Fibronectin-induced COX-2 mediates MMP-2 expression and invasiveness of rhabdomyosarcoma |
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Authors: | Ito Hiromichi Duxbury Mark Benoit Eric Farivar Robert S Gardner-Thorpe James Zinner Michael J Ashley Stanley W Whang Edward E |
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Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. hito@partners.org |
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Abstract: | Although accumulating evidence suggests the importance of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) in the pathogenesis of many cancers, the mechanism by which this enzyme and its metabolite promote cancer progression is unknown. In this study, we investigated the role of COX-2 in fibronectin-induced up-regulation of rhabdomyosarcoma matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 activity and cellular invasiveness. We tested three human rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines: RMS559, RD, and SJRH30. Cell attachment to fibronectin up-regulated both COX-2 expression and PGE(2) production and concomitantly enhanced MMP-2 activity. Exogenous PGE(2) stimulated MMP-2 promoter activity, increased MMP-2 expression, and increased cellular invasiveness. Aspirin and rofecoxib (non-selective and selective COX-2 inhibitor, respectively) each abolished fibronectin-associated induction of MMP-2 and induced dose-dependent reductions in cellular invasiveness. These data implicated a role for inducible COX-2 and PGE(2) in the regulation of rhabdomyosarcoma cellular invasiveness and MMP-2 activity. |
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Keywords: | COX-2 Fibronectin MMP-2 Prostaglandin E2 Rhabdomyosarcoma Invasion |
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