PMID- 19934343 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100216 LR - 20220311 IS - 1940-6215 (Electronic) IS - 1940-6207 (Print) IS - 1940-6215 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 12 DP - 2009 Dec TI - The cyclooxygenase inhibitor sulindac sulfide inhibits EP4 expression and suppresses the growth of glioblastoma cells. PG - 1088-99 LID - 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0140 [doi] AB - EP4 expression in human glioblastoma cells correlates with growth on soft agar. The cyclooxygenase inhibitor sulindac sulfide first altered specificity protein-1 (Sp-1) and early growth response gene-1 expression, then increased the expression of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-activated gene 1 and activating transcription factor 3, and then decreased EP4 expression. EP4 suppression was dependent on blocking the Sp-1 binding sites in the human EP4 promoter. Mutation in the Sp-1 sites in EP4 altered the promoter activity and abolished sulindac sulfide effects. The inhibitory effect of sulindac sulfide on EP4 expression was reversed by PD98059, a mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase-1/extracellular signal-regulated kinase inhibitor. Sp-1 phosphorylation was dependent on sulindac sulfide-induced Erk activation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay confirmed that Sp-1 phosphorylation decreases Sp-1 binding to DNA and leads to the suppression of EP4. Inhibition of cell growth on soft agar assay was found to be a highly complex process and seems to require not only the inhibition of cyclooxygenase activity but also increased expression of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-activated gene 1 and activating transcription factor 3 and suppression of EP4 expression. Our data suggest that the suppression of EP4 expression by sulindac sulfide represents a new mechanism for understanding the tumor suppressor activity. FAU - Kambe, Atsushi AU - Kambe A AD - Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. FAU - Yoshioka, Hiroki AU - Yoshioka H FAU - Kamitani, Hideki AU - Kamitani H FAU - Watanabe, Takashi AU - Watanabe T FAU - Baek, Seung Joon AU - Baek SJ FAU - Eling, Thomas E AU - Eling TE LA - eng GR - Z01 ES010016-09/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20091124 PL - United States TA - Cancer Prev Res (Phila) JT - Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) JID - 101479409 RN - 0 (Activating Transcription Factor 3) RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal) RN - 0 (Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Early Growth Response Protein 1) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (NBAS protein, human) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (PTGER4 protein, human) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Receptors, Prostaglandin E) RN - 0 (Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP4 Subtype) RN - 0 (Sp1 Transcription Factor) RN - 184SNS8VUH (Sulindac) RN - 6UVA8S2DEY (sulindac sulfide) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - SJE1IO5E3I (2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 3/metabolism MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/*pharmacology MH - Blotting, Western MH - Brain Neoplasms/*pathology MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Chromatin Immunoprecipitation MH - Colony-Forming Units Assay MH - Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Early Growth Response Protein 1/metabolism MH - Flavonoids/pharmacology MH - Glioblastoma/*pathology MH - Humans MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Luciferases/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology MH - Receptors, Prostaglandin E/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP4 Subtype MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Sp1 Transcription Factor/metabolism MH - Sulindac/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured PMC - PMC2789193 MID - NIHMS145202 EDAT- 2009/11/26 06:00 MHDA- 2010/02/17 06:00 PMCR- 2010/12/01 CRDT- 2009/11/26 06:00 PHST- 2009/11/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/11/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/02/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1940-6207.CAPR-09-0140 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0140 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2009 Dec;2(12):1088-99. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0140. Epub 2009 Nov 24.