Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder

  • Authors:
    • Yoshiaki Yamada
    • Kogenta Nakamura
    • Yasusuke Inoue
    • Katsuya Naruse
    • Shigeyuki Aoki
    • Tomohiro Taki
    • Motoi Tobiume
    • Kenji Zennami
    • Remi Katsuda
    • Kouji Hara
    • Inbou Kyoku
    • Noriko Mitsutake
    • Maki Arakawa
    • Hiroko Saito
    • Takaaki Hasegawa
    • Hiroshi Noguchi
    • Nobuaki Honda
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  • Published online on: November 1, 2008     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr_00000030
  • Pages: 791-795
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Abstract

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) activity is reported to increase apoptosis, inhibit angiogenesis and reduce metastasis. We analyzed COX-2 expression in patients with invasive bladder cancer to evaluate the feasibility of selective COX-2 inhibitor treatment targeting COX-2. Forty patients with pathologically diagnosed invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (pT2-pT4) were evaluated. Immunohistochemical staining was used to evaluate COX-2 expression, and cases with staining of ≥10% of tumor cells were defined as positive. In 2 patients, 0% of the primary tumors stained for COX-2, while 1-5% was stained in 16 patients, 5-10% in 3 patients and ≥10% in 19 patients (19/40, 47.5%). In terms of grade, 2 patients with grade 2 (2/3, 66.6%) and 17 patients with grade 3 (17/37, 45.4%) were COX-2 positive. When categorized by stage, 11 patients with pT2 (11/22, 50.0%), 6 with pT3 (6/13, 46.1%) and 2 with pT4 (2/5, 40.0%) were positive. Lymph node metastasis was observed in 10 patients; 2 of them, with pN2, were COX-2 positive. Those with COX-2-positive metastatic lymph nodes had grade 3 primary tumors, which were also COX-2 positive. In addition, COX-2-negative metastatic lymph node patients also had negative primary tumors. The results of this study suggest that 47.5% of patients with invasive bladder cancer may benefit from treatment with selective COX-2 inhibitors targeting COX-2, and that treatment efficacy can be expected in patients with lymph node metastasis when their primary tumors are COX-2 positive.

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Yamada Y, Nakamura K, Inoue Y, Naruse K, Aoki S, Taki T, Tobiume M, Zennami K, Katsuda R, Hara K, Hara K, et al: Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Mol Med Rep 1: 791-795, 2008.
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Yamada, Y., Nakamura, K., Inoue, Y., Naruse, K., Aoki, S., Taki, T. ... Honda, N. (2008). Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Molecular Medicine Reports, 1, 791-795. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr_00000030
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Yamada, Y., Nakamura, K., Inoue, Y., Naruse, K., Aoki, S., Taki, T., Tobiume, M., Zennami, K., Katsuda, R., Hara, K., Kyoku, I., Mitsutake, N., Arakawa, M., Saito, H., Hasegawa, T., Noguchi, H., Honda, N."Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder". Molecular Medicine Reports 1.6 (2008): 791-795.
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Yamada, Y., Nakamura, K., Inoue, Y., Naruse, K., Aoki, S., Taki, T., Tobiume, M., Zennami, K., Katsuda, R., Hara, K., Kyoku, I., Mitsutake, N., Arakawa, M., Saito, H., Hasegawa, T., Noguchi, H., Honda, N."Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder". Molecular Medicine Reports 1, no. 6 (2008): 791-795. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr_00000030