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BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 154, Issue -, Pages 318-334Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.05.013
Keywords
Metastatic cancer; Celecoxib; Mechanism of action; Mitochondrial ROS; Apoptosis
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- CONACyT-Mexico [239930, 281428, 283144]
- Australian postgraduate research award (APRA)
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Capecitabine induced toxicides such as hand-foot syndrome (HFS) and progression of metastatic cancer are both treatable with concurrent celecoxib as shown in the ADAPT (Activating Cancer Stem Cells from Dormancy And Potentiate for Targeting) trial. In the present study, five commonly used NSAIDs, including celecoxib were compared for their pro-oxidative capacities as cytotoxic drugs against human and mouse metastatic melanoma or breast cancer cells in vitroand the source of cellular ROS production induced by celecoxib was examined in greater detail. Results: Celecoxib was unique among the NSAIDs in that it showed particular potency as a cytotoxic drug against the metastatic cancer cells with IC50 values in the low micromolar range. Celecoxib rapidly enhanced mitochondrial superoxide production in situ from cancer cells within minutes, leading to a decrease in cellular respiration and dissipation of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Delta psi(m)), followed by extensive ROS-dependent apoptosis of the metastatic cancer cells. Celecoxib also showed rapid and direct effects on isolated mitochondria, inducing extensive ROS production in a dose-dependent manner, whilst it inhibited respiration via Complex I or Complex II when tested in whole cells. Mitochondrial ROS production was necessary for the celecoxib induced cell death. Innovation and Conclusion: These novel findings for direct effects of celecoxib on mitochondria to induce metastatic cancer cell death via a ROS-dependent pro-oxidative mechanism provide supportive evidence for its combinatorial use as a chemosensitizing agent complementing chemotherapies to improve response rates in patients with advanced metastatic cancers.
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