PMID- 12359744 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20021108 LR - 20151119 IS - 0008-5472 (Print) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 19 DP - 2002 Oct 1 TI - Celecoxib, a selective cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor, protects against human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2)/neu-induced breast cancer. PG - 5405-7 AB - Cyclooxygenase 2 (HER-2) (Cox-2), an inducible form of Cox, is overexpressed in HER-2/neu-positive human breast cancers. The aim of this study was to determine whether celecoxib, a selective Cox-2 inhibitor, protected against HER-2/neu-induced experimental breast cancer. Cox-2 protein was detected in breast carcinomas from mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)/neu mice. Treatment with celecoxib (500 ppm) significantly reduced the incidence of mammary tumors in MMTV/neu mice (P = 0.003) and caused about a 50% reduction in mammary prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) levels. Because mammary glands from MMTV/neu mice expressed all four PGE2 receptor subtypes, we speculate that signaling through PGE2 receptors is important for mammary tumorigenesis. These results strengthen the rationale for developing clinical trials to determine whether selective Cox-2 inhibitors possess anticancer properties in humans at risk for breast cancer. FAU - Howe, Louise R AU - Howe LR AD - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA. lrhowe@med.cornell.edu FAU - Subbaramaiah, Kotha AU - Subbaramaiah K FAU - Patel, Jay AU - Patel J FAU - Masferrer, Jaime L AU - Masferrer JL FAU - Deora, Aparna AU - Deora A FAU - Hudis, Clifford AU - Hudis C FAU - Thaler, Howard T AU - Thaler HT FAU - Muller, William J AU - Muller WJ FAU - Du, Baoheng AU - Du B FAU - Brown, Anthony M C AU - Brown AM FAU - Dannenberg, Andrew J AU - Dannenberg AJ LA - eng GR - CA89578/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (Anticarcinogenic Agents) RN - 0 (Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Pyrazoles) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (PTGS2 protein, human) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - JCX84Q7J1L (Celecoxib) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anticarcinogenic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Celecoxib MH - Cyclooxygenase 2 MH - Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors MH - Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Isoenzymes/*antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis MH - Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/enzymology/genetics/*prevention & control MH - Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse/genetics MH - Membrane Proteins MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/biosynthesis MH - Pyrazoles MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/*antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Sulfonamides/*pharmacology EDAT- 2002/10/03 04:00 MHDA- 2002/11/26 04:00 CRDT- 2002/10/03 04:00 PHST- 2002/10/03 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/11/26 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/10/03 04:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2002 Oct 1;62(19):5405-7.