scholarly journals Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug sulindac sulfide suppresses structural protein Nesprin-2 expression in colorectal cancer cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 1840 (1) ◽  
pp. 322-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason L. Liggett ◽  
Chang Kyoung Choi ◽  
Robert L. Donnell ◽  
Kenneth D. Kihm ◽  
Jong-Sik Kim ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Hoon Cha ◽  
Woo Kyoung Kim ◽  
Ae Wha Ha ◽  
Myung Hwan Kim ◽  
Moon Jeong Chang

2003 ◽  
Vol 374 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alun HUGHES ◽  
Nicholas I. SMITH ◽  
Heather M. WALLACE

Naproxen, sulindac and salicylate, three NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), were cytotoxic to human colorectal cancer cells in culture. Toxicity was accompanied by significant depletion of intracellular polyamine content. Inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase (the first enzyme of the polyamine biosynthetic pathway), induction of polyamine oxidase and spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase (the enzymes responsible for polyamine catabolism) and induction of polyamine export all contributed to the decreased intracellular polyamine content. Morphological examination of the cells showed typical signs of apoptosis, and this was confirmed by DNA fragmentation and measurement of caspase-3-like activity. Re-addition of spermidine to the cells partially prevented apoptosis and recovered the cell number. Thus polyamines appear to be an integral part of the signalling pathway mediating NSAID toxicity in human colorectal cancer cells, and may therefore also be important in cancer chemoprevention in humans.


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