title: Aspirin and salicylate inhibit colon cancer medium- and VEGF-induced endothelial tube formation: correlation with suppression of cyclooxygenase-2 expression.
abstract: To determine whether aspirin and salicylate suppress colon cancer cell-mediated angiogenesis, we evaluated the effects of aspirin and sodium salicylate on endothelial tube formation on Matrigel. Aspirin and sodium salicylate concentration-dependently inhibited human endothelial cell (EC) tube formation induced by conditioned medium collected from DLD-1, HT-29 or HCT-116 colon cancer cells. Aspirin and sodium salicylate at pharmacological concentrations were equally effective in blocking tube formation. Neutralizing antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibodies blocked colon cancer medium-induced tube formation. VEGF receptor 2 but not receptor 1 antibodies inhibited tube formation to a similar extent as anti-VEGF antibodies. These results indicate that VEGF interaction with VEGF receptor 2 is the primary mechanism underlying colon cancer-induced angiogenesis. Aspirin or sodium salicylate inhibited VEGF-induced tube formation in a concentration-dependent manner comparable to that of inhibition of colon cancer medium-induced endothelial tube formation. It has been shown that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is pivotal in cancer angiogenesis. We found that colon cancer medium-induced COX-2 protein expression in EC and aspirin or sodium salicylate suppressed the cancer-induced COX-2 protein levels at concentrations correlated with those that suppressed endothelial tube formation. Furthermore, aspirin and sodium salicylate inhibited COX-2 expression stimulated by VEGF. These findings indicate that aspirin and other salicylate drugs at pharmacological concentrations inhibit colon cancer-induced angiogenesis which is correlated with COX-2 suppression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Vascular Biology Research Center, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Shtivelband
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Juneja
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004338:Drug Combinations; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007797:Laminin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000494:pharmacology; D012980:Sodium Salicylate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000166:cytology; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism*; D040301:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007797:Laminin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011509:Proteoglycans; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; C059485:matrigel; D003094:Collagen; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D040301:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2; D001241:Aspirin; D012980:Sodium Salicylate