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10.03.2017 | Laboratory Investigation
Blocking COX-2 induces apoptosis and inhibits cell proliferation via the Akt/survivin- and Akt/ID3 pathway in low-grade-glioma
verfasst von:
Aya Sato, Yoshifumi Mizobuchi, Kohei Nakajima, Kenji Shono, Toshitaka Fujihara, Teruyoshi Kageji, Keiko Kitazato, Kazuhito Matsuzaki, Hideo Mure, Kazuyuki Kuwayama, Akiko Sumi, Hideyuki Saya, Oltea Sampetrean, Shinji Nagahirao
Erschienen in:
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
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Ausgabe 2/2017
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Abstract
Approximately half of surgically-treated patients with low-grade-glioma (LGG) suffer recurrence or metastasis. Currently there is no effective drug treatment. While the selective COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib showed anti-neoplastic activity against several malignant tumors, its effects against LGG remain to be elucidated. Ours is the first report that the expression level of COX-2 in brain tissue samples from patients with LGG and in LGG cell lines is higher than in the non-neoplastic region and in normal brain cells. We found that celecoxib attenuated LGG cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. It inhibited the generation of prostaglandin E2 and induced apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest. We also show that celecoxib hampered the activation of the Akt/survivin- and the Akt/ID3 pathway in LGGs. These findings suggest that celecoxib may have a promising therapeutic potential and that the early treatment of LGG patients with the drug may be beneficial.