancer. Experimental and therapeutic medicine. 2012;3(6):1039-48.
Thun MJ, Namboodiri MM, Calle EE, Flanders WD, Heath CW, Jr. Aspirin use and risk of fatal cancer. Cancer Res. 1993;53(6):1322-7.
Kim SH, Hwang CI, Juhnn YS, Lee JH, Park WY, Song YS. GADD153 mediates celecoxib-induced apoptosis in cervical cancer cells. Carcinogenesis. 2007;28(1):223-31.
Harris RE, Namboodiri KK, Farrar WB. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and breast cancer. Epidemiology. 1996;7(2):203-5.
Bocca C, Bozzo F, Bassignana A, Miglietta A. Antiproliferative effects of COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib on human breast cancer cell lines. Mol Cell Biochem. 2011;350(1-2):59-70.
Funkhouser EM, Sharp GB. Aspirin and reduced risk of esophageal carcinoma. Cancer. 1995;76(7):1116-9.
Yu L, Chen M, Li Z, Wen J, Fu J, Guo D, et al. Celecoxib antagonizes the cytotoxicity of cisplatin in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells by reducing intracellular cisplatin accumulation. Mol Pharmacol. 2011;79(3):608-17.
Hsu AL, Ching TT, Wang DS, Song X, Rangnekar VM, Chen CS. The cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor celecoxib induces apoptosis by blocking Akt activation in human prostate cancer cells independently of Bcl-2. J Biol Chem. 2000;275(15):11397-403.
Solomon SD, McMurray JJ, Pfeffer MA, Wittes J, Fowler R, Finn P, et al. Cardiovascular risk associated with celecoxib in a clinical trial for colorectal adenoma prevention. N Engl J Med. 2005;352(11):1071-80.
Backhus LM, Petasis NA, Uddin J, Schonthal AH, Bart RD, Lin Y, et al. Dimethyl celecoxib as a novel non-cyclooxygenase 2 therapy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2005;130(5):1406-12.
Schiffmann S, Maier TJ, Wobst I, Janssen A, Corban-Wilhelm H, Angioni C, et al. The anti-proliferative potency of celecoxib is not a class effect of coxibs. Biochem Pharmacol. 2008;76(2):179-87.
Kulp SK, Yang YT, Hung CC, Chen KF, Lai JP, Tseng PH, et al. 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1/Akt signaling represents a major cyclooxygenase-2-independent target for celecoxib in prostate cancer cells. Cancer Res. 2004;64(4):1444-51.
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Chen S, Liu X, Yue P, Schonthal AH, Khuri FR, Sun SY. CCAAT/enhancer binding protein homologous protein-dependent death receptor 5 induction and ubiquitin/proteasome-mediated cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein down-regulation contribute to enhancement of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-induced apoptosis by dimethyl-celecoxib in human non small-cell lung cancer cells. Mol Pharmacol. 2007;72(5):1269-79.
Zhang B, Yan Y, Li Y, Zhang D, Zeng J, Wang L, et al. Dimethyl celecoxib sensitizes gastric cancer cells to ABT-737 via AIF nuclear translocation. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine. 2016.
Sobolewski C, Rhim J, Legrand N, Muller F, Cerella C, Mack F, et al. 2,5-Dimethyl-celecoxib inhibits cell cycle progression and induces apoptosis in human leukemia cells. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2015;355(2):308-28.
Pyrko P, Soriano N, Kardosh A, Liu YT, Uddin J, Petasis NA, et al. Downregulation of survivin expression and concomitant induction of apoptosis by celecoxib and its non-cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitory analog, dimethyl-celecoxib (DMC), in tumor cells in vitro and in vivo. Mol Cancer. 2006;5:19.
Kardosh A, Soriano N, Liu YT, Uddin J, Petasis NA, Hofman FM, et al. Multitarget inhibition of drug-resistant multiple myeloma cell lines by dimethyl-celecoxib (DMC), a non-COX-2 inhibitory analog of celecoxib. Blood. 2005;106(13):4330-8.
Deckmann K, Rorsch F, Geisslinger G, Grosch S. Dimethylcelecoxib induces an inhibitory complex consisting of HDAC1/NF-kappaB(p65)RelA leading to transcriptional downregulation of mPGES-1 and EGR1. Cell Signal. 2012;24(2):460-7.
Deckmann K, Rorsch F, Steri R, Schubert-Zsilavecz M, Geisslinger G, Grosch S. Dimethylcelecoxib inhibits mPGES-1 promoter activity by influencing EGR1 and NF-kappaB. Biochemical pharmacology. 2010;80(9):1365-72.
Abdelrahim M, Safe S. Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors decrease vascular endothelial growth factor expression in colon cancer cells by enhanced degradation of Sp1 and Sp4 proteins. Mol Pharmacol. 2005;68(2):317-29.
Xu K, Gao H, Shu HK. Celecoxib can induce vascular endothelial growth factor expression and tumor angiogenesis. Molecular cancer therapeutics. 2011;10(1):138-47.
Shao D, Kan M, Qiao P, Pan Y, Wang Z, Xiao X, et al. Celecoxib induces apoptosis via a mitochondriadependent pathway in the H22 mouse hepatoma cell line. Molecular medicine reports. 2014;10(4):2093-8.
Abrahao AC, Giudice FS, Sperandio FF, Pinto Junior Ddos S. Effects of celecoxib treatment over the AKT pathway in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology. 2013;42(10):793-8.
Kardosh A, Golden EB, Pyrko P, Uddin J, Hofman FM, Chen TC, et al. Aggravated endoplasmic reticulum stress as a basis for enhanced glioblastoma cell killing by bortezomib in combination with celecoxib or its non-coxib analogue, 2,5-dimethyl-celecoxib. Cancer research. 2008;68(3):843-51.
Zhu J, Song X, Lin HP, Young DC, Yan S, Marquez VE, et al. Using cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors as molecular platforms to develop a new class of apoptosis-inducing agents. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2002;94(23):1745-57.
Laiyemo AO. The risk of colonic adenomas and colonic cancer in obesity. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2014;28(4):655-63.
Xu HB, Shen FM, Lv QZ. Celecoxib enhanced the cytotoxic effect of cisplatin in drug-resistant human gastric cancer cells by inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2. European journal of pharmacology. 2015;769:1-7.
Atari-Hajipirloo S, Nikanfar S, Heydari A, Noori F, Kheradmand F. The effect of celecoxib and its combination with imatinib on human HT-29 colorectal cancer cells: Involvement of COX-2, Caspase-3, VEGF and NF-kappaB genes expression. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2016;62(2):68-74.
Virrey J, Kardosh A, Golden E, Louie S, Petasis N, Schönthal A, et al. Abstract# 128: 2, 5-Dimethyl-celecoxib exerts antiangiogenic effects on the tumor vasculature. Cancer research. 2009;69(9 Supplement):128.
Gharghabi M, Rezaei F, Ghahremani MH. Celecoxib Treatment Alters p53 and MDM2 Expression via COX-2 Crosstalk in A549 Cells. Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2016;15(2):483-9.
Fitzgerald GA. Coxibs and cardiovascular disease. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(17):1709-11.