Abstract:
:Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) is a metal chelating compound that can exert either pro-oxidant or antioxidant effects in different situations. Several studies demonstrate that it can inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression, which may be due to its antioxidant activity. Here, we found that PDTC rather increased COX-2 expression in NIH 3T3. The increase of COX-2 expression was inhibited by adding bathocuproline disulfonic acid, a non-permeable specific copper chelator, in the incubation medium. This result suggests that PDTC exerts its effect by transporting redox-active copper ions into the cells. In support of this observation, PDTC did not induce COX-2 expression in a serum-free environment. When PDTC was added with copper in the serum-free medium, it acted as the inducer of COX-2 expression. In addition, pretreatment of N-acetyl-L-cystein or dithiothreitol, other antioxidants, inhibited the PDTC-induced COX-2 expression. Our data indicate that PDTC induces COX-2 expression in NIH 3T3 cells, which may be due to its activities as a copper chelator and a pro-oxidant.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Lee JE,Kim KM,Cho JW,Suh SI,Suh MH,Kwon TK,Park JW,Bae JH,Song DK,Cho CH,Bae I,Baek WKdoi
10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02430-0subject
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2002-10-25 00:00:00pages
230-4issue
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1090-2104pii
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298pub_type
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