Celecoxib-induced cytotoxic effect is potentiated by inhibition of autophagy in human urothelial carcinoma cells

Celecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, can elicit anti-tumor effects in various malignancies. Here, we sought to clarify the role of autophagy in celecoxib-induced cytotoxicity in human urothelial carcinoma (UC) cells. The results shows celecoxib induced cellular stress response such as en...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2013-12, Vol.8 (12), p.e82034
Hauptverfasser: Huang, Kuo-How, Kuo, Kuan-Lin, Ho, I-Lin, Chang, Hong-Chiang, Chuang, Yuan-Ting, Lin, Wei-Chou, Lee, Ping-Yi, Chang, Shih-Chen, Chiang, Chih-Kang, Pu, Yeong-Shiau, Chou, Chien-Tso, Hsu, Chen-Hsun, Liu, Shing-Hwa
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Zusammenfassung:Celecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, can elicit anti-tumor effects in various malignancies. Here, we sought to clarify the role of autophagy in celecoxib-induced cytotoxicity in human urothelial carcinoma (UC) cells. The results shows celecoxib induced cellular stress response such as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, phosopho-SAPK/JNK, and phosopho-c-Jun as well as autophagosome formation in UC cells. Inhibition of autophagy by 3-methyladenine (3-MA), bafilomycin A1 or ATG7 knockdown potentiated celecoxib-induced apoptosis. Up-regulation of autophagy by rapamycin or GFP-LC3B-transfection alleviated celecoxib-induced cytotoxicity in UC cells. Taken together, the inhibition of autophagy enhances therapeutic efficacy of celecoxib in UC cells, suggesting a novel therapeutic strategy against UC.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0082034