• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.342-351
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• 2021

Liver colonization is initiated through the interplay between tumor cells and adhesion molecules present in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs). This crosstalk stimulates tumor COX-2 upregulation and PGE2 secretion. To elucidate the role of the LSEC intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in the prometastatic response exerted by tumor and stromal COX-2, we utilized celecoxib (CLX) as a COX-2 inhibitory agent. We analyzed the in vitro proliferative and secretory responses of murine C26 colorectal cancer (CRC) cells to soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1), cultured alone or with LSECs, and their effect on LSEC and hepatic stellate cell (HSC) migration and in vivo liver metastasis. CLX reduced sICAM-1-stimulated COX-2 activation and PGE2 secretion in C26 cells cultured alone or cocultured with LSECs. Moreover, CLX abrogated sICAM-1-induced C26 cell proliferation and C26 secretion of promigratory factors for LSECs and HSCs. Interestingly, CLX reduced the protumoral response of HSC, reducing their migratory potential when stimulated with C26 secretomes and impairing their secretion of chemotactic factors for LSECs and C26 cells and proliferative factors for C26 cells. In vivo, CLX abrogated the prometastatic ability of sICAM-1-activated C26 cells while reducing liver metastasis. COX-2 inhibition blocked the creation of a favorable tumor microenvironment (TME) by hindering the intratumoral recruitment of activated HSCs and macrophages in addition to the accumulation of fibrillar collagen. These results point to COX-2 being a key modulator of processes initiated by host ICAM-1 during tumor cell/LSEC/HSC crosstalk, leading to the creation of a prometastatic TME in the liver.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.210-217
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• 2009

목 적: 림프절 전이가 동반된 직장암 환자들에서 cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) 발현이 생존율에 미치는 영향을 조사 하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1998년부터 2004년까지 직장암으로 동아대병원에서 근치적 수술과 수술 후 방사선치료를 받은 환자들 중에서 림프절 전이가 동반된 경우를 대상으로 후향적분석을 하였다. 86명 중에서 수술 후 조직을 찾을 수 없는 3명, 악성 흑색종 1명, 진단 전후 2년 내에 위암과 폐암이 발생한 각 1명, 진단 시에 간 전이가 있었던 1명, 720 cGy 후 방사선치료를 거부한 1명 등을 제외한 78명을 대상으로 분석하였다. COX-2에 대한 면역조직화학염색은 자동면역염색기로 하였고, 스캔한 후, 영상분석기를 이용하여 분석하였다. Kaplan-Meier 생존율 분석을 하였고, Log rank 검사로 유의성을 조사하였다. 결 과: 면역조직화학염색에서 COX-2 양성이 62명(79.5%), 음성이 16명(20.5%)이었고, 양성도가 1, 2, 3인 환자들이 각각 6명(7.7%), 15명(19.2%), 41명(52.6%)이었다. 환자의 나이(60세 미만, 이상), 성별, 수술 방법(복회음절제술, 하위전방절제술), 세포의 분화도, 종양의 크기(5 cm 미만, 5 cm 이상), T병기, N병기, 병기(IIIa, IIIb, IIIc), 등에 따른 COX-2 발현의 차이는 없었다. 전체 환자의 5년 생존율과 무병생존율은 각각 57.0%, 51.6%였다. COX-2 음성과 양성인 환자들의 5년 생존율이 72.9%와 53.0% (p=0.146), 5년 무병생존율이 72.7%와 46.3% (p=0.118)였다. COX-2 양성도가 0, 1, 2, 3인 환자들의 5년 생존율은 각각 72.9, 50.0 51.3, 53.1%였고(p=0.495), 5년 무병생존율은 각각 72.7, 50.0, 46.7, 45.1%였다(p=0.451). 5년 생존율은 악성종양 세포의 분화도, N병기, 병기, 등에 따라서, 5년 무병생존율은 N병기, 병기, 등에 따라서 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 결 론: 림프절 전이가 동반된 직장암 환자에서 COX-2의 발현 여부와 정도는 생존율에 유의한 영향을 주지는 않았다. 하지만 향후 보다 많은 환자군을 대상으로 연구하여, COX-2 발현이 직장암의 예후에 미치는 영향을 규명해야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.180-186
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• 2008

이상의 연구 결과에 의하면 U937 세포에서 FSB 및 TFS 모두 2 mg/ml의 농도에서 6시간까지는 세포증식에 아무런 영향을 미치지 못하였고 PMA 처리에 의해서도 세포증식에는 변화가 없었으며, 세포의 형태 및 핵의 형태도 PMA와 FSB 및 TFS의 처리에 의해서 아무런 변화가 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 COX-2의 발현의 정도는 PMA 처리에 의해서 증가하였고, 이렇게 증가한 COX-2는 FSB 및 TFS의 선처리에 의해서 효과적으로 억제되는 것으로 나타났다 또한 COX-2에 의해 생성되어 염증반응을 유발하며 세포분열이나 증식에 영향을 줌으로서 각종 질병의 유발과 진행에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있는 $PGE_2$의 경우도 PMA처리에 의하여 증가하였으며 FSB 및 TFS 처리에 의해서 강하게 억제되었다. 특히 FSB에 비하여 TFS를 선처리하였을 경우 PMA에 의하여 과발현된 COX-2 및 $PGE_2$ 생성의 억제정도가 더 강하게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 FSB 및 TFS의 항염증기전 해석을 위한 이해와 향후 지속적인 연구를 위한 귀중한 자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.279-291
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• 2012

공변량에 결측이 발생한 Cox 비례위험 모형을 적합할 때, 결측이 발생하는 개체를 모두 제거한 후 분석을 실시한다면 정보 손실에 의해 비효율적이고 결측의 발생 메커니즘이 완전 임의 결측(missing completely at random; MCAR)이 아니라면 모수의 추정값에 편향이 발생할 수 있다. Cox 비례위험 회귀모형의 공변량에 결측이 있는 경우 적용할 수 있는 여러 가지 방법들이 제안되어져 왔으나 이 분석들은 선택모델(selection model)에 기반하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Little (1993)이 제안한 패턴-혼합 모델(pattern-mixture model)을 사용하여 Cox 비례위험 회귀모형에서 생존시간과 결측 메커니즘의 결합분포를 모델화 하고, 여러 가지 제약에 근거한 생존 분석의 결과를 비교하였다. 모의실험을 통해서 패턴-혼합 모델의 제약(restrictions)에 따른 모수 추정의 민감도를 확인하였고 결측을 무시한 채 분석한 결과 및 선택모형에 근거한 분석결과와 비교하였다. 패턴-혼합 모델의 제약에 따라 공변량의 결측으로 인한 모수 추정의 민감성 정도를 쥐백혈병 자료 예제를 통해 설명하였다.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2008

본 논문은 IFN-$\gamma$ 및 LPS로 유도된 생쥐 복막 대식 세포에서 염증 반응에 대한 KMU-4, 6, 7 검색에 관한 것으로, 주요 내용은 다양한 질병 치료에 사용되는 생약에서 추출한 한국 해양 식물 (KMU-4, 6, 7)에 대한 연구를 중심으로 한다. 이 논문에서는 쥐 복막 대식 세포를 이용하여, KMU-4, 6, 7가 IFN-$\gamma$ 및LPS로 유도된 산화질소, COX-2 발현, 세포 생존력에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. KMU-6는 IFN-$\gamma$ 및 LPS로 유도된 산화질소를 억제하고 COX-2 발현에 거의 영향을 미치지 않았다. 이는 KMU-6가 대식 세포 매개 염증성 질환 조절에 사용될 수 있음을 의미한다. 위 결과로부터 KMU-6는 LPS로 자극한 쥐 복막 대식세포에서 COX-2 발현을 억제시켜 산화질소 생성을 억제하는 효과가 있다는 내용이다.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.163-173
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• 2004

Chelidonii Herba (CHE, Baek-gul-chae in Korean), which has its original description in Gu-Hwang-Bon-Cho, a classic book of oriental Herbal book, is widely used in the treatment of stomach cancer, jaundice, gasrtic ulcer, edema and stomach pain, in Korea, Japan and China. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of CHE on the nitric oxide (NO) production, iNOS and COX-2 expression in lipopolysaccharide - activated Raw 264.7 cells. After the treatment of CHE, NO production was monitored by measuring the nitrite content in culture medium, cell viability was measured by MIT assay. COX-2 and iNOS were determined by lmmunoblot analysis. The production of nitric oxide was significantly inhibited by pretreatment (1h) with CHE (0.1-0.3 mg／ml) on LPS-activated Raw264.7 cells. The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) protein were up-regulated by LPS, but the increased levels of iNOS and COX-2 were inhibited by pretreatment of CHE (0.1-0.3 mg／ml), respectively. Thus, the present data suggest that CHE may play an important role in adjunctive therapy in Gram-negative bacterial infections.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9185-9190
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• 2014

Cyclo-oxygenase-2(Cox-2), a key regulator of inflammation-producing prostaglandins, promotes cell proliferation and growth. Therefore, a better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of Cox-2 could lead to novel targeted cancer therapies. MicroRNAs are strongly implicated in colorectal cancer but their specific roles and functions have yet to be fully elucidated. MiR-1297 plays an important role in lung adenocarcinoma and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, but its significance in colorectal cancer (CRC) has yet to be reported. In our present study, we found miR-1297 to be down regulated in both CRC-derived cell lines and clinical CRC samples, when compared with normal tissues. Furthermore, miR-1297 could inhibit human colorectal cancer LOVO and HCT116 cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in vitro and tumorigenesis in vivo by targeting Cox-2. Moreover, miR-1297 directly binds to the 3'-UTR of Cox-2, and the expression level was drastically decreased in LOVO and HCT116 cells following overexpression of miR-1297. Additionally, Cox-2 expression levels are inversely correlated with miR-1297 expression in human colorectal cancer xenograft tissues. These results imply that miR-1297 has the potential to provide a new approach to colorectal cancer therapy by directly inhibiting Cox-2 expression.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.366-375
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• 2012

Gallotannin (GT) is derived from plant poly phenol and is associated with biological actions in a wide range of cells. In this study, we evaluated the effect of GTon apoptosis and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and attempted to shed light on the mechanism of action in A549 human lung carcinoma cells. We found that GT dramatically induced apoptosis as demonstrated by expression of p53 and active caspase-3 via western blot analysis and fragmented DNA as detected by DNA fragmentation and DAPI staining. We also observed that GT significantly causes COX-2 expression in a dose-dependent manner determined by western blot analysis. Phosphorylation of Akt and p38 was considerably increased by GT in A549 human lung carcinoma cells. Inhibition of Akt and p38kinase with LY294002 or SB203580 suppressed GT-induced apoptosis and COX-2 expression. Furthermore, we have shown that prevention of COX-2 with NS398 or indomethacin does not any effects on apoptosis induced by GT. Taken together, our present results suggest that GT regulates apoptosis and COX-2 expression through Akt and p38kinase pathway in A549, human lung carcinoma cells.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.151-157
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• 2012

Purpose: Cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme catalyzes the production of prostaglandins, which are important mediators of tissue destruction in periodontitis. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of $COX_2$ enzyme have been associated with increasing susceptibility to inflammatory diseases. The present study evaluates the association of two single nucleotide polymorphisms in $COX_2$ gene (-1195G>A and $8_{473}$C>T) with chronic periodontitis in North Indians. Methods: Both SNPs and their haplotypes were used to explore the associations between $COX_2$ polymorphisms and chronic periodontitis in 56 patients and 60 controls. Genotyping was done by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism. Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were performed for association analysis. Results: By the individual genotype analysis, mutant genotypes (GA and AA) of $COX_2$-1195 showed more than a two fold risk (odds ratio [OR]>2) and $COX_2$ $8_{473}$ (TC and CC) showed a reduced risk for the disease, but the findings were not statistically significant. Haplotype analysis showed that the frequency of the haplotype AT was higher in the case group and a significant association was found for haplotype AT (OR, 1.79; 95% confidence interval, 1.03 to 3.11; P=0.0370) indicating an association between the AT haplotype of $COX_2$ gene SNPs and chronic periodontitis. Conclusions: Individual genotypes of both the SNPs were not associated while haplotype AT was found to be associated with chronic periodontitis in North Indians.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.247-253
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• 2014

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor, generally affecting young people. While the etiology of osteosarcoma has been largely unknown, recent studies have suggested that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) plays a critical role in the proliferation, migration, and invasion of osteosarcoma cells. To understand the mechanism of action of COX-2 in the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma, we compared gene expression patterns between three stable COX-2-overexpressing cell lines and three control cell lines derived from U2OS human osteosarcoma cells. The data showed that 56 genes were upregulated, whereas 20 genes were downregulated, in COX-2-overexpressed cell lines, with an average fold-change > 1.5. Among the upregulated genes, COL1A1, COL5A2, FBN1, HOXD10, RUNX2, and TRAPPC2 are involved in bone and skeletal system development, while DDR2, RAC2, RUNX2, and TSPAN31 are involved in the positive regulation of cell proliferation. Among the downregulated genes, HIST1H1D, HIST1H2AI, HIST1H3H, and HIST1H4C are involved in nucleosome assembly and DNA packaging. These results may provide useful information to elucidate the molecular mechanism of the COX-2-mediated malignant phenotype in osteosarcoma.