Cyclooxygenase-independent down-regulation of multidrug resistance–associated protein-1 expression by celecoxib in human lung cancer cells
The recent finding of a link between cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and p-glycoprotein expression suggests that COX-2 is involved in the development of the multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype. MDR-associated protein 1 (MRP1) is another major MDR-related protein that is frequently overexpressed in cancer...
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Published in | Molecular cancer therapeutics Vol. 4; no. 9; pp. 1358 - 1363 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Association for Cancer Research
01.09.2005
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Summary: | The recent finding of a link between cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and p-glycoprotein expression suggests that COX-2 is involved
in the development of the multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype. MDR-associated protein 1 (MRP1) is another major MDR-related
protein that is frequently overexpressed in cancer patients, including those with lung cancer. Based on our observation that
among four human epithelial lung cell lines both MRP1 and COX-2 protein were highly expressed only in A549 cells, we have
investigated whether COX-2 regulates the expression of MRP1. The COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib down-regulated the expression of
MRP1 protein in A549 cells, which was accompanied by increased accumulation and enhanced cytotoxicity of doxorubicin, an MRP1
substrate. However, enforced expression of COX-2 in human H460 lung carcinoma cell lines, which express minimal level of COX-2,
did not cause enhancement in MRP1 expression. Celecoxib down-regulation of MRP1 was observed independent of COX-2 expression.
Moreover, in COX-2-overexpressing cell lines, celecoxib down-regulation of MRP1 was observed only at a concentration far exceeding
that required for inhibiting COX activity, and exogenous addition of prostaglandin E 2 did not restore MRP1 expression. These results suggest that celecoxib down-regulates MRP1 expression in human lung cancer
cells in a COX-independent manner. The use of celecoxib for adjuvant therapy in lung cancer patients may contribute to their
decreased resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs transported by MRP1. |
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ISSN: | 1535-7163 1538-8514 |
DOI: | 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-05-0139 |