Journal
CELL TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 28, Issue 1_SUPPL, Pages 1S-13SPublisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0963689719890597
Keywords
Ovarian cancer; cyclooxygenase 2; proliferation; invasion; PGE2
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81372777, 81372779]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and Research Projects on Biomedical Transformation of China-Japan Friendship Hospital [PYBZ1827]
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Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynecological malignancies. Cyclooxygenase 2 is widely expressed in various cancer cells and participates in the occurrence and development of tumors by regulating a variety of downstream signaling pathways. However, the function and molecular mechanisms of cyclooxygenase 2 remain unclear in ovarian cancer. Here, we demonstrated that cyclooxygenase 2 was highly expressed in ovarian cancer and the expression level was highly correlated with ovarian tumor grades. Further, ovarian cancer cells with high expression of cyclooxygenase 2 exhibit enhanced proliferation and invasion abilities. Specifically, cyclooxygenase 2 promoted the release of prostaglandin E2 upregulated the phosphorylation levels of phospho-nuclear factor-kappa B p65. Celecoxib, AH6809, and BAY11-7082 all can inhibit the promoting effect of cyclooxygenase 2 on SKOV3 and OVCAR3 cell proliferation and invasion. Besides, celecoxib inhibited SKOV3 cell growth in the xenograft tumor model. These data suggest that high expression of cyclooxygenase 2 promotes the proliferation and invasion of ovarian cancer cells through the prostaglandin E2/nuclear factor-kappa B signaling pathway. Cyclooxygenase 2 may be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
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