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  • Title: Autocrine vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 growth pathway represents a cyclooxygenase-2-independent target for the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor NS-398 in colon cancer cells.
    Author: Kim SJ, Seo JH, Lee YJ, Yoon JH, Choi CW, Kim BS, Shin SW, Kim YH, Kim JS.
    Journal: Oncology; 2005; 68(2-3):204-11. PubMed ID: 16015035.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: Coexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) has been reported in tumor cells, suggesting the presence of an autocrine VEGF/VEGFR-2 growth pathway in solid tumors. Thus, we hypothesize that the presence of this autocrine pathway in colon cancer cells may be a COX-2-independent target of COX-2 inhibitors and a mechanism behind the antitumor effects of these agents. METHODS: COX-2-positive (Caco2, HT-29) and COX-2-negative colon cancer cells (DLD-1, Hct-15) were used. Expression of VEGFR-2 was evaluated by Western blot and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and VEGF production was measured from culture supernatant by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Growth inhibition and the expression of VEGF and VEGFR-2 were compared after treatment with the COX-2 inhibitor, NS-398 at doses ranging from 5 to 100 microM. RESULTS: VEGF and VEGFR-2 were expressed in all four colon cancer cells and a blockade of VEGFR-2 with anti-VEGFR-2 antibody treatment induced growth inhibition of colon cancer cells, supporting the presence of autocrine VEGF/VEGFR-2 growth pathway. NS-398 suppressed the growth of colon cancer cells, independent of COX-2 expression. VEGFR-2 expression of tumor cells was reduced after NS-398 treatment at 100 microM, the concentration at which maximal growth inhibition was induced. The amount of VEGF in culture supernatant was increased by NS-398 at 100 microM, suggesting increased secretion of VEGF in compensation for reduced VEGFR-2 expression. CONCLUSION: The autocrine VEGF/VEGFR-2 growth pathway could be a COX-2-independent target of the COX-2 inhibitor, NS-398, in colon cancer cells.
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