title: Adenosine suppresses CW2 human colonic cancer growth by inducing apoptosis via A(1) adenosine receptors.
abstract: Extracellular adenosine-induced apoptosis of CW2 human colonic cancer cells by activating caspase-3, -8 and -9, and the effect was enhanced by adding EHNA, an adenosine deaminase inhibitor. Adenosine-induced CW2 cell death was inhibited by 8-CPT, an A(1) adenosine receptor inhibitor, but otherwise 2-chloroadenosine, an A(1) adenosine receptor agonist, and MDL-12330A, an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase, mimicked the adenosine effect. For mice inoculated with CW2 cells, intraperitoneal injection with adenosine reduced tumor growth and more prominent reduction was obtained with co-injection with EHNA. Adenosine, thus, suppresses CW2 human colonic cancer growth by inducing apoptosis as mediated via A(1) adenosine receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yaguchi
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishizaki
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D020169:Caspases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D043682:Receptor, Adenosine A1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D043682:Receptor, Adenosine A1; D020169:Caspases; D000241:Adenosine