| Literature DB >> 17257745 |
Rui-Ping Pang1, Jia-Guo Zhou, Zhi-Rong Zeng, Xiao-Yan Li, Wei Chen, Min-Hu Chen, Pin-Jin Hu.
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In this study, we analyzed the mechanisms of the apoptotic effects of celecoxib on COX-2 deficient gastric cancer cell line, MGC-803. We found celecoxib treatment induced caspase-dependent apoptosis in MGC-803 cells. Celecoxib inhibited Ser473 Akt and Ser9 GSK3beta phosphorylation and induced upregulation of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-activated gene-1 (NAG-1) expression. The effects of celecoxib on NAG-1 expression were abolished by pretreatment with GSK3beta inhibitor, SB216763. Furthermore, GSK3beta gene silencing by siRNA inhibited the celecoxib-induced NAG-1 expression. Our study demonstrated that Akt/GSK3beta/NAG-1 signal pathway may represent as the major mechanism of the COX-2-independent effects of celecoxib on gastric cancer cells.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17257745 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.11.032
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679