Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2126140 European Journal of Cancer 2006 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

A unique in vitro system has been developed in our lab that consists of normal enterocytes derived from the rat ileum (IEC-18 cells) and their transformed derivatives with c-K-ras (R1 cells), anti-sense bak (B3 cells) and cyclin D1 (D1 cells). R1 and B3 cells express high level of COX-2 protein and PGE2. IEC 18 and D1 cells express negligible amount of COX-2, and produce very low level of PGE2. A relatively low dose of celecoxib (5–10 μM) induced G2/M arrest, followed by induction of apoptosis in the transformed but not in the normal cells. Down-regulation of cyclin B1 and up-regulation of p21 expressions independent of p53 might have cause this cell cycle block. Growth inhibition was related to COX-2 function with 90–95% reduction in PGE2 production. These findings may be of clinical importance, since low concentration of celecoxib can be achieved in human serum following standard anti-inflammatory (100–200 mg bid) regime.

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