PMID- 19724920 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091211 LR - 20211020 IS - 1791-2423 (Electronic) IS - 1019-6439 (Print) IS - 1019-6439 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 4 DP - 2009 Oct TI - The differential cell signaling effects of two positional isomers of the anticancer NO-donating aspirin. PG - 837-44 AB - We studied the mechanism by which the para and meta positional isomers of nitric oxide-donating aspirin (NO-ASA) inhibit human colon cancer cell growth. These compounds are promising chemopreventive agents and represent a broader class of novel drugs. The two isomers differ drastically in their 24-h IC50s for cell growth, which are 12 microM for p-NO-ASA and 230 microM for m-NO-ASA. We examined their effects on cell signaling cascades, including predominantly the mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs). The principal differences between the two isomers were: a) p-NO-ASA exerts its effect earlier than m-NO-ASA; b) the predominant effect of m-NO-ASA is on ERK1/2 and Akt; whereas that of p-NO-ASA is on JNK1/2, while both activate p38, with p-NO-ASA showing a stronger and earlier effect; c) ATF-2 is more responsive to m-NO-ASA and c-Jun to p-NO-ASA; d) both isomers seem to have similar effects on AP-1 binding, the main difference between them being the timing of the effect; p-NO-ASA's effect is early and m-NO-ASA's is late; e) p-NO-ASA has an earlier and stronger effect on p21, while m-NO-ASA's effect occurs later and is weaker; and f) cell cycle changes follow the effect on p21 expression. Our findings underscore the role of positional isomerism in modulating the pharmacological effects of drugs and have potentially important implications for the further development of these chemoprevention agents. FAU - Hua, Amy AU - Hua A AD - Division of Cancer Prevention, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5200, USA. FAU - Mackenzie, Gerardo G AU - Mackenzie GG FAU - Rigas, Basil AU - Rigas B LA - eng GR - R01 CA101019/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA10101902/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - Greece TA - Int J Oncol JT - International journal of oncology JID - 9306042 RN - 0 (ATF2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Activating Transcription Factor 2) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (CCND1 protein, human) RN - 0 (CDKN1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21) RN - 0 (Nitric Oxide Donors) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor AP-1) RN - 136601-57-5 (Cyclin D1) RN - EC 2.7.1.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EH04H13L6B (nitroaspirin) RN - R16CO5Y76E (Aspirin) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 2/metabolism MH - Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Aspirin/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Cell Cycle/drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/*drug effects MH - Colonic Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Cyclin D1/metabolism MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/metabolism MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enzyme Activation MH - HT29 Cells MH - Humans MH - Inhibitory Concentration 50 MH - Isomerism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Donors/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/metabolism MH - RNA Interference MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects/genetics MH - Structure-Activity Relationship MH - Time Factors MH - Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC3565755 MID - NIHMS435720 EDAT- 2009/09/03 06:00 MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00 PMCR- 2013/02/06 CRDT- 2009/09/03 09:00 PHST- 2009/09/03 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/02/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3892/ijo_00000397 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Oncol. 2009 Oct;35(4):837-44. doi: 10.3892/ijo_00000397.