title: Sulindac sulfide inhibits the proliferation of colon cancer cells: diminished expression of the proliferation markers PCNA and Ki-67.
abstract: We evaluated the effect of sulindac sulfide (SS), which reduces cell number and induces apoptosis in cultured colon cancer cells (CCCs), on expression of the proliferation markers PCNA and Ki-67 in HT-29 and HCT-15 CCCs; only the former express cyclooxygenases. DNA content and PCNA/Ki-67 expression were analyzed by bivariate flow cytometry. SS inhibited cell proliferation, determined by the reduced expression of PCNA and Ki-67, roughly by half at 72 h, and induced apoptosis (accounting for about two-thirds and one-third of the reduction in cell number, respectively). A similar effect of SS occurred in HT-29 and HCT-15 CCCs, and also in non-colonic cells, indicating that this rather general effect of SS on cultured cells is not dependent on inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shiff
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rigas
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D018922:HL-60 Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019073:HT29 Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D013467:Sulindac / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D013467:Sulindac; C025462:sulindac sulfide